NonProfit PRO

JUNE 24, 2025

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Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 9, 2025

In September 2024, two months before the American public voted Republicans into control of every branch of the US national government, that question was definitively answered at a private, non-political gathering of philanthropic foundation executives and their communications officers. The 20 percent of builders (7.8

Homelessness

Anedot

MARCH 11, 2025

Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, volunteer recruitment/training, consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, marketing/communications, and systems. Marketing & Communications a. Deepen our communications: web presence, social media, events, email marketing and partner marketing.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2025

The Dangers of Privatized Social Goods Foundations risk “legitimizing the privatization of public goods” when they step in to fill gaps created by government retrenchment. Second, nonprofit dependence on private donors gives wealthy interests direct control over social services that should be democratically governed public goods.

Taxation

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

11 Unique barriers to care, including stigma vis--vis mental health, language discrepancies, and poverty, put Latinx people in the United States at higher risk of receiving inadequate treatment than the broader population. percent of Black Americans live below the poverty line (the number is 7.7 10 Only 35.1 Arnett et al.,

Race and Ethnicity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 21, 2025

By Daniela Afonso , Mariana Cabral , Ana Pimenta & Ricardo Zzimo Impact investing arises from a deep desire to use finance to address complex societal challenges such as poverty, climate change, and gender inequality. Additionally, what potential negative externalities could arise from not interacting, whether social (e.g. Vision-level.

Collaborations

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Even the federal government [was] pushing what they called self-help co-ops.

Food

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In Reimagining Nonprofit Boards , a three-part series based on the NPQ webinar, A New Framework for Boards, Ananda Valenzuela challenges traditional governance models and offers a new vision for boards that empower rather than constrain. This [collective governance] framing inherently challenges the top-down board knows best assumption.

Nonprofit governance and management

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The new rules will prohibit: * Misrepresenting any material facts while using negative option marketing; * Require sellers to provide important information before obtaining consumers’ billing information and charging them; and, * Require sellers to get consumers’ informed consent to the negative option features before charging them.

Public and Nonprofit Management

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2025

In contrast, CDFIs aim to achieve community development outcomes , such as reducing poverty, increasing homeownership, or stimulating small businesses in distressed areas. Customer Base CDFIs deliberately target underserved markets. This local knowledge can give them a risk-management edge. million businesses nationally.

Finance

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Public bankscreated by governments and chartered to serve the public interestoffer a powerful model to advance racial equity, public accountability, and community self-determination. A recent report by the Office of the State Comptroller found that Rochester has the fifth-highest child poverty rate of any US city.

Finance

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 13, 2025

For example, New York City already has  government-supported grocery stores through rent discounts like Essex Market on the Lower East Side, with leases supported by the city’s economic development corporation. But nonprofits have offered such options for years.

Race and Ethnicity

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Many find inspiration in the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American cancer patient whose tumor cells were taken without her consent in 1951leading to a multibillion dollar industry, while her family and descendants dealt with poverty. Without regulation, this commercialization could worsen inequities in clinical research.

Race and Ethnicity

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 28, 2025

The S&P Global Market Intelligences RateWatch app found that 2023 alone accounted for 11.3 For More on This Topic: Deaths from Climate Change are Poverty Deaths The Criminalization of Homelessness What Do Public Libraries Have to Do with Climate Justice? percent of that rise.

Homelessness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 2, 2025

Meanwhile, Trumps executive order dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government eliminates DEI considerations in federal hiring, promotions, and performance reviews, aiming to prioritize merit-based decisions. For poverty and climate action, none of the targets are on track.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them.

Health

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meanwhile, youth activists and organizers continue to be outspoken, recognizing that the climate crisis continues to worsen, exacerbated by such concurring injustices as poverty and wealth inequality, authoritarianism, and genocide. 15 Philanthropy has added fuel to the fire that is saviorism disguised as progress.

Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

That said, it remains unclear how aggressive the South African government will be in response to the recent attacks from Trump. Not to be outdone was first buddy South African-born US billionaire Elon Musk, who claimed on social media that the South African government is openly pushing for genocide of White people in South Africa.

Health

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

And when it comes to tribal or informal or reservation economies, you cant actually assess what the market viability of their business is, because theres nothing to relate it to. And] I just want to let people know, Indigenous people in the United States do not own our land; our land is held in trust by the federal government.

Finance

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2025

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Theres no way philanthropy can meet this moment without reimagining governance.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 30, 2025

I’ve since uncovered five prevalent racist state economic development subsidy practices: geographic redlining, harm to public education, the deregulation of originally anti-poverty programs, the privileging of large corporations over small business, and the enrichment of elites through megadeals. 77 on Tax Abatement Disclosures.

Retail

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 5, 2025

Lesbian and bisexual women experience higher rates of poverty than cisgender gay and bisexual men, and they are often primary caregivers. These pay disparities lead more lesbian and bisexual women to live in poverty and turn to Medicaid. million LGBTQ+ people relying on Medicaid as their primary insurance, more than 1.2

Insurance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 26, 2025

Poverty, social exclusion, and a lack of worker rights have long been drivers of trafficking and bonded labor, but the ecological damage wreaked by climate change not only supercharges those forms of vulnerability but, in turn, leads desperate workers to carry out further destruction.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

She went to Uganda where she lived and worked with an NGO on strategic planning and board governance. But we walked away understanding the behavioral science behind marketing. Research, strategic planning and market segmentation all go into marketing. Erin took some time off from practicing law to travel.

Nonprofit governance and management

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 6, 2010

You know from reading my blog that I’m a local, transactional cause marketer. And through the years I’ve grappled with how nonprofits can shift to truly transformative cause marketing. But I knew I would read a book by Jocelyne Daw and Carol Cone. I’ve been learning from these two women for years.

Food

Candid

OCTOBER 2, 2024

These are vital elements of a well-functioning society which can only be ensured by a government that serves the people. But funders can play a key role in raising our collective expectations of government. Philanthropy doesn’t have the infrastructure or resources to guarantee a high quality of life for all.

Governance

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Government of National Unity As a response to the dwindling support, the ANC agreed to form a coalition government. So, what should we expect from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity? percent of the country’s 63 million people living in poverty, gross domestic product growth that slowed to 0.6

Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On the market side, many companies have come to understand the existential threat that climate change represents. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. What Doesn’t Work—and What Does.

Agriculture

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Deeply embedded racism and systemic inequality are clearly reflected in government budgets through the ways certain communities receive investment while others do not. In 1989, when the PB form was first developed in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the central aim was to reduce poverty by changing how budget decisions were made.

Governance

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. Black Lives Matter or Pride Month marketing campaigns might lead us to believe these movements are attracting all the funding they need, but they are not. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy

Getting Attention

JANUARY 25, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Digital Marketing Manager , New York City Ballet (New York, NY). Marketing Temp , Foundation Center (New York, NY). Online Marketing Manager , Friends of the National Zoo (Washington DC).

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

1 Philanthropy’s Conflicting Commitments Over the course of the last two and a half years, Marguerite Casey Foundation has supported efforts across the country to reimagine safety, increase access to public dollars, and seed in everyday people’s imagination the belief that our government dollars should be used to improve their lives.

Public and Social Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. The effort has since grown to include a youth-led cooperative farm that helps supply the market, as well as additional markets in Bolivar County.

Food

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

By Susan Bornstein , Christina Barstow , Alisha Myers , Abbie Noriega & Christian Steiner In a small, rural village in Zambia, Ruth earns an income by collecting fresh vegetables from local community gardens and bringing them to market. “I became a health-care volunteer because I have a passion for helping people,” said Royce.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meanwhile, countries on the “sending” side are positioning themselves to seek greater access to foreign labor markets. For example, LaMP works with elderly care employers to understand workforce needs, and has designed a program in partnership with the Spanish government to train workers in Colombia to meet these needs in both countries.

Public and Social Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2024

In this series thus far, our colleagues have explored what this future requires of each of us , and what it could begin to look like for governments. Such a foundational change will require a concurrent shift in nonprofit institutions, which have evolved alongside the government and market-based economy in the United States.

Nonprofit governance and management