Remove Governance Remove Social Policy Remove Values
article thumbnail

How cross-sector collaboration can create lasting change 

Candid

Government has the scale and policy tools to make change sustainable. Moreover, businesses, nonprofits, and government each benefit. The most effective corporate social responsibility efforts are built on real partnerships with nonprofits and supported by government policies that allow these collaborations to thrive.

article thumbnail

Designing for Better Mental Health Policy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

’s governance can be attributed to combining impatience about injustice with patience about strategy—and all the while keeping a relentless focus on securing voice and power for marginalized communities. These challenges are reflected in what’s meant by use of the terms governing power and co-governance.

article thumbnail

Funding Faith: Raising Money For Religion-Based Organizations

Bloomerang

As noted in “ American Muslim Philanthropy: A Data-Driven Comparative Profile ,” a report authored by Faiqa Mahmood in 2019 via The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, “The strongest motivations for American Muslims are a feeling that those with more should give to those with less and a sense of religious duty or obligation.” .

article thumbnail

How the Child Tax Credit Empowered Low-Income Parents

NonProfit Quarterly

Recent research by Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy supports such assertions, finding that a permanent expanded child tax credit “would deliver a value to society eight times the annual costs.”

Poverty 98
article thumbnail

Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For decades, nonprofits, governments, philanthropies, and corporations have been dogged by how to measure social impact. Until now, stakeholders in the social sector have had access to lots of data, but no way to refine it. An impact registry refines data and allows nonprofits to extract value from all their hard work.

article thumbnail

Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. They are administratively efficient.