NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Just as Roosevelt envisioned a future where no American would face poverty, hunger, or insecurity, baby bonds offer a way to help achieve that promise by providing the financial tools necessary to overcome systemic barriers to wealth and opportunity. As more children are born into poverty each year, the need for baby bonds grows more urgent.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Universities 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In 2020 , the median cost of in-home care with a home health aide was $54,912; the median cost of a private room in a nursing home was double the cost of a home health aide, at $105,850. seniors over 85 live in poverty, only 8 percent who live in multigenerational households live in poverty, a 40 percent reduction.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Children Poverty Health 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Neuroscience, broadly, deals with the nervous system and the brain, including mental health. 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1

Race and Ethnicity 77

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This is good news for our youth, many of whom experience mental health challenges rooted in intergenerational trauma, poverty, and social alienation. For these wisdom-keepers, creating environments that nurture health and healing calls for what they term “rampant relationality.”

Health 105

Health Culture Poverty Activism 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

While Black elites have amassed political and financial power, the vast majority of Black Atlantans continue to experience high rates of poverty, housing insecurity, and labor exploitation. There is room and opportunityfor the work of resistance and of building cooperative, community-controlled alternatives.

Poverty 104

Poverty Philanthropy Agriculture Education 104

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 2, 2025

While these stores continue to make money for shareholders, workers face a relentless grind of poverty wages, unsafe working conditions, and corporate-driven understaffing that puts safety at risk. Their ubiquity has made dollar stores a Southern staple that is often the only choice for communities basic needs.

Health 97

Health Poverty Education Education 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

As a physician and public health professional, these formative traditional values and beliefs have guided my personal journey toward promoting equity. Current measurements of poverty commonly used to assess social determinants of health include concepts such as financial income and home or land ownership.

Health 98

Health Poverty Public and Social Policy Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Characterizing the relationship between these two complex problems is often challenging because the true tolls of the mental health and climate crises are inseparable.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 105

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

22% of those workers are living below or just above the poverty line. Imagine, for example, if nonprofits could use funding earmarked for housing services to address the underlying issues leading to homelessness, such as substance use or mental health disorders.

Retail 83

Retail Homelessness Poverty Health 83

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This isnt just a denial of financial services; its a denial of possibility, locking communities into cycles of poverty and keeping doors closed to upward mobility. It can become a tool that listens to communities; recognizes the places where health, housing, and financial services are lacking; and helps organizations address these needs.

Ethics 98

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Age, poverty, ethnicity, and marginalization exacerbate existing gender inequalities and pose particular threats to women’s livelihoods, health, and safety. According to data from the organization UN Women , approximately 20 million more women live in poverty than men, significantly affecting their health and wellbeing.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 12, 2023

On the outside, I looked poised, having just shared my lived experience from depression and suicide attempts to founding my social impact consulting company, Bearapy , to improve workplace mental health in the Asia-Pacific region. This work takes a toll on our mental health. Inside, I could feel myself disintegrating.

Health 98

Health Culture Energy Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Community Development 130

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. Beyond the four areas outlined above, addressing social determinants of health —which include poverty, hunger, quality education, health, and wellbeing—is key to the Camden Food Hub initiative.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This shift may reflect changing priorities or an increased focus on other pressing issues like public health and social services. Conversely, states with higher poverty levels receive less, raising important questions about how equitable current methods of philanthropic distribution are. Cause area determined by recipient NTEE.

Poverty 124

Poverty Education Education Health 124

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

Poverty 126

Poverty Ethics Philanthropy Culture 126

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The top five causes Americans want the sports world to support are: Education, Children’s Causes, Health, Poverty and Mental Health. A third of fans would watch or attend fewer games and 22 percent would completely boycott the team. Communicate the impact.

Poverty 164

Poverty Health Environmental Education 164

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 7, 2025

While it has, by far, the largest number of poor people in the world, India has arguably pulled more people out of poverty over the last 20 years than any other country in history (with the possible exception of China). Some may ask, why donate to India, the fifth largest economy in the world, which by 2030 will be the third?

Philanthropy 113

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 113

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

That’s the headline finding of a new report by Independent Sector , which advocates for the health of the nonprofit sector, and United for ALICE , a national research organization that focuses on understanding and addressing ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed) households. “We So, that’s how you get to 22 percent.

Poverty 119

Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 119

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

When they do not have access to funds, families in poverty depend on getting the water they need through temporary, charitable fixes, or they walk hours to find it from natural sources, or they may pay up to 20% of their income to buy it. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty.

Non-Profits 133

Non-Profits Poverty Finance Health 133

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

The National Marine Life Center forcus on rehabilitating stranded sea turtles, seals, dolphins, porpoises & whales while advancing scientific knowledge and education in marine wildlife health & conservation. Partners In Health :: @ PIH. Southern Poverty Law Center :: @ SPLCenter. amfAR :: @ amfAR.

Poverty 111

Poverty Civil Society Medical Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 136

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Kirsten McIlvenna is the Communications Director for International Child Care (USA), a nonprofit seeking to change the conditions of poverty in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by promoting health and empowerment. Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. .

Communication 170

Communication Poverty Nonprofits Health 170

The Kindful Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Impacting: Menstrual health. Host a menstrual health product drive. Impacting: Women’s health. Impacting: Poverty. Headquarters in: East Lansing, MI.

Poverty 122

Poverty Health Philanthropy Education 122

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. MEGA’s efforts have expanded to include youth leadership and mentorship, community engagement, and health education.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

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. Is Kenya's health care digitization project linked to broader East African initiatives?

Collaborations 76

Collaborations Health Finance Management 76

Anedot

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latinx immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. As a Behavioral Health Clinician, the primary focus of this role is to provide therapy services/behavioral health interventions to individuals, families and groups of Canal Alliance clients.

Health 52

Health Insurance Medical Psychology 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The African Development Bank for example, seeks to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in Africa, while the International Red Cross focuses on protecting and assisting victims of armed conflict. These projects typically take place in peaceful and lower to middle-income countries where poverty remains prevalent.

Poverty 114

Poverty Finance Governance Non-Profits 114

Anedot

AUGUST 29, 2024

Behavioral Health Clinician JOB DESCRIPTION This is a hybrid position Canal Alliance is currently piloting a 4 Day Work Week, with business hours Monday –Thursday, 8am-6pm. Position Summary: Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latinx immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success.

Health 52

Health Insurance Medical Psychology 52

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 128

Poverty Children Law Food 128

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 111

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 2, 2025

Here is a heat map showing Chicago TIF expenditures from 2010, from The Chicago Reporter: The Chicago Reporter , whose tagline is Investigating race and poverty since 1972, has done robust data-driven reporting on TIFs over the years. TIFs divert revenue from where the money is needed to where it is not.

Taxation 104

Taxation Finance Governance Construction 104

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

We cannot achieve our mission of sustainability and creating opportunities to pull themselves from abject poverty. Kelly Boyett from Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange Expanding access to mental health resources, counseling, and crisis intervention. Help us help the world.

Volunteerism 57

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 57

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

We wanted to make it clear to our followers the connection between our work and how that helps prevent the spread of disease and impacts the health of families around the world. We must remember the world is dealing with a global health pandemic and important social conversations.

Non-Profits 134

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 28, 2024

As the complexity of global issues like climate change, poverty, and inequality continues to escalate, AI agents are emerging as transformative tools. Social enterprises focusing on health equity can leverage these capabilities to improve access to care in regions with limited medical infrastructure.

Social Enterprise 52

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Disaster Relief Agriculture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

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. Prioritizing East Boston’s Air Health One of the biggest air polluters in East Boston is Logan Airport, where drivers often idle, their fumes poisoning the surrounding area.

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 128

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay.

Homelessness 145

Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 145