Selfish Giving

JUNE 21, 2020

requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last year. This distinction between acknowledgments and advertising arises from federal tax rules governing “qualified sponsorship payments.” What options does our organization have to provide value to our corporate partners?

Law 147

Law Public and Social Policy Advertising Activism 147

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Although this concentration has had profound local economic and cultural implications, various government agencies have justified it by saying that it is necessary for security reasons or that it brings in national economic support in exchange for hosting the military facilities. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 22, 2024

Back in the San Francisco Bay Area where I’m usually based, I work with the Sustainable Economies Law Center to support projects that redistribute wealth, democratize governance, and steward communal resources. Ayni —an Andean cultural value of reciprocity and mutualism—motivates Bolivians to support one another.

Culture 105

Culture Governance Public and Social Policy Values 105

Nonprofit Megaphone

MAY 6, 2023

However, running a nonprofit requires a unique set of skills and knowledge, particularly when it comes to governing the organization. To be an effective board member, it’s essential to have a deep understanding of the nonprofit sector and the best practices for governance.

Governance 52

Governance Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit governance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

However, state, county, and city governments are inconsistently skilled at developing local solutions. Taxpayers should expect governments to steward resources responsibly and in a way that maximizes benefit to all citizens. To be sure, the use of research evidence in policymaking is also valuable.

Health 126

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This question was at the center of an experiment led by the Nonprofit Democracy Network , a fiscally sponsored project of the Sustainable Economies Law Center. Participatory self-governance is not easy work. We’re getting praise from places that worry me.”

Leadership 101

Leadership Non-Profits Governance Law 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Look at what Google did for website indexing, look at what Westlaw did for indexing case law, look at what the Human Genome Project did for indexing genetic research. Is the government doing that? Nick Hart : The Evidence Act actually set the stage for this via the data governance processes. We have to do that across the board.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Governance Finance Law 128

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Conceptually, the threshold for excessive wealth would be the point at which an individual can take the government hostage or otherwise damage democratic institutions. Since the birth of the United States, the federal government has seized over 1.5 What level would that be? billion paid to more than 123,000 Indigenous people.

Public and Social Policy 83

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 83

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 26, 2023

The restaurant workers’ victory is just one example of how co-governance—that is, governing arrangements in which local authorities cede partial decision-making power to community residents and community-based groups—is making a difference in cities across the country. But then something different occurred.

Nonprofit governance and management 95

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Law 95

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

For example, Korean citizens mobilized to donate 227 tons of their personal gold items (with an estimated total value of $3 billion) to help pay off the debt. 1 This citizen activism prompted government action to honor the sacrifice. Government support was required. 2 Self-sufficiency enterprises predated the crisis.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Governance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 22, 2024

The Jewish faculty wrote: Criticism of the state of Israel, the Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or Zionist ideology is not—in and of itself—antisemitic.…We We hold varied opinions on Israel. Whatever our differences, we oppose the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism.

Governance 117

Governance Universities Associations Law 117

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Planning Beyond Pragmatism PowerSwitch Action was born out of collaborations between labor unions and community organizations channeling their combined strengths to oppose real estate developers, banks, big-box retailers, and other corporate influences in local governance and economic development.

Public Policy 127

Public Policy Governance Non-Profits Law 127

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Image credit: s atori13 on istock.com Lawsuits as a tool in the fight against climate change—trying to hold polluters accountable for carbon emissions and governments liable for damaged and dangerous environments—are not new. Larger countries, including Germany, France, Australia, and Saudi Arabia, are also expected to speak at the hearing.

Law 88

Law Governance Activism Values 88

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last year's 2022 fellows reported a 52% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program. This program is an opportunity to immerse myself in comprehensive board governance training, allowing me to be more impactful while doing so in a nonprofit board setting.”

Nonprofit governance and management 246

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 246

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.” And it worked. region and beyond.

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

But when the (often white) leaders had funder relationships that could allow them to write their own checks, governing boards didn’t ask too many questions. Research from the National Women’s Law Center found that women of color earn less than 70 cents for every dollar earned by a white, non-Hispanic male. The country’s 33.2

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Non-Profits 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Ethical egoism posits that fulfilling one’s duty to act out of self-interest is the highest moral calling.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place by Michael B. The power of movements is based in the ideas that fuel them, that inspire people to come together and work toward the realization of a shared goal or values.” None of this will change.” Dorff, reviewed by J.

Social Entrepreneurship 128

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Universities Law 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2023

To help address increasing numbers of dropout students, the Japanese government created a new law on educational opportunities, which came into effect in 2016. The law stipulates that national and local governments are responsible for securing educational opportunities outside of school as a measure against truancy.

Children 98

Children Law Governance Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In 1996, Democratic President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law , which ended the entitlement to cash aid and introduced time-limited benefits tied to work requirements. Breaking these laws could mean fines, arrest, or sentences—forcing them back into unpaid labor on plantations.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 127

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

ICWA, a federal law, was enacted to protect the best interests of Native American children and to promote the stability and security of Native tribes and families. That law was upheld in June by the US Supreme Court in a 7–2 decision in the case of Haaland v. ICWA, in short, remains the law of the land.

Children 90

Children Public and Social Policy Law Culture 90

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2023

These militias, funded by both the state of California and the federal government, were paid bounties for the murder of Indigenous people; members of these militias were then eligible to get land from the federal government, effectively receiving land stolen from Native people as payment for killing them.

Governance 119

Governance Agriculture Food Production 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For the last few years, there have been major clashes between Mississippi’s state government and its majority-Black capital city. Yet, despite the mayor’s efforts to create a path for continued city governance, his pleas have gone unheard. This effort, the Nation argues, is creating another pipeline to criminalization.

Environmental 88

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 88

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Value of Resident-Owned Communities (ROCs) Opportunities for landlord exploitation of manufactured housing residents remain high….There State and local governments can…pass laws…extending a right of first refusal to the residents to match any competing offers to buy the land. There is another option—a cooperative option.

Manufacturing 102

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ESG for Regulation: Helping governments make and monitor policies, compliance, and laws. ESG for Assurance exists to help business leaders and investors make better financial decisions by providing data that enables them to account for environmental, social, and governance risks. ESG for Assurance. ESG for Impact.

Social Enterprise 137

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Governance 137

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2024

Direct acquisition of low-rent buildings—through laws like TOPA and COPA—is one of the strongest tools tenants can use to push back against this trend. Private equity now represents over half of the financial backing among the 35 largest owners of multifamily buildings—up from only a third in 2011.

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Law Public and Nonprofit Management 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’s consideration of ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making (although its roots exist in the socially responsible movement, or SRI). Impact is both.

Environmental 140

Environmental Finance Governance Law 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

But after World War II and continuing through the 1970s, there was a concerted effort to make labor law harsher, to rule certain workers out of the labor movement, and to perfect the art of union busting. Can we get more resources from the government? In some ways, laws don’t matter when it comes to organized worker power.

Law 123

Law Governance Leadership Poverty 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 10, 2023

.” However, over the past few years, a few organizations have explored a promising concept that can help fill these gaps: governing power. Using government as a tool to multiply progressive power is central to the strategy, out of the necessity to face up to the extraordinary power of our opposition.

Governance 105

Governance Collaborations Philanthropy Law 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. Racial discrimination was written into the laws, so these programs continue to be, at best, a Band-Aid solution accessible to only some Americans.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 90

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While the National Center for Employee Ownership defines employee ownership as “any arrangement in which a company’s employees own shares in their company or the right to the value of shares in their company,” in a worker cooperative, ownership means not just sharing profits, but having a direct voice and vote in the workplace.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

Civil Society 116

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As a nonprofit, the government says you are special. . In fact, because you are a nonprofit you have to adhere to a separate set of rules and laws governing fundraising, operations and finances. Recently, I attended a seminar put on by students involved with the Entrepreneurship Clinic from the local law college.

Law 47

Law Retail Entrepreneurship Governance 47

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In Germany, the relations between employees and their German employers are stringently regulated under the employment and labor laws of the country. Employers tend to use limited-term employment contracts even though they are subject to restrictions according to employment and labor laws. Check out our tips below and work smarter.

Insurance 98

Insurance Nonprofit governance and management Law Taxation 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 24, 2024

In other words, to be eligible for this provision, the borrower must owe more money to the federal government than they originally borrowed. Cancel student debt for borrowers who previously enrolled in low-financial-value programs. This means that, sadly, 2.5 The resulting $1.73

Nonprofit Administration and Development 83

Nonprofit Administration and Development Education Education Universities 83

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Meanwhile, JVP, which is openly “anti-Zionist,” is defiantly centered around its Jewish identity, characterizing its activism as rooted in Jewish values and beliefs around justice. Our Judaism is not tied up with the interests of the Israeli government. billion in military funding to the Israeli government. But it is supremacy.

Public and Social Policy 71

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 71