NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress temporarily implemented a child tax credit initiative that in 2021 cut child poverty nearly in half, lifting millions out of poverty, according to a US Census report. This provision allowed the expanded credit to have especially positive impacts in reducing child poverty.

Poverty 97

Poverty Children Law Food 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 121

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

Environmental 96

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 96

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. The best antipoverty program is still a job,” Clinton asserted as he signed the bill into law.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 100

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In reality, more than 70 percent of children in foster care today are in foster care because of what the system calls neglect, which is largely related to poverty issues. By 1968, when all states had a mandatory reporting law, that number grew to 11,000 cases, and Black children were significantly impacted by that.

Children 137

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 137

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In total, more than a dozen law enforcement officials were waiting, undercover or in hiding, to surprise the Roberts family. A 2015 study by the US Forest Service notes : National forest law enforcement officers regularly encounter “nonrecreational” campers whose tenure exceeds established stay limits (generally 2 weeks).

Homelessness 108

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 108

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

1 The Dawn of the Nonprofit Sector Dunning begins the history of the nonprofit sector in the 1960s, when protests against discrimination prompted political leaders to look for solutions to persistent poverty. 9 The rents collected by CDCs strengthened market approaches to poverty, encouraging what we now may refer to as sustainability.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 112

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scott served seven years in prison after being arrested on federal drug charges shortly after obtaining his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1994. They don’t want to talk about poverty. They don’t want to talk about mental health. They don’t want to talk about all the causes of crime.

Poverty 130

Poverty Health Education Education 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

On its website, ILSR maintains a set of maps showing the overlay of poverty and store location in multiple metropolitan areas. Dollar stores also negatively impact public health. Typically, laws restricting dollar stores are enacted in large cities, but rural communities also have mobilized. DeKalb County is not unique.

Retail 127

Retail Food Law Governance 127

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

million children out of poverty. None made it into law. By early 2023, however, Governor Tim Walz was declaring , “Now is the time to go bold” and pledged to “lead the nation in ending child poverty.” A few measures, particularly in labor law, mark even greater shifts. Those gains are already wiped away). Universal pre-K?

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 87

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

We are demanding equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line. East Boston is a historically working-class, immigrant neighborhood.

Race and Ethnicity 114

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 114

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. have serious health and safety hazards, such as gas leaks, damaged plumbing, and poor heating.

Construction 64

Construction Poverty Environmental Governance 64

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

PPI quotes journalist Roxanna Asgarian, writing for In These Times , asserting that the US child welfare system is “more akin to law enforcement than social services, given its ability to surveil parents and hand down the ultimate punishment—terminating the legal bonds between parent and child.”

Children 90

Children Law Poverty Health 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health, half the country has strict abortion restrictions in effect or queued up to take effect over the coming months, making it difficult, if not impossible, for people to access abortion care. No one should ever have to choose between paying rent and accessing health care.

Health 91

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. 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 Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

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

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. The current market economy fails to effectively distribute goods and services to large segments of the population, resulting in poverty and maldistribution of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 120

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Her grantmaking in 2020 appears to follow a regular pattern of proportionality—perhaps a “power law distribution,” a mathematical pattern found across natural and socioeconomic systems where one quantity varies as a power of another. We’ve identified an additional $480 million in grants directed to serve people with disabilities. Conclusion.

Poverty 98

Poverty Health Law Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Recently, with her father Richard Rothstein, she coauthored a book called Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Leah Rothstein: My father, Richard Rothstein, wrote The Color of Law in 2017, a book that basically debunked the myth about why our communities are racially segregated.

Law 95

Law Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 95

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JUNE 5, 2023

8 million for additional School-Based Behavioral Health Liaisons across the state. This law could make a business ineligible for Tennessee state subsidies if they recognized a union based on card checks instead of secret ballot elections. . $140 million for one full-time, armed School Resource Officer for every public school. $40

Nonprofit governance and management 59

Nonprofit governance and management Law Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. is a break from the past when trillions were spent on developing treatments for numerous health issues. Imagine using homelessness as a health indicator of society!

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. The situation for extremely low-income homeowners was no better.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 104

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. Corporations can spend millions of dollars to defeat legislation, elect corporate-friendly politicians, and overturn laws at the ballot box or via the courts.

Public Policy 135

Public Policy Governance Non-Profits Law 135

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The Little Market is a 501(c)(3), charitable organization founded by women to help alleviate poverty by sourcing their good from artisan groups in over 25 countries.

Ethics 129

Ethics Children Poverty Education 129

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JUNE 5, 2023

8 million for additional School-Based Behavioral Health Liaisons across the state. This law could make a business ineligible for Tennessee state subsidies if they recognized a union based on card checks instead of secret ballot elections. . $140 million for one full-time, armed School Resource Officer for every public school. $40

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Law Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 Issues related to justice, race, inequalities, affordability, and poverty are much less likely to be funded.” million to environmental law, $75.5

Environmental 89

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 89

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

From current discriminatory practices in the private lending market to historic exclusion from public home-buying programs, the effects of these inequitable practices and policies on Black women include a lack of wealth and an incalculable loss of mental and physical health. Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Insurance 123

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In] 36 states, federal law continues to permit subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. By law, they are allowed to pay lower than the minimum wage. It should be noted that 14 states have passed laws to ban this. The majority of these 120,000 workers are people who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Race and Ethnicity 129

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Law Education 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In research I did with collaborators for the Broke Project , we found that most stories, profiles, and vignettes related to work to end poverty follow this pattern: while an organization is the protagonist, poor people are defined only by their experience with poverty. They also commit to 1.

Homelessness 129

Homelessness Culture Poverty Collaborations 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

They may fund “justice” but rarely target laws that force willing employers to deny someone a job because of their nationality. They may fund “poverty reduction,” but that usually means 25 percent income gains in the country of residence, rather than 1,500 percent income gains in a high-income country.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 129

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities. Public resources flowed into health and human services, gender-affirming care, and equitable housing.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 112

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

When the business model is under tremendous stress, and thousands of journalists have lost full-time work, lost health coverage, and lost retirement benefits. She was in a public-employees local, and New York City wanted to impose certain reformulations of pension benefits and health and welfare benefits. They are homeless.

Health 98

Health Insurance Production Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When federal or nonprofit assistance is available to victims of natural disasters, Black families often find that they do not qualify for relief because of informal land ownership arrangements that are the legacy of Jim Crow laws, which often denied Black people formal means of passing property from one generation to another.

Public Policy 97

Public Policy Health Poverty Associations 97

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Take healthcare: 15 percent of white men surveyed stated that their employer contributes to health insurance, compared to only 8 percent of Black women. Discrimination affects wages, benefits, and working conditions and exacerbate differences in health and wealth accordingly.

Law 97

Law Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

trillion bill, which is only true if you count the $650 billion for roads and infrastructure that was already law before the bill’s passage. Rather, the legislation, as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman aptly describes it , “is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform.” This gets complicated.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Governance Poverty Healthcare 103

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

To the feminist bookstores, healing circles, and women’s health clinics that we relied on for our physical, emotional, and political/cultural survival. It is necessary to name these deep fissures within community health and feminist care strategies, especially during the 1980s and 1990s.

Leadership 92

Leadership Health Law Culture 92