Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Children and Families You Serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Want to take action on a bill below? Let us know here.

Children 52

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Due to its inaccuracy, and because of public backlash, law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology is banned in some cities; however, the technology is still being used by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 109

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

Whether it is fundraising, board development, public policy or leadership development, it is critical that all roles within the sector take an “all-in” approach to building the capacity of the nonprofit sector towards real change and success. The Ethical Fundraiser Transparency inspires confidence.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 20, 2023

Thompson is Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council of Nonprofits , the nation’s largest network of nonprofit organizations. He practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Organizational Change Public and Nonprofit Management Law 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Slavery ensued for the next three centuries and was only abolished on May 13, 1888, through a law titled Lei Áurea (the “Golden Law”) —66 years after Brazil became independent. According to the latest IBGE data, self-declared Brown people currently comprise 45.3

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 66

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Tax Codes and Fossil Fuel Companies Monique Harden, director of law and public policy and community engagement program manager for the DSCEJ, says tax codes are another reason behind the sudden push for these sites in Louisiana and elsewhere. For every ton of carbon dioxide they put in the ground, they get $85.

Environmental 121

Environmental Energy Technology Public Policy 121

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here.

Law 91

Law Public and Social Policy Charitable Organizations Governance 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. While signing on is an important first step, following through with concrete and impactful action will be what truly matters.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 101

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 14, 2023

“While there are many transferable skills, moving back into the very different civilian culture — whether in business, education, law, medicine, or elsewhere— means learning new ways of interacting, a new language and new, often covert rules,” says Wilmoth, Executive Dean at UNC School of Nursing, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Medical 52

Medical Universities Leadership Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past 20 years or so, pioneering researchers including Mark Lipsey , Susan Mitchie , and Bruce Chorpita , among others, have created core component frameworks for fields such as juvenile justice, public health, and education. Or how Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw makes it easy for lawyers to quickly find the closest matching case law.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Governance 98

The Agitator

MARCH 15, 2018

Or, under this new tax law, doesn’t get cheaper for many. I had the pleasure of working with a great MADD public policy volunteer named Nadine Milford. If it’s a drunk driving law in New Mexico, she probably helped pass it. The short version is it may allow us to focus more on why donors actually give.

Law 53

Law Public Policy Governance Universities 53

Getting Attention

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Brandon & Associates, a small, progressive public affairs and strategic management firm specializing in communications, public interest and grassroots advocacy, and policy and organizational development, seeks an individual with experience in project management, communications, policy analysis and issue campaigns.

Public and Social Policy 58

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Public Policy 58

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

This includes strategies of community organizing, public policy and advocacy, civic engagement, cultural/arts organizing, land/food sovereignty, healing justice, and more. (TLC is committed to a place-based strategy—building deeply and over time in one state ecosystem and at multiple levels of leadership within organizations.)

Leadership 106

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 106

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. Before they were living in two campers on federal public land, the Roberts family shared an apartment in Emmett, ID, where Judy Roberts worked in a factory. Prosecutors indicated they would seek jail time.

Homelessness 115

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mali Obomsawin: I would like to acknowledge that I’m a citizen of a nation that is not one of the nations in so-called Maine, so in terms of federal Indian law sovereignty, it does not apply to me in that context. They don’t just happen automatically without some of that Land Back politics, law, policy kind of thing.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 98

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. They drive change through networks and relationships, and use the power and influence that emerges.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 104

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. Dollar stores also negatively impact public health. What can be done about this pattern? Quite a bit.

Retail 131

Retail Food Law Governance 131

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here.

Education 52

Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

EveryAction

JANUARY 24, 2018

Healthier Colorado is a nonprofit working to elevate the voices of Coloradans in the public policy process, ensuring healthier standards of living across the state’s diverse communities. As a result, we’ve built a team that aims to advocate for public policy solutions.

Public Policy 41

Public Policy Health Law Insurance 41

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 107

Public Policy Health Poverty Associations 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the following conversation, two expert leaders—Nick Hart, president of the Data Foundation, and Jason Saul, founder and executive director of the Center for Impact Sciences at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy—share thoughts about the next phase of the evidence movement. Evidence 1.0

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Governance Finance Law 90

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Southern Poverty Law Center.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Law Education Education 76

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy. Health inequities, crime levels, and immigration are all intrinsically linked to financial inequities, as are the failings of our criminal justice system. Accountants are not typically renowned heroic exemplars.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 127

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

In other words, current tax deduction policy does not matter to more than 90% of Americans) Mutual aid and direct giving are two very visible signs that the assumptions driving public policy change are not based in an understanding of how we give now. Privacy laws and protection from fraud. Broadband access. Encryption.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Philanthropy Public Policy Law 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. FHO: What progress are you seeing in public- and private-sector investment in high-quality, equitable housing solutions at the local, state, and federal levels?

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. 23 William Gale, codirector of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, concurs. 6 (July 1991): 1241–99. Sniderman et al., 1 (February 1996): 33–55.

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 81

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Until it was.

Public Policy 81

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 81

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Urban areas are home to 80 percent of the US population, produce and hold most of our nation’s wealth, have tremendous power via public policy and budgets, and are where most people directly feel the impact of government and organizing in their daily lives. PowerSwitch Action focuses on cities as key strategic terrain.

Public Policy 139

Public Policy Governance Non-Profits Law 139

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Public policy, however, can make a tremendous difference. Under current [child tax credit] law…an estimated 19 million children receive little to no credit due to their families’ earnings being too small. The bottom line is that under current law, the child tax credit is not reaching low-income families who need it most.

Poverty 104

Poverty Children Law Food 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As the executive director of the East Bay Community Law Center, Zoe Polk, wrote recently for NPQ about the PSLF program , “Legal aid attorneys like me work to ensure that millions of low-income people of color stay in their homes, are paid fair compensation, expunge faulty criminal records, and access immigration relief.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 128