NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Image Credit: Reneé Thompson on unsplash.com COVID-19 impacted the physical health of millions across the country, hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Less visible was the pandemic’s impact on behavioral health, an umbrella term for mental health, substance use disorders, and life stressors.

Health 93

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. For example, the Forever Better financing program incentivizes suppliers to work on climate and social issues. Here are five ways to start. Supply Chains. Innovation.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 28, 2024

To combat the maternal mortality crisis, over 150 maternal health experts came together to write The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health. The book was published by the de Beaumont Foundation in partnership with the Maternal Health Learning & Innovation Center and Oxford University Press.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Health Medical Race and Ethnicity 84

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

By Tiffany Manuel & Dana Bourland What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once? Public comment ended in April 2023, and HUD will likely release the final rule sometime later this year. But we’re not there quite yet.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 100

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2023

The piece struck a chord with many NPQ readers, as it did for the Health Justice desk. Looking back on that time offline, I recognize how important it was to my work as a health justice practitioner to create space for play, creativity, and dreaming. million fund to enable sabbaticals for BIPOC leaders.

Health 94

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Medical 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. By Stacey Barbas , Kate McLaughlin , Jessica Mulcahy & Vedette R.

Health 101

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 101

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

According to The World Health Organization , of the 1 billion people around the world currently experiencing a mental disorder, more than 80% are without any form of quality, affordable care. And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. .

Health 95

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

From climate catastrophe and forced migration to economic inequality to the erosion of democracy and the rise of political violence—these deep problems are also opportunities for major advances in progressive narratives and policies. Where does social justice philanthropy fit in? Some foundations are stepping up to this reality.

Philanthropy 136

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 136

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. The reparations landscape in the United States—and around the world—is evolving rapidly.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 120

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation.

Values 114

Values Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. Deep Listening Is Necessary for Social Change. Social Justice Organizations at a Crossroads. A ‘Balancing Test’ for Foundation Spending by Dimple Abichandani.

Civil Society 101

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

To change peoples’ material reality, however, means rehauling the entire operating system of our democracy, not just tinkering with its policies. Historically, for example, Black public health leaders in Pittsburgh created Freedom House Ambulance Services after being neglected by police-staffed ambulances.

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 66

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 24, 2023

By Tia Martinez In seeking to improve the health outcomes of people in underserved communities, philanthropy’s results have, in general, been disappointing: Socioeconomic and racial injustices run so deep in these communities that strong barriers to change extend well beyond the health care system.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Health Collaborations Foundations 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? Some refer to this as the “ data divide ”—the increasing gap between the use of data to maximize profit and the use of data to solve social problems.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 103

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

We see what communities across the country are now establishing : park equity—the fair and just distribution of parks and green spaces so all communities have access to these health-promoting resources. Residents are working to assess the environmental and health burdens associated with former oil drilling sites and other contaminated lands.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Public Policy 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is not a theory but a fact, affirmed by leading experts like the Edelman Trust Barometer , Gallup , and General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago. It erodes a high-functioning pluralistic democracy , compromises public health, and makes it impossible to solve collective problems like climate change.

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Health Governance 133

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Image Credit: Yassine Khalfalli on unsplash.com This is the sixth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Economic Issues 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city. Consider the climate crisis.

Nonprofit governance and management 138

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Others, like the Ford, MacArthur, and Hewlett Foundations, and Omidyar Network, have focused on building the capacity to address the risks and opportunities posed by a wide range of technologies, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence. The future is now. Due this summer, it is now several months behind.

Civil Society 100

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Getting our housing system to work better for all—especially for families of color who have long experienced discrimination and bias—will require a long-term concerted endeavor with coordinated efforts from a broad host of public, private, and community actors. By Funders for Housing and Opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 111

Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the University of New Mexico This report examines how W.K.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Culture Health 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. million studies.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Governance 103

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: Rod Long on unsplash.com A recent report on climate justice funding finds that many foundation leaders are of two minds when it comes to the climate crisis—the crisis is “urgent” yet easily put off for another day. How many of those 29 leaders expect their foundations to begin acting on the “extremely urgent” crisis?

Philanthropy 115

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Universities 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Community-based organizations and local governments are starting to recognize where such individuals may fall through the cracks and are creating policies and networks for more inclusive disaster response and recovery. At the same time, these policies siphoned resources away from their communities. “The

Disaster Relief 132

Disaster Relief Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Insurance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

To understand what is possible, we can look to the field of global health. Lessons From Global Health Twenty years ago, providing life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to tens of millions of HIV+ people seemed like a fantasy. Not all market-shaping initiatives in global health were successful, of course.

Finance 100

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

If you invest significantly in social and behavioral science research, you might find innumerable ways to improve on the existing status quo of donations. Perhaps some of your favored policies are indeed good ideas (e.g., That would certainly help those people financially, and perhaps in terms of their health as well.

Psychology 133

Psychology Public and Social Policy Public Policy Philanthropy 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For as long as most of us can remember, social enterprises and social movements have sought to disrupt systems from the outside or to make fundamental policy changes from the top down. By Jim Bildner & Stephanie Khurana. And it was undeniable. In Education.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Health Governance Education 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Several of FHO’s members, including the authors of this article, have extensive experience in addressing the unhoused end of the housing continuum—from funding direct services for people who have lost housing, to supporting efforts to change eviction policies and practices, to investing in the development of new supportive housing.

Homelessness 104

Homelessness Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations 104

Candid

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A weekly update with the latest social sector news. Study finds significant connection between poverty, poor health care. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. Melinda French Gates won’t give bulk of her wealth to Gates Foundation. and Harry B.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Poverty Healthcare Social Policy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Net energy metering is a policy that compensates households with solar panels for the extra energy they give back to the grid and, in turn, helps lower their utility bills. This policy decision was complicated.

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

Although new to both housing and philanthropy, I knew that where and how we live is integral to our health, education, and economic mobility. Despite the intersectional social and economic challenges we address, philanthropy is typically organized by siloed programmatic areas. As Charles Rutheiser of the Annie E.

Philanthropy 102

Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 14, 2024

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics tells us that as of 2021, public school students in the U.S. Just as press releases and surveys can show us intent, foundations’ actions can best be measured by our checkbooks. The latest Justice Is the Foundation data, covering grants made from 2019-2021, was released last month.

Education 83

Education Education Philanthropy Foundations 83

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

JAMA Pediatrics released a study last year that reported a significant increase in the number of children diagnosed with mental health conditions between 2016 and 2020—with increases, particularly in anxiety and depression.

Public and Social Policy 57

Public and Social Policy Children Environmental Philanthropy 57

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health, half the country has strict abortion restrictions in effect or queued up to take effect over the coming months, making it difficult, if not impossible, for people to access abortion care. No one should ever have to choose between paying rent and accessing health care.

Health 98

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 114

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. In 2016, six women of color in the Colorado organizing and social justice movement ecosystem came together and formed Transformative Leadership for Change.

Leadership 104

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 104