NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A New Campaign Recently, Oakland-based nonprofit Common Future , which works with other organizations to advance racial and economic equity, partnered with WorkFour , a national campaign to convince private and public enterprises to adopt the four-day workweek. Common Future is serving as a fiscal sponsor and incubator for WorkFour.

Collaborations 100

Collaborations Environmental Health Production 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

The resulting effort—the Pay Equity Project —was inspired by a few separate informal grassroots whistleblower efforts initiated by brave arts workers in the region. Nearly two in three employers (65 percent) lack plans to increase pay equity or aren’t sure what steps to take.

Culture 98

Culture Ethics Leadership Children 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

The first is that California is not on track to meet its climate goals because policymaking is still heavily shaped by the fossil fuel industry. The debated extended beyond the utility and solar industry as many environmental and consumer protection organizations got involved. This policy decision was complicated.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 80

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Even many equity-oriented donors and foundations have at times worked at cross-purposes with the public sector. Next, philanthropy cannot claim to want equity, justice, or liberation without bolstering people’s ability to engage in organizing for public resources. Philanthropy has had a complicated relationship with the government.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The industry itself has been facing a financial crisis, and corporate owners like Gannett, GateHouse Media, and Alden Global Capital have drastically shrunk departments and heavily cut staffing. In June, Axios reported that 2023 was so far a record year for cuts in the industry; at that time, media had lost 17,436 jobs.

Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Non-Profits 93

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This organization dedicated to creating racial equity through what they call “radical and reparative giving” committed in June 2023 to giving $20 million over five years to boost campaigns for reparations across the United States. Organizers across the country have started to frame reparations as an economic justice issue.

Philanthropy 108

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 108

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Equity and guarantees are two other forms of lending safeguards. In the case of equity, the lender is looking for the borrower to bring cash, making the loan smaller and less risky. Advancing Equitable Banking for All The goal of the cohort, of course, extends beyond the group to the entire banking industry.

Insurance 94

Insurance Production Foundations Community Development 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

I hold this question in my heart every day as I reflect on our current economic conditions and strategize about building a reimagined economy rooted in equity, justice, and liberation. These types of relationships are critical to making investments that shift the balance of power toward equity and wealth regeneration for Black communities.

Agriculture 142

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 142

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Among BECMA’s partners were the local food business incubator Commonwealth Kitchen , Amplify Latinx , the Foundation for Business Equity , Browning the Green Space , and the LGBT Chamber of Commerce. We have private companies. The EV charging industry is poised to take off. It’s bigger than municipalities.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 79

Nonprofit Administration and Development Culture Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Tools that can fuel solutions to inequity, exclusion, and extreme concentration of wealth, and push toward inclusive, equity-building impact investing and its intersection with grant funding, are at hand. This can create opportunities for public-private investment to better identify, elevate, and financially support projects.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2023

From Movement to Industry Despite the impressive numbers, the national spirit that had sustained a movement for decades dissipated. billion annually in community lending and financial assistance—building 3,500 commercial, industrial, and community facilities. million units to over four million today.

Community Development 108

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

Why are “starter homes” for young families and shared equity housing so rarely built in some communities but more pricey luxury condos seem to be readily available? Few developers today question whether they can build to green standards; more than half of the industry already does and more are being led there every day.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 85

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Local initiatives will tell funders and the housing industry a lot about the partnerships and strategies needed to reduce evictions, create and preserve affordable housing, and encourage the development of racially just housing policies. Piloting Cross-Sector Solutions in Miami-Dade County. Sustaining Support to Maintain Local Wins.

Nonprofit governance and management 85

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 85

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The children and grandchildren of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton have long embedded their interests, and, more importantly, their money, among industry groups, policymakers, academics, activists, and NGOs active in the future of food. Builders Initiative also gives extensively to seafood and ocean conservation related programs.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 113

EveryAction

JUNE 6, 2019

Insight is a leading venture capital and private equity firm focused on high-growth technology and software companies, with a 20+ year track record in partnering to scale businesses. EveryAction is a platform investment of the firm’s $6.3B Fund X, closed in 2018. About Insight Partners.

Production 93

Production Technology Recruitment Retention 93

EveryAction

MAY 8, 2019

Insight is a leading venture capital and private equity firm focused on high-growth technology and software companies, with a 20+ year track record in partnering to scale businesses. EveryAction is a platform investment of the firm’s $6.3B Fund X, closed in 2018. For more information, visit www.actionkit.com. About Insight Partners.

Production 80

Production Technology Recruitment Values 80

Fundraising Leadership

MAY 19, 2023

The six-year graduation rate was higher for females than for males at both public (66 vs. 60 percent) and private nonprofit (71 vs. 64 percent) institutions. However, at private for-profit institutions, males had a higher 6-year graduation rate than females (31 vs. 28 percent).” percent of undergraduate students in the U.S.

Leadership 52

Leadership Education Education Universities 52

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This report analyzed our foundation’s rural service area—integrating job density, commuting, and industry and occupational data into defining three coherent regions. Initial evidence points to emerging partnerships with key federal partners like Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture and with other private foundations.

Entrepreneurship 103

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Foundations Public and Social Policy 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The result is a gap in agricultural finance between small individual (micro-)loans on the one hand and industrial loans on the other. Equity or quasi-equity (subordinated debt), without requiring collateral, thus strengthening the balance sheet of the investee.

Finance 77

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 77

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

It also explores the political coalitions and campaigns centering environmental justice and equity in decarbonization across the US and champions both broad-based movement building and institutional power to harness resources and push for change. As both public-sector and care workers, teachers are essential to society’s functioning.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

One might think the investment industry would only go to all this trouble and expense if there is clarity and consensus on the benefits that adopting such a new practice might bring. My recommendations to the investment industry would therefore be a little bit more blunt: Revisit the PRI principles. One would be wrong.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 85

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 7, 2023

I saw a real gap of what clients needed and what was available in the industry. Crain’s New York Business named TransPerfect one of the largest privately held companies for 12 consecutive years, and one of the largest women-owned companies 11 times. billion in revenue and offices in more than 100 cities worldwide.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Leadership Finance Foundations 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Through the middle of the 20th century, discriminatory practices by the federal and city governments and the local real estate industry prevented Black residents from purchasing homes outside of designated Black neighborhoods, which were redlined. Like many cities, Louisville is highly segregated by neighborhood.

Food 101

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The New York Times found, for example, that eight of the 10 largest private US employers track productivity of individual workers. Our analysis of workplace technological tools—especially those using AI—focused on those with stated goals around “belonging” (given its centrality to advancing equity in the workplace).

Psychology 96

Psychology Technology Leadership Management 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. Many receive a combination of both. fund accounting software.

Nonprofit governance and management 123

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Nonprofits 123

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

She has been featured in The Washington Post, CURRENTS magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and other industry publications. “ Radical Self-Care: Disrupt the Nonprofit Industrial Complex or Become a Part of it. Lynne also created the website and blog www.donorrelationsguru.com where she shares her expertise. Antionette Kerr.

Public and Social Policy 32

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Social Enterprise 32

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Will competitors or private equity buy them? More legacy businesses would survive outside of the reach of private equity, good jobs would stay in the community, and workers would gain both greater control over the future of their workplaces and a greater degree of financial security. Not well enough.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 91

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

But included in that number are 5,880 privately held ESOPs with over 1.5 It is also home to many well-known and successful employee-owned businesses, including Namasté Solar , Alpine Bank , Leevers Supermarkets , Hercules Industries , and Sexy Pizza , to name a few. Intentional efforts are required to achieve equity.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Early examples of such funds excluded the equities of companies with operations in South Africa or companies involved in production of nuclear weapons. More contemporary values funds might exclude the equities of companies selling controversial weapons, thermal coal, or tobacco. Thus our befuddlement.

Environmental 94

Environmental Finance Energy Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

At the international level, people—who are overwhelmingly of color in the Global South—are targeted with unsafe working conditions, low wages, toxic and polluting industries, displacement, and other forms of violence in the name of profit. Building a Movement against Racial Capitalism We know what we are up against.

Non-Profits 91

Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management Finance Nonprofit governance and management 91

Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 24, 2023

In the summer of 2021, I was talking with a retired private sector HR expert about the four-day workweek. Side note: the Climate Advocacy Lab earned a reputation for constantly learning and innovating on workplace equity, like refusing to share job postings unless they listed a salary range and a non-discrimination statement.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Production Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

Specifically, we propose using federal tax credits, combined with Medicare and Medicaid dollars, to restructure the ownership and financing of the nursing care industry. Moreover, the for-profit service quality gap worsens when private equity intersects with complex corporate structures. SIBs have their drawbacks.

Public and Social Policy 77

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Here’s an example of how impact science works in practice: Imagine you are a funder focused on increasing health equity in your community. And you can track your investments over time, comparing their impact and costs to industry benchmarks. What’s Holding Us Back? Next Steps for Impact Science.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Governance 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, along with academic and industry research to the contrary, this line of thinking ignores the fact that you may be undermining your mission through your investments. Public Equities: Public equities include investments in public companies through shares or stocks.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

That’s why, for a funder collaborative like Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), racial equity is central to our mission of housing equity. Nor will addressing racism in just one part of the system, such as the mortgage industry, cure the whole system. Another began to advance health equity through housing.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’s consideration of ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making (although its roots exist in the socially responsible movement, or SRI). But could that change?

Environmental 133

Environmental Finance Governance Law 133

MNA Association

DECEMBER 12, 2023

One of our goals in the MNA POD (Professional and Organizational Development) program is to make sure our programming centers belonging and equity. When we consider how to host events that uphold our values of community, agency, accountability, learning, and growth, we have identified four strategies to center equity and inclusion.

Organizational Development 52

Organizational Development Associations Universities Values 52