NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From poverty wages to sky-high rents to environmental disasters, many of the crises we face today are linked to outsized and entrenched corporate power. To counter corporations’ outsized and unchecked power grab, we need more than public policy fights, community benefits agreements, and harm reduction.

Public Policy 131

Public Policy Governance Non-Profits Law 131

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

No humane government would have turned to forcible and violent arrest to punish a family like the Robertses for trying to survive and stay together.” Bad Public Policy “[Criminalization] is bad public policy.” The family was evicted and became homeless. It’s bad for the homeless people it impacts.

Homelessness 102

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 102

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Public Policy: A Hit and a Miss Are the lessons of Hurricanes Maria and Fiona being taken to heart? Officially, it is now public policy in Puerto Rico to move to 100 percent renewable power by 2050 (with intermediary goals of 40 percent renewable power by 2025—that is, a year from now—and 60 percent by 2040).

Energy 98

Energy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

But to respond effectively, it is important to understand dollar stores’ growing importance, how communities are responding, and how public policy might better support community-based businesses. On its website, ILSR maintains a set of maps showing the overlay of poverty and store location in multiple metropolitan areas.

Retail 124

Retail Food Law Governance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. A nonprofit, the East Portland Community Investment Trust , serves as the owner and lead manager and developer of the property, and for a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $100, nearby residents can become owners themselves.

Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 93

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For decades, student loans have been a huge moneymaker for the federal government, which holds over 90 percent of all student debt in the US. Education is promised as a path out of poverty—but it’s also a means of extraction under racial capitalism. Black women struggle to manage repayment.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 115