NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2025

A small but powerful example is provided by Apoyo Mutuo Kelluwn-Rekulluwvn (Kelluwn-Rekulluwvn Mutual Aid), a groundbreaking nonprofit initiative from Maple Microdevelopment , developed in 2014 at the invitation of the Mapuche-Lafkenche Indigenous communities of coastal wetland Lake Budi, southern Chile, and Northern Patagonia.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance Poverty 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

As the present contradictions of racial capitalism sharpen and the cracks of neoliberal solutions give way to reveal the facade of racial progress, communities are searching for solutions transcending business-as-usual identity-based social justice driven by national nonprofits.

Poverty 105

Poverty Philanthropy Agriculture Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

In Louisiana, for example, workers are holding dollar store chains accountable for paying poverty wages and creating unsafe work environments. Philanthropy, labor, and nonprofit supporters can ensure that Southern workers have the resources to keep pushing for economic justice in this challenging terrain.

Collaborations 116

Collaborations Manufacturing Law Philanthropy 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 2, 2025

As the nonprofit Internet Society Foundation explains , The growing risk of natural and climate-related disasters is causing more and more disruption to peoples lives. Internet Poverty A 2019 report from the US Department of Health and Human Services noted that over one in six people living in poverty had no access to the internet.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Technology Food 94

Candid

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. The combination of storm surge, heavy rainfall, wind damage, and tornadoes led to $160 billion-$180 billion in economic loss and damages.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Disaster Relief Insurance Medical 119

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Woodrow Rosebaum Tech for nonprofits has been overlooked for decades, lagging while governments and businesses found ways to streamline, coordinate and scale. With outdated systems and siloed data, nonprofits are not keeping up with the basic demands of modern digital infrastructure. It will transform what nonprofits can achieve.

Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 59

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 22, 2025

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Quilen Blackwell, president and co-founder of Chicago Eco House , to discuss his journey in scaling a nonprofit organization. Read more about scaling a nonprofit here. Having legal counsel on retainer became essential.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofits 52

Candid

JULY 14, 2025

From disruptions in federal funding streams and capacity constraints to emerging legal hurdles, nonprofits are confronting new challenges and increased uncertainty. residents living at or below the federal poverty threshold, there are only 2.8 For every 10,000 U.S. paid legal aid lawyers.

Collaborations 99

Collaborations Law Recruitment Poverty 99

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

As traditional funding models shift and societal needs evolve, nonprofits are being called upon to adapt and innovate to create lasting change. Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

Civil Society 92

Civil Society Disaster Relief Ethics Technology 92

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Addressing this requires intervention both by policymakers and nonprofit organizations. These neighborhoods still have above average poverty rates and remain majority Black and/or Latinx. The most crucial asset that nonprofits can bring to the table is trust. CDFIs can help finance these efforts.

Construction 83

Construction Public and Social Policy Finance Poverty 83

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 114

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 114

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. AI Agent Applications in Global Issues: Success Stories Combating Poverty Through Financial Inclusion Many social enterprises aim to empower underserved populations with financial services.

Social Enterprise 52

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Disaster Relief Agriculture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Image credit: “Sister Secrets ” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” When communities and movements talk about climate and environmental justice, solidarity is often at the center of the conversation.

Environmental 115

Environmental Race and Ethnicity Construction Nonprofit governance and management 115

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. As the nonprofit Good Jobs First reports , TIFs are legal in every state of the country, except Arizona.

Taxation 104

Taxation Finance Governance Construction 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The effect, Rosenthal added, was to systematically favor the largely White-led nonprofit sector, to the disadvantage of small-scale credit unions with limited staff resources but a record of serving Black, Latinx, and other low-income communities. The debate was a bit of an artifice. As Holdsclaw noted, the movementindustry debate is not new.

Community Development 116

Community Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

Candid

MAY 5, 2025

In fact, its in eight of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals including eradicating poverty, ending hunger, and reducing inequality. From nonprofit service providers to system designers In the field of financial technology, nonprofits historically have been viewed as intermediariesfocused on financial education or service delivery.

Finance 52

Finance Technology Poverty Ethics 52

NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Center’s Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide highlights gifts for everyone on your list, with some or all of the proceeds benefiting nonprofits. Gifts in this 2024 guide were curated by the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s nonprofit community through a submission process in November.

Children 225

Children Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofits Leadership 225

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? percent of Black Americans live below the poverty line (the number is 7.7 10 Only 35.1 19 Scientific racism is still rife in the United States. Arnett et al.,

Race and Ethnicity 87

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 87

Anedot

MARCH 11, 2025

Have had at least four years of experience in a leadership role, directly managing at least three or four people in a nonprofit, social services, or similar environment. Develop and manage relationships with key donors, community contacts, nonprofit directors, and grant makers in the homeless/social service area.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Homelessness Finance 52

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

The strongest nonprofits are always looking for ways to improve their mission, ways to serve more effectively, ways to reach more people, and more. ” and, once again, nonprofit leaders came through! We cannot achieve our mission of sustainability and creating opportunities to pull themselves from abject poverty.

Volunteerism 60

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 60

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

For families in dire poverty, the cost of flying to India for treatment would seem impossible. Founded by Ishmeal Alfred Charles, the nonprofit raises funds to send critically ill children overseas for lifesaving procedures. Over 56 percent of Sierra Leones population lives below the poverty line, surviving on less than $1.90

Healthcare 83

Healthcare Children Medical Nonprofit Administration and Development 83

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2025

They often operate as nonprofit loan funds, credit unions, or community-focused banks. In contrast, CDFIs aim to achieve community development outcomes , such as reducing poverty, increasing homeownership, or stimulating small businesses in distressed areas.

Finance 87

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 87

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 24, 2025

Together, the organizations are set out to backfill funding for critical resources, save programs fighting extreme poverty, and ultimately, save lives. ” While this is the first fundraising initiative between all of these organizations, future funding opportunities are in the works for additional high-impact nonprofits.

Health 130

Health Nonprofit governance and management Retail Public and Nonprofit Management 130

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

My intention was never to start a nonprofit. But, when fundraising happens without much critical discussion alongsidefor example, about why nonprofits exist or what systemic failures have caused the problems in the first placewe send the message that donating money will solve all social ills.

Children 65

Children Philanthropy Education Education 65

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Nonprofit managers are scrambling to get clarity on how to proceed regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new “click to cancel” provisions requiring businesses to make it easier for consumers to cancel enrollment in recurring billing, such as memberships. So, we don’t ‘clear off’ or approve any particular companies or industries.”

Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Management 59

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 1, 2025

Image Credit: Photo by Elissa Garcia on Unsplash AmeriCorps , an independent federal agency with a $1 billion budget that places over 200,000 people in intensive service roles each year, typically with host nonprofits, was formally established in 1993. For 30 years, it was a firmly bipartisan program. Now much of this work is at risk.

Civil Society 132

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 132

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 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?

Race and Ethnicity 75

Race and Ethnicity Health Ethics Public and Social Policy 75

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Image Credit: Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels Nonprofit boards often uphold outdated power structures, prioritizing elite control over true community accountability. By shifting from power-hoarding to power-sharing, nonprofits can create governance structures that truly align with their mission.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Poverty 52

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

No Kid Hungry is a national campaign from Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. The post News In Brief: Blackbaud, RKD, Moore appeared first on The NonProfit Times. From a humble beginning in a rowhouse in Washington, D.C.

Children 52

Children Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 24, 2025

This means that, more than ever, the community of global nonprofit and non-governmental organizations will have to fill the gap left by these massive cuts. Without US foreign aid, nonprofits are now exploring alternative funding sources to sustain their operations. Africa must change its perception of aid.

Disaster Relief 95

Disaster Relief Nonprofit Administration and Development Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 95

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Idaho, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom— designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center— appealed to the Supreme Court, aiming to overturn this decision and implement the full abortion ban.

Medical 122

Medical Healthcare Law Health 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 26, 2025

The impact on nonprofits and the communities they serve has been devastating. Nonprofits serving queer and trans communities are doing so much with too little.” Meanwhile, nonprofit workers are facing heavier workloads , political targeting , and threats of violence , all of which are leading to burnout.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits Health 89

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Building Community Finance Hubs at the Local Level: Key Elements A CDFI Friendly hub is a lean, local nonprofit matchmaker pairing local demand for financing with bankers, foundations, impact investors, or other financial partners. Nationwide, there are 341 US counties classified as areas of persistent poverty.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. That is why some of the people I quote said they felt safe, and they felt lucky to be protected.

Medical 94

Medical Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Racism and poverty were the forms of violence that made Cole and Walker vulnerable and ultimately led to their deaths. Contempt for poverty is violence. The problem is, however, that many of these organizations are also underresourced, and many nonprofit workers are struggling to survive themselves. Ghetto housing is violence.

Poverty 122

Poverty Medical Insurance Healthcare 122

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 28, 2025

Thinking Beyond Shelters What can nonprofit organizations and other groups do to help? Working to create or promote awareness and information assistance systems is certainly a place where nonprofits can step in. Working to create or promote awareness and information assistance systems is certainly a place where nonprofits can step in.

Homelessness 96

Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Insurance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 14, 2025

As law professors who teach courses about health and poverty law as well as reproductive justice , we think this case could affect access to healthcare for 72 million Americans , including low-income people and their children and people with disabilities.

Healthcare 111

Healthcare Law Health Insurance 111