NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

One success story is in homelessness prevention; AI-powered predictive analytics can help identify individuals and families at risk of homelessness, allowing social workers to intervene early and provide targeted support. These programs can prevent long-term social isolation, reduce crime rates, and enhance community cohesion.

Ethics 130

Ethics Curriculum and Teaching Nonprofit Administration and Development Health 130

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Women in law enforcement in the U.S. “ Women in #law #enforcement in the U.S. Recruiting and hiring more women for law enforcement roles can help meet the growing demand. With barriers often called the “brass ceiling” for women in law enforcement, Chan Shue’s successful career at NYPD and beyond is noteworthy. “

Race and Ethnicity 98

Race and Ethnicity Law Nonprofit Administration and Development Sociology 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For example, in this story from Invisible People , an organization dedicated to transforming narratives about housing and homelessness, a group of neighbors in KoreaTown in Los Angeles have come together to support their unhoused neighbors. Instead, tell stories of individuals in relationship to each other, working toward a collective goal.

Homelessness 131

Homelessness Culture Poverty Collaborations 131

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We see the hunger they alleviate, the education they provide, the homelessness they address, but the root causes remain, casting long shadows over countless lives. It's crafting and championing laws, regulations, and budgets that directly address the root causes of social problems.

Public Policy 64

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Food Homelessness 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To do so, the foundation focuses on improving housing stability, expanding the production or preservation of affordable housing for families, and ending youth homelessness. A new narrative will help change those perceptions.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 108

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Despite multiple warnings, fines, and legal notices directing them to leave, they had stayed because they were otherwise homeless. In total, more than a dozen law enforcement officials were waiting, undercover or in hiding, to surprise the Roberts family.

Homelessness 102

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 102

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

In January 2022, the tenant union United as One at Century Villages at Cabrillo in West Long Beach protested the lack of safety and violence at their housing community, which houses very low-income veterans, families, and seniors, many of whom have previously experienced homelessness.

Law 96

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 96

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2020

You also have: November 2: Dio De los Muertos ends November 19: Great American Smokeout November 15-24: National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week November 16: International Day of Tolerance November 17: World Prematurity Day November 20: World Children’s Day November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Homelessness 104

Homelessness Law Children Culture 104

iMarketSmart

JUNE 19, 2023

The simple game has an unbreakable law: Giving must be seen by partners who are able and willing to reciprocate. In the extreme game, the law still applies. A simple example One fundraiser for a law school shared this story. “I For example, it had little impact on their willingness to work at a homeless shelter.

Altruism and Helping 52

Altruism and Helping Insurance Psychology Medical 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Housing instability—whether through homelessness or frequent evictions and moves—creates chronic, toxic stress and exposes people to traumatic and unhealthy situations. The research finds that housing affects health through three pathways: housing stability, housing affordability, and access to a health-promoting neighborhood.

Health 100

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 100

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? Lobbying for a law to change?). Who: Who will benefit from the donation you are requesting? Use ADJECTIVES! Think back to your 3 W’s.

Children 122

Children Education Education Homelessness 122

Care2

MAY 30, 2011

It's a dumb idea, considering how vital these contributions are to nonprofit organizations, which receive up to one half of all of their individual donations from the very same taxpayers who would be affected by this new law. These organizations provide comfort to the sick, disabled, hungry and homeless.

Law 69

Law Homelessness Nonprofits Associations 69

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In their online shop , 100% of all sales proceeds go toward helping save the lives of homeless pets! Susie’s Senior Dogs (SSD) is a nonprofit organization “working to bring awareness to the plight of homeless senior dogs. There are options from apparel to mugs and remembrance jewelry. . Susie’s Senior Dogs. Environmental.

Children 105

Children Environmental Agriculture Nonprofits 105

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Southern Poverty Law Center sent me one email in April asking for a renewal. The National Coalition for the Homeless has sent about 10 emails in 8 months, starting on February 24. Southern Poverty Law Center also stood out for me, but not in a good way, because of the annoying plastic mail and phone call. One direct mail ask.

Retention 89

Retention Homelessness Poverty Law 89

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

Disaster Relief 77

Disaster Relief Medical Volunteerism Volunteerism 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

Collaborations 116

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It’s been this way for centuries , beginning with the displacement of Native People in the 1800s and continuing with the use of eminent domain laws to take desirable land away from thriving Black communities. Shift more power to those who have been most disadvantaged.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 108

Lets Talk Nonprofit

JULY 6, 2022

For Tom Ahern , it's his mother-in-law, Jane. However, it's a different story when you tell me, "Winter is coming, and your $100 gift will provide 150 hot meals for the homeless." Nonprofit authors and fundraising gurus say the best appeals are written with a single donor in mind. For Jeff Brooks , it's his Aunt Ruth. Be donor-centric.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Law 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

National Coalition for the Homeless. Southern Poverty Law Center. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. Because 3 in 10 girls in the United States get pregnant at least once by age 20. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Flickr. Because veterans, the unemployed, and the mentally ill should not be living in the streets.

Children 107

Children Poverty Insurance Food 107

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

National Coalition for the Homeless. Southern Poverty Law Center. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. Because 3 in 10 girls in the United States get pregnant at least once by age 20. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Flickr. Because veterans, the unemployed, and the mentally ill should not be living in the streets.

Children 111

Children Poverty Nonprofits Insurance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Someone who is dealing with administrative duties—that is, the heavy load of paperwork and record keeping that is put on people when they try to acquire the benefits to which they are entitled by law. They are homeless. They are defined by the problem that they have.

Health 93

Health Insurance Production Homelessness 93

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 17, 2023

Moderated by NPQ Economic Justice Senior Editor Steve Dubb and Shelterforce Editor in Chief Miriam Axel-Lute, the participants in this wide-ranging conversation are: Anneke Dunbar-Gronke, who works at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Louisville Courier Journal , March 20, 2023.

Law 79

Law Public Policy Homelessness 79

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Black codes [laws passed after the Civil War to enforce racial segregation] turned crimes that were formerly misdemeanors into felonies only if they were committed by Black people. 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 134

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 134

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

million to environmental law, $75.5 Tier II grant categories go beyond the traditional environment and health topic areas. The study points out, “Though foundations distributed $88.9 million to management and technical assistance, $76.7 million to environmental health, $72.9 million to forest conservation, and $30.1

Environmental 86

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 86

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Can we create laws to give people money? They are making plans that are keeping homeless communities from having housing. When you look at the way state and municipal budgets are run, they are handled by legislatures, as in the state Senate or city council. They can control what we do with it. Can we invest in a community land trust?

Governance 84

Governance Insurance Homelessness Poverty 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The hospital already had strong working partnerships with other communities, notably Latinx communities and also homeless populations, whose health disparities were strongly linked to their culture and existing societal inequities. These included: Changing California state law.

Medical 85

Medical Health Culture Healthcare 85

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Urgent services include everything from urgent care clinics to food pantries and homeless shelters, or services needed following a shock like a natural disaster or pandemic. The vital conditions framework aims to shift how people think about health and wellbeing, particularly by recognizing the shortcomings of overreliance on urgent services.

Health 73

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 73

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained. Accounting seems detached from causes such as fighting racism, resetting unjust laws, or upending false cultural narratives.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 113

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The rules governing the attraction of wealth to wealth are not laws of nature, nor are they immutable. But the rules governing the attraction of wealth to wealth are not laws of nature, nor are they immutable. billion paid to more than 123,000 Indigenous people. Pentagon contracting functions similarly. Take Jeff Bezos.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 86

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Mike Koprowski: Success will be when race no longer predicts one’s likelihood of experiencing unaffordable rent, homelessness, and living in areas of concentrated poverty—when we have eliminated those things altogether for all people.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

In 2017 and 2018 alone , PG&E’s faulty equipment and gross negligence killed over 150 Californians and caused about $30 billion in property damages, leaving tens of thousands of residents homeless. The lawsuit points out, among other things, that the CPUC’s NEM decision violates California state law.

Energy 85

Energy Construction Environmental Governance 85

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We became storm refugees, and I was homeless. Dealing with both the experience of homelessness and all of the other challenges recovering from something as devastating as a superstorm like [Hurricane] Sandy had a huge impact on me. It lit a fire in me to want to do more organizing, even while I was homeless, so I kept going.

Governance 110

Governance Public and Social Policy Homelessness Production 110