NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Then, we’ve been trying to compare the information given by the federal government and the one been given by the Puerto Rico government, which was usually different in terms of the amount of money. The US government and FEMA recently changed the recovery process in Puerto Rico. The wording, the categories of the information.

Governance 135

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 135

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 5, 2024

People living in poverty face greater fallout from climate change, as do people of color , Indigenous communities , and people with disabilities, who are four times more likely to die in disasters than people who do not have a disability. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research, “Of the 8.5

Construction 66

Construction Poverty Environmental Governance 66

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 15, 2022

In response to research that shows nearly 1 in 3 nonprofits lack any professionals of color on their boards (BoardSource) and to foster more inclusive and equitable communities, the Nonprofit Leadership Center launched the Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship in 2021. They are diverse, fluid and ever-changing.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofits 130

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It is jointly governed by members of the Nakoda and Aaniiih nations, and includes a 22,000- acre (over 34,000 square miles) bison reserve, home to a herd of over 500 buffalo. Three Themes: Holistic Stewardship, Sovereignty, and Leadership Development. Fort Belknap Reservation: Montana Poverty Report Card. Eric Henson et al.,

Nonprofit governance and management 138

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 138

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Governance Health Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

This issue lingers like a vestige of the conditions that followed abolition, after which the government failed to provide the kinds of education, labor, and other supports necessary to transition from a life of enslavement to one of agency, independence, and prosperity. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

Nonprofit governance and management 97

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

We witness, time and again, the stark gap between what people need and what local, state, and federal governments are willing to provide; it’s clear there’s an opportunity and responsibility for philanthropy to step in.

Philanthropy 92

Philanthropy Poverty Governance Environmental 92

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They don’t want to talk about poverty. Across the world, the safest communities are not those that are the most policed but rather are those with the best resources—those that meet their residents where they are and strengthen trust between community and government,” his campaign website reads.

Poverty 131

Poverty Health Education Education 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. In several of these cooperatives, either governments or civil society or development institutions have played roles as catalysts to sow the initial seeds. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 104

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This lack of financial security can have a complicating ripple effect throughout an organization, making it hard for leadership to make decisions, address crises, and forecast future opportunities. “An We requested this knowing that operating reserve initiatives worked best when they were championed and governed by the board.

Nonprofit governance and management 114

Nonprofit governance and management Health Nonprofits Leadership 114

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

They also worked with the organization’s leadership to craft articles on how Water.org and its partners work to empower people in poverty with safe water to protect and save lives. 3) Social media content highlighted the actions of Water.org to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Non-Profits 132

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Réjane Woodroffe’s leadership experience in the remote Eastern Cape of South Africa gives funders and entrepreneurs a lesson in what it means to drive change alongside your community. Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.”

Children 74

Children Leadership Poverty Education 74

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. Determine the type of leadership your nonprofit would benefit from What skills or connections would you like board members to have?

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In a nutshell, Kampani’s investment strategy is as follows: The social impact the investment unlocks (reducing poverty and vulnerability of smallholder farmers) is central to the decision-making. Active involvement in the governance of the investee. However, few have been successful to date, and important gaps remain.

Finance 83

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 83

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages. Image Credit: Ketut Subiyanto on pixels.com The need for childcare is well known. What can be done to address this gap?

Curriculum and Teaching 89

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

When the pandemic and government lockdown eliminated urban jobs, hundreds of thousands of people left Peru’s cities and walked home to their ancestral homelands. Community-Driven, Collective Leadership Community-driven, collective leadership is tough to measure or understand using surveys or quantitative research methodologies.

Leadership 97

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Spade questions whether this method can achieve liberatory ends, arguing against the idea that change will occur if a “nonprofit report shows that poverty is bad, or cops are racist.” As Spade puts it, “when we pay for things ourselves it is really different than when we get grants from wealthy people in their foundations or the government.”

Medical 114

Medical Universities Nonprofits Culture 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

In late 2021, a small Zimbabwean community-based organization, Score Against Poverty (SCORE), with help from the Canadian government, decided to test out a different approach. How visible that resentment is depends on the power of those not benefiting or being penalized. All of this builds the capacity of the local agency.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Over the following years, GSF leadership shifted their spending policy from a purely formulaic model to one informed not only by their perpetuity and investment goals but by their foundation’s mission and the current circumstances. What support do they need?

Philanthropy 116

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The contract award, in short, was a huge win, but for CRH leadership and staff, celebration quickly turned to concern. Community leaders also knew that if they didn’t act, profit-seeking firms would, exacerbating the already grave problem of dwindling affordable housing in Puerto Rico.

Finance 103

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

million pairs of affordable reading glasses to low-income customers in remote areas, creating a path out of poverty by extending productive livelihoods, and generating $1.8B To date VisionSpring has sold 8.7 in economic impact.

Social Enterprise 102

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Health Production 102

Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

When nonprofits value the worth of their employees by creating competitive financial packages, recognizing that staff are choosing service work as a career, and prioritizing time to develop their skills and nurture their leadership, we can change how we have historically undervalued nonprofit employees, and everyone will benefit.

Poverty 52

Poverty Values Health Nonprofit governance and management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

This includes the expertise and leadership of people with disabilities. Yet institutions and funders continue to underinvest in their leadership and expertise. Inclusion and equity across every level of tech design, deployment, and governance is crucial.

Technology 116

Technology Public and Social Policy Governance Leadership 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. By failing to make a coordinated effort to support a new leader and leadership approach, the agency isolated her.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many leaders of nonprofits, foundations, and collective efforts are starting by engaging their leadership team, human resources departments, and boards in conversations about historical harm and trauma-informed leadership. Others have embarked on a collective healing process.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Hard-wired into systems and programs at all levels of government and the private sector, these policies bolstered white Americans’ stability, wealth, and access to opportunity while concentrating the effects of segregation, displacement, destabilization, gentrification, and poverty on BIPOC populations.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 107

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 21, 2023

” Read more on this year’s Power Up conference speakers With the historic and ongoing urgency for gender equity in leadership and all industries—not just media and entertainment—the necessity for connection and networking with powerful women leaders is critical in order to achieve leadership and pay parity. . ”

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Participation and motivation Health Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 30, 2023

My tribe is one of multiple divergent groupings which lacks larger tribal or US government recognition because membership in the main Delaware tribe is based on familial relationship to a list of Delaware recorded by a White male official in the late 1800s in Oklahoma. I am also a member of the Kansas Delaware (Lenape).

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Collaborations 129

Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 8, 2023

Supercharge your board fundraising Board fundraising is one of the thorniest challenges in nonprofit leadership. Board agreements can be flexible but they do help organizations take governance far more seriously. Even if you never learn to love fundraising, it is a part of nonprofit leadership and we need you. You are the ‘doer.’

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit governance and management Governance 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Civil Society 78

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, New York City created the innovative concept of a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), based on the Voluntary National Reviews that nations submit to the UN, in which local and regional governments adopt and track their progress toward the SDGs.

Collaborations 90

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 90

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But child care is more expensive than ever, and the federal government hasn’t done enough to support families, especially working mothers. The federal government must act quickly to preserve and increase funding for child care. Now more than ever, families bear the brunt of the economic burden.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Children Governance Philanthropy 137

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? Sometimes, nonprofits advance economic justice; sometimes, they are part of the problem. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

DB: A big premise of my work at JPB Foundation is that no matter what issue you care about—whether that be housing, healthcare, poverty, or climate justice, and they are all important—the fundamental issue at the root of all of them is who has power in society and who doesn’t. DB: We are looking at the role of technology and social change.

Philanthropy 113

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Ethics 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

The interview that follows explores the history of the Clayborn Temple, the project to restore it, and the vision of Troutman and her colleagues to use the temple as a hub for developing a community-based economy in Memphis that i s Black-owned, Black-governed, and which sustains a thriving culture rooted in the Black imagination.

Governance 118

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 118