The Kindful Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

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Poverty 121

Poverty Health Philanthropy Education 121

Candid

MAY 7, 2024

Outputs: Outputs are different from outcomes ; they’re the immediate, direct products of your activities. Health or poverty issues directly related to hunger could be useful, but including tangential issues will be counterproductive. Share step-by-step details of how, when, and where the program operates and who is doing the work.

Communication 59

Communication Food Poverty Foundations 59

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 5, 2024

Another important statistic reveals that effective onboarding increases employee productivity and retention by 60% and 52% , respectively. It is vital to thoroughly document job roles and expectations and communicate them to the new hires. Excessive information: A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

Production 52

Production Construction Poverty Values 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

RB: The last installment of the report uplifts how mass incarceration exacerbates poverty. The report mentions how, in many states across the country, incarcerated people are paid little or nothing for their work while their labor is used to produce many of the foods and products we consume. There was this zero-sum game mindset.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 96

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) during fiscal year 2023. The UN goals include climate change measures, increased access to quality education and healthcare, gender equality and the eradication of poverty. That amount constituted 8.3%

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Retail Healthcare 52

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. The project is increasing yields by employing hydroponic farming and high tunnel production methods. They come with their own challenges.

Food 106

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 106

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade.

Ethics 129

Ethics Children Poverty Education 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

LaMP and partners like KOIS are developing financial products to solve this chicken-and-egg problem and expand language training in German, Japanese, and English. They may fund “poverty reduction,” but that usually means 25 percent income gains in the country of residence, rather than 1,500 percent income gains in a high-income country.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 140

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of rural residents lived below the poverty line, compared to 11.9 It supports a population of over 380,000 residents, 21 percent of whom live in poverty, 15 percent of whom are Black, and 15 percent Latinx. As of 2019, an estimated 15.4 percent of urban and suburban residents.

Poverty 77

Poverty Children Culture Food 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2023

Innovative finance is based on the premise that there is not enough money from governments and philanthropic organizations alone to address pressing global issues like poverty, climate change, and access to electricity and clean water. Productization makes the product the end instead of a means.

Finance 102

Finance Production Governance Poverty 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Because of their low purchasing power and the fact that they lack access to the formal banking system and formal supply chains, products and services designed for higher-income groups in the formal economy are typically either inaccessible or unaffordable for this large group of people around the world.

Production 113

Production Non-Profits Education Education 113

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 16, 2016

If you demo FDS' product through Oxfam they will donate a goat to a needy family in a third-world country. They are a fantastic animal to donate because almost singlehandedly they can lift a family out of poverty. How the program works. The power of goats!

Poverty 133

Poverty Production Marketing Marketing 133

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

PNW Production on pexels.com. Specifically, policymakers do not consider Black women living in poverty when developing programs that help people purchase and retain ownership of a home. This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing.

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 88

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Some farmers are still grappling with the destruction. However, she notes that agroforestry offers a way forward.

Food 78

Food Agriculture Production Governance 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This is especially relevant at a time when the planet is behind on several SDGs , including those related to poverty reduction and food security. The challenge is that carbon markets weren't designed to work for people in poverty.

Philanthropy 113

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this destabilization can lead to “cumulative community stress, increases in poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and forced migration.” In the wake of emergencies like wildfires or floods, people may be forced to move , to leave their communities and support systems.

Health 75

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. The workshops focused on incorporating different needs into early product design and development, with the aim of ensuring that the products were accessible for all users, regardless of their background or ability.

Nonprofit governance and management 101

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 101

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and airways—domination that taught Americans to speak of “resources” instead of “relatives.”.

Nonprofit governance and management 131

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2023

Barbie may be one of America’s emblematic cultural exports, but the toy’s production has only ever happened overseas. Life in Plastic, Not Fantastic Barbie may be one of America’s emblematic cultural exports, but the toy’s production has only ever happened overseas. The specialty was: We make items. Now we are an I.P.

Manufacturing 92

Manufacturing Culture Production Technology 92

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

“A mission statement is a short statement of why your Nonprofit exists, what its overall goal is, identifying the goal of your operations: what kind of product or service do you provide, who do you primarily help, and your geographical region of operation. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Education 94

The Charity CFO

APRIL 22, 2024

Burnout can cause decreased productivity and high turnover rates in staff. Additionally, burnout can cause the quality of your services or programs to diminish as employees pay less attention to detail or offer lower-quality customer service.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Culture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“Our project started as a way to break down the division between the neutral, ‘Ivy-Plus’ educated reporter who comes from relative or extreme privilege writing about people in poverty versus people who have lived different kinds of economic insecurity reporting on their own or others’ experience.”

Public and Nonprofit Management 92

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Non-Profits 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

million children out of poverty. By early 2023, however, Governor Tim Walz was declaring , “Now is the time to go bold” and pledged to “lead the nation in ending child poverty.” But many pieces of major legislation failed. Child tax credit ? Gone after one year—even though the temporary ARPA child tax credit had lifted an estimated 2.9

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Now that AI can synthesize huge volumes of information and deliver it at the moment of need—to a technician repairing a downed telephone pole, to a nurse wondering which needle gauge to use, to a young engineer who can automate her code production—the workforce will actually become more fungible.

Curriculum and Teaching 106

Curriculum and Teaching Healthcare Civil Society Technology 106

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We provide food for pick up or delivery, and all our produce and products are sourced from local Black farmers and businesses. The Black Farmers’ Hub operates according to these community self-help principles and aims to provide space for Black farmers to sell their products.

Food 107

Food Agriculture Governance Children 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

million pairs of affordable reading glasses to low-income customers in remote areas, creating a path out of poverty by extending productive livelihoods, and generating $1.8B After introducing reading glasses to the product mix, the 33 percent margin on glasses significantly increased the margin on the Live Well basket of goods.

Social Enterprise 106

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Health Production 106

Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. . November 4, 2021. Read more.

Construction 52

Construction Culture Healthcare Poverty 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With a gross domestic product of over $3.3 In 2019, the US Census Bureau also reported that, after adjusting for the cost of essentials such as housing, gas, and electricity, California had the highest level of “functional poverty” of all 50 states, at 18.2 But all does not glitter in the golden state.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Law Healthcare Poverty 115

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay. 5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay. 6 : World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay. 7: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay.

Poverty 145

Poverty Health Technology Nonprofits 145

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

On its website, ILSR maintains a set of maps showing the overlay of poverty and store location in multiple metropolitan areas. As Smith observes in a related study , “health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are strongly linked to poverty and reliance on cheap, low-quality food.” DeKalb County is not unique.

Retail 121

Retail Food Law Governance 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The fervor of the British Raj, and now of transnational corporations and local elites, to shift lands from community ownership to private control of a few (usually) affluent men continues to denigrate women’s status from being equal and prolific members of an agrarian society to dependent wives with limited access to productive resources.

Food 110

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Households of color were significantly more likely to be evicted, foreclosed upon, or displaced from their homes by gentrification.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Several studies have shown that in societies that are characterized by high levels of poverty, the well-being of entrepreneurs is related to the savings they have. It is the attitudes and skills that enable individuals to use their competencies and become more productive and efficient.

Social Entrepreneurship 116

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 116

Selfish Giving

MAY 9, 2012

“There’s more poverty on the island than people realize,” said Hughes. A big reason why we see so many pink products and ribbons in October is because companies know they sell more with pink than not. In 2004, they worked with Red Sox ace Curt Schilling on a Scottish ale to fight ALS.

Poverty 269

Poverty Energy Food Production 269

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

People affected by poverty, people of color, immigrants, folks who are two-spirit and LGBTQ+, and people who live in tribal and rural communities have struggled to access abortion care long before this Supreme Court decision came down. Invest in the Agency and Power of Those Most Impacted by Reproductive Oppression.

Health 100

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade.

Ethics 107

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 107

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She called on other corporations to likewise support CDFIs to enable them to better address pressing economic issues, such as poverty, housing, and food insecurity. Where are consumer product companies? At a panel on rural poverty, Dana Bezerra, president of the Heron Foundation , called for shifts of narrative and power. “We

Finance 86

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 86