NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In turn, this shifts nonprofits focus away from addressing underlying systemic problems like poverty and racism to superficial solutions that are more palatable to the rich. Boards are unequal, inequitable models of governance, in which the wealthiest often impose their interests onto the nonprofits they oversee.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Poverty 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 30, 2025

For Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor , a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, the strength of the backlash is, in at least in part, a sign of the power of the Black Lives Matter movement and the record-setting national wave of protests that followed the police murder of George Floyd in 2020.

Governance 87

Governance Law Finance Community Development 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Many find inspiration in the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American cancer patient whose tumor cells were taken without her consent in 1951leading to a multibillion dollar industry, while her family and descendants dealt with poverty. DCTs present ethical challenges 92 but also offer benefits for diverse enrollment.

Race and Ethnicity 75

Race and Ethnicity Health Ethics Public and Social Policy 75

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 26, 2025

Lake also pointed out the need to sustain hope and joy as essential driving forces in this work: “While it is dark right now, the moral arc of the universe ultimately bends towards justice. I’ll still create this…as long as we have joy and hope.”

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits Health 89

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. This is what contempt for poverty, in Kings words, looks like. Nonprofit Workers in Poverty The nonprofit sector is not immune from this trend.

Poverty 122

Poverty Medical Insurance Healthcare 122

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 28, 2025

Costanza Rampini is an associate professor at San Jose State University who studies the impact of climate change and solutions. She and her research team were joined by researchers from the University of California, Davis to conduct surveys of people who are unhoused and live by urban streams in parts of the Bay Area.

Homelessness 96

Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Insurance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them. 1 (July 2023): 7389.

Health 98

Health Technology Healthcare Medical 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Rich alumni who wanted more power over their universities used board service as the avenue to exert control and decision-making. According to anti-oppression practitioners Both / And , The NPIC shifts the focus to service delivery and away from root causes, such as poverty, racism, and exploitation.

Nonprofit governance and management 70

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 70

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meanwhile, youth activists and organizers continue to be outspoken, recognizing that the climate crisis continues to worsen, exacerbated by such concurring injustices as poverty and wealth inequality, authoritarianism, and genocide. Stephen and Michael Zrn (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2019), 27292.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 4, 2025

The speakers imputed to these groupssome named and others generalizeda number of alleged affronts from serving as covert political organizations to scamming the government for money to supporting criminality.

Governance 104

Governance Nonprofits Law Health 104

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Of course, the WHOs global health mission extends far beyond COVID, spearheading efforts for universal access to quality healthcare and to combat HIV/AIDS globally. But Ramaphosa has painstakingly tried to tie foreign policy to national progress, which in every turn comes to economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction.

Health 110

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Law 110

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

What do Johnson & Wales University, Head Start, WaterFire, Amos House, and organizations that provide thousands of Providence residents with food, shelter, workforce training, education, and other services have in common? Poverty is seen as an individual problem, but it affects us all. Image Credit: Photo from CLPVDs website.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise 52

Blue Avocado

MAY 6, 2025

He was a leader in dealing with energy poverty: Around the world, billions of people have limited access to electricity, making studying, much less surgery, a dicey proposition. The ability to do so served him well in carrying out ambitious and remarkably effective work in public health and poverty alleviation. And so am I.

Altruism and Helping 88

Altruism and Helping Philanthropy Poverty Culture 88

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Mexico’s program is called Servicio Social ; it was established in 1936 to engage university students in reconstructing the country after the Mexican Revolution. More broadly, the Southern Poverty Law Center report noted that the United States had only signed three of the nine core UN human rights conventions.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Law Children Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 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. Levin Professor of History at Yale University] On Tyranny. Theres no fat in the book.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Governance Foundations 80

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 11, 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. What does that move look like? SM : That is a big question.

Law 65

Law Governance Communication Civil Society 65

NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. Now the capital campaign director at the University of Tampa where she spent 18 months earning this prestigious certificate, you might add the word ‘remarkable’ to Erin’s list when you understand her story.

Nonprofit governance and management 239

Nonprofit governance and management Law Universities Nonprofit Management 239

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 23, 2024

By Eboo Patel AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Harvard University Professor Robert Putnam and President Barack Obama participate in the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Yet no one is listening. on May 12, 2015.

Poverty 130

Poverty Universities Leadership Nonprofits 130

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

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

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

We’re just eradicating extreme global poverty.” “Our She has spoken about nonprofit marketing and communications across North America and is an Instructor at the University of Washington. They will naturally use verbs that speak to the impact you are having, rather than the actions you are taking to have the impact. You just did that?!

Food 192

Food Poverty Universities Marketing 192

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 127

Poverty Ethics Culture Philanthropy 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In particular, it provides a universal framework to explain how diverse institutions from private, public, and social sectors can work together to make sustainable and scalable progress toward greater equity. ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. SSIR En Español.

Poverty 106

Poverty Universities Technology Health 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2023

The new benefit reached some 60 million children (including 26 million children previously ineligible for the full benefit) and was widely credited with cutting child poverty in the United States by nearly half—overnight. The recent studies, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R.

Poverty 98

Poverty Public and Social Policy Children Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. In many ways, I imagine a nonprofit sector committed to economic justice looking like a sector where the suggestions we made as we braced for the brunt of COVID are universal norms.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 133

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though related to universal basic income (UBI), it is not the same. UBI grants are universal and require no means testing. In contrast, guaranteed income gives cash to people living below the poverty line or with inconsistent or no income and entails a qualifying process.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Nonprofit governance and management 119

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. Too often, Adelzadeh cautions, “Western pedagogies of stewardship, typically channeled through agencies and universities. Fort Belknap Reservation: Montana Poverty Report Card.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite living near Yale, an elite Ivy League university, the people I knew were working hardreally hardand still struggling to get by, often trapped in cycles of poverty. Each leader and organization that joined had a unique reason to get involved, but all realized that poverty in Connecticut doesnt stop at a towns border.

Poverty 98

Poverty Public and Social Policy Children Governance 98

Candid

MAY 29, 2024

For example, an older, straight, white woman born into wealth and a young, gay, white man born into poverty will likely be treated differently—even though they’re the same race. The librarian’s dilemma’ My favorite illustration of intersectionality is “the librarian’s dilemma,” by Valerie Purdie Greenaway of Columbia University.

Poverty 115

Poverty Associations Law Universities 115

CNPE

JANUARY 6, 2023

They will point to challenges they have faced in the past – and may be still facing – unemployment, poverty, health challenges, and more. I grew up in poverty. Both my parents grew up living in poverty. I often hear white friends or family members dispute that they have privilege. I understand where they are coming from.

Poverty 98

Poverty Leadership Children Psychology 98

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Furthermore, many inner-city students face a range of social and economic challenges outside of school, such as poverty, crime, and family instability, which can make it difficult for them to succeed in school.

Leadership 122

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. Earning $1.30

Agriculture 106

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the wake of such studies—and of a growing number of lawsuits against Delta Airlines and other companies that have used forest carbon credits to make “net zero” and similar claims— some companies and universities have announced their decision to stop buying them altogether. Prices on the carbon market have plummeted.

Finance 141

Finance Poverty Environmental Production 141

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.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 127

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scott served seven years in prison after being arrested on federal drug charges shortly after obtaining his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1994. They don’t want to talk about poverty. Both men experienced how easy it is for young Black men to be swept up in the criminal legal system.

Poverty 140

Poverty Health Education Education 140

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A report released by EAT and the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development found that 48 percent of Black informal workers reported jobs paying a regular paycheck were not available to them. These restrictions force many people and especially Black people into the informal economy to survive.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 132