Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

Health 101

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 101

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

Environmental 98

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image credit: Michael on Unsplash A popular area of applied behavioral science, nudges are frequently deployed within public health and healthcare systems to influence people’s choices. But can people be nudged into better health?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Health Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

These workers are often forced to choose between risking their health or their income, especially as climate change only increases the likelihood of wildfires, which in turn drives up the number of airborne toxins. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pollution can also increase the risk of respiratory infection and lung cancer.

Nonprofit governance and management 118

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Outlining Key Investment Gaps in Rural America Nearly nine out of 10 of the nation’s persistent poverty counties are rural , and they face chronic underinvestment by government, philanthropy, and the private sector. Federal policy, which is often implemented through state governments, adds layers of complication.

Values 120

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 120

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health. An estimated 40% of Americans have medical debt with nearly half of those owing at least $2,500. Yet, there are also reasons for caution.”

Medical 52

Medical Philanthropy Healthcare Public Policy 52

Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Exceptional patient experience is the outcome of several factors working together symbiotically—healthcare organizations and providers, associated tools and technologies, facilities space, and even the patient’s own perceptions and efforts. ” Preventative care: “James, we’re here to help protect your health!

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Health 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 18, 2024

For instance, if advocating for affordable housing, present data on the cost of homelessness to the healthcare system. Show how the current situation leads to long-term expenses for government programs. Project the Economic Benefits of Your Policy: Cost-Savings Analysis: Show how your policy will save the government money.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Governance 52

Candid

APRIL 30, 2021

Mastercard has announced a $10 million commitment to address COVID-related needs in India, where the numbers of virus-related diagnoses and deaths have skyrocketed in recent weeks, overwhelming the healthcare system in many areas. Working with the government and local partners, the hospitals, when fully deployed, could help an estimated 2.5

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Medical Governance Health 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

The care economy employs 17 percent of the US workforce, an area currently experiencing one of the greatest employment shortages, including home healthcare aides and nurses. Nearly one in five home healthcare aides lives in poverty.

Curriculum and Teaching 91

Curriculum and Teaching Healthcare Civil Society Technology 91

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Such weather events impact the health of individuals living in affected communities. When disaster strikes, many are left displaced or homeless, without transportation and access to necessary physical and mental health services, exacerbating existing health problems.

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Health Medical Nonprofit governance and management 97

The Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Federal Government. The federal government has long been committed to helping organizations that provide critical services in areas such as education, health care, and the environment. State governments also offer grants for nonprofits that serve their residents.

Nonprofit governance and management 92

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Healthcare Foundations 92

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

One of those areas is Gary, a city considered a healthcare desert due to a lack of medical providers. The Need for Better Measurement The Sierra Club acknowledges that manufacturing can be an economic lifeline to many communities while also stressing both environmental degradation and health risks.

Manufacturing 108

Manufacturing Environmental Health Production 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

And while governments and private organizations have initiated transitions through a first wave of limited interventions, these market shifts are happening too slowly to reduce emissions at a pace that would limit warming to 1.5 To understand what is possible, we can look to the field of global health. degrees Celsius.

Finance 87

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 87

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

As a result, the North Star for both organizing and giving needs to be enhancing governing power. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), for example, has long focused on the social determinants of health, an academic model that stresses how much ill health happens before anyone gets to (or fails to get to) a doctor.

Philanthropy 135

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 135

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Work requirements are based on several problematic truths about the United States: an unwillingness to govern by fact rather than fiction, a deep history of racism and sexism, and a centuries-long capitalist work ethic that treats people as dispensable. They are administratively efficient.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Ibeabuchi returned to her supervisor at Boston Health Care for the Homeless, the nonprofit service provider for which Ibeabuchi has worked for over two decades, and pitched a new idea: a foot clinic run out of the shelter. But the other ones were saved due to this action,” Ibeabuchi notes proudly.

Homelessness 52

Homelessness Health Medical Nonprofit governance and management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

By Trevor Zimmer In May, the COVID-19 national public health emergency officially ended. But the COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last novel infectious disease in our lifetimes, and climate change will be a threat to human and planetary health without equal.

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 81

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

But those are the things that we are seeing in childcare that workers need: they need higher wages, they need healthcare, they need more benefits. The government in Ohio, [for example, has] been doing HEROES pay, giving workers that work in childcare extra money, because it’s needed. That is where Shine is at right now.

Healthcare 87

Healthcare Governance Health 87

Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 14, 2023

At the recent Catalyst 2023 conference, ( L to R) Rikia Birindelli-Fayne, interim Executive director, corporate engagement EMEA, Catalyst; Jennifer Kingston, principal head of DEI, Edward Jones; Dr. Kulleni Gebreyes, principal HC Consulting, and Health & Equity Institute leader at Deloitte. billion in benefits to its communities.

Culture 52

Culture Race and Ethnicity Health Manufacturing 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Accounting reports and financial statements, backed by sound bookkeeping, gave potential investors confidence in the startup’s financial health. Regulatory Compliance Startups must navigate complex regulations, especially those operating in highly regulated industries like healthcare or finance.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Medical Management 52

Candid

JULY 5, 2022

We had a large influx of government funding in 2020 and 2021, which we granted out in those years. Paying attention to concerns about the impact of COVID on mental health of children” . Many are also paying attention to government policies and broader economic trends, especially as they impact the social sector and employment: .

Foundations 105

Foundations Philanthropy Governance Healthcare 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When the legendary physician and advocate Paul Farmer unexpectedly passed away at the age of 62 in February, he was called a hero , a visionary , and a global health giant. ” This notion extends to many other fields of leadership in business, government, and the nonprofit sectors.

Nonprofit Leadership 87

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Medical Nonprofit governance and management 87

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

And then the differential impacts: how that affects women more if they’re in shelters and there’s an increase in violence, and the mental health impacts of that. We’re a society that does not think about mental health in conjunction with institutional and systemic issues very well; it tends to become very individualized and very relational.

Psychology 124

Psychology Health Activism Public and Social Policy 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Rural communities have varied local economies, which include manufacturing , healthcare, the service sector, and agriculture. We are governed by residents and local leaders who inform our advocacy, development of solutions, and pursuit and deployment of investments. Transforming living conditions in rural America requires many things.

Poverty 103

Poverty Agriculture Culture Community Development 103

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Tax Implications of Nonprofits Owning For-Profit Businesses Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) Recognized nonprofits generally receive tax-exempt status from the federal government. Tax-exempt status makes it easier for your organization to retain nonprofit revenue and meet the goals of your mission.

Charitable Contribution 52

Charitable Contribution Activism Nonprofits Healthcare 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Following a model that Mexican and other Latin American feminists had developed over the past two decades, the Red Transfronteriza would “accompany” Americans through their abortions, guiding them through the World Health Organization’s protocol for safely using abortion pills without the supervision of a doctor.

Medical 106

Medical Law Health Governance 106

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 3, 2023

Substantively, nonprofits are governed by state laws on tax-exempt status, giving incentives, regulation, employment standards, contracting, and more. With many nonprofits working closely with vulnerable populations with health conditions, this was a frightening possibility.

Associations 112

Associations Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 112

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

As a result, many of these communities face higher rates of premature death and worse health outcomes than the rest of the country. According to the County Health Rankings, 81 percent fall in the least healthy quartile. Given endemic market failure, the federal government must adjust to this reality.

Poverty 126

Poverty Finance Community Development Philanthropy 126

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The report dives deep, identifying four sectors driving harm against the local Black community: media, housing, employment, and healthcare. That toll is stark. According to the report, in Washington, DC, “Black men live 17 years less on average than their white counterparts—for Black women, it is 12 years less.”

Philanthropy 90

Philanthropy Foundations Healthcare Law 90

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” Researchers at the ACLU tested Rekognition on headshots of Congress members, which returned 28 incorrect matches.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Image credit: AntonioGuillem on istock.com Despite hundreds of state laws meant to protect health insurance consumers—patients, in other words—from denials of legitimate claims for coverage, health insurers are routinely flouting these laws and illegally denying coverage in even life-threatening situations.

Insurance 73

Insurance Law Health Healthcare 73

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s hard to pin down the cause of these perceptions, but as a group they threaten the health of our sector and the operability of your missions. These nonprofits” are the very organizations government and communities count on for quality of life: kid’s summer food programs, houses of worship, 4-H, shelters and sanctuary, and more.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Agriculture Public and Nonprofit Management 98

EveryAction

JUNE 6, 2018

The LGBTQ Victory Fund is the only national organization dedicated to electing openly LGBTQ people to all levels of government. NQTTCN is a healing justice organization that works to transform mental health for queer and trans people of color. LGBTQ Victory Fund. Transgender Law Center. Gill Foundation The.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Health Education 111

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Across America, Hispanic and Latino organizations are leading the way in every realm, including advocacy, education, healthcare, and social services. The Latino Victory Fund is a progressive political action committee working to grow Latino political power by increasing Latino representation at every level of government.

Non-Profits 86

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Health Leadership 86

Non Profitvote

AUGUST 25, 2023

As school dragged on in its now virtual environment, I started expanding my interests, becoming enthralled by the interconnections of democracy and health. Looking at the medical world through the lens of being a new EMT, the pandemic shone a bright light on inequities in our healthcare system.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Medical Health Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

The federal government officially ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people.

Health 138

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Nonprofit Administration and Development 138