NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The world is changing, and the social sector must lead the charge. This track will help you: Influence public policy and make your voice heard. Why Elevate Matters Nonprofits are the backbone of social change, and 2025 is the year to reimagine how we lead. Build coalitions that strengthen your mission.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Leadership 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2025

One powerful way to change this and support gig drivers is by creating a cooperative, specifically a social cooperative. Social cooperatives share the same goal as other cooperatives, including following a principle of one person, one vote in organizational governance. A] unique feature of social cooperatives is their social mission.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We Public policy needs to facilitate large-scale financing for mutualist enterprises—organizations like cooperatives , employee-ownership trusts , and mutual insurance companies. This must be rectified.

Associations 136

Associations Public and Social Policy Insurance Agriculture 136

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Despite the accolades, these artists were low-income and eligible for our program, which means they’d fallen through the severed US social safety net. Could a regular public program of guaranteed income, especially for artists, make a difference? That is the critical policy question that our pilot intended to explore.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Health 133

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 11, 2024

A philanthropic movement to redefine reparations aims to advance policy changes in public health, education, criminal justice, and business development. Haygood, president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, speaks at the launch event of the New Jersey Reparations Council in June 2023.

Public and Social Policy 307

Public and Social Policy Foundations Health Education 307

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

What do community organizing calls for police abolition and recent federal public investments like the American Rescue Plan Act (more popularly known as ARPA) have in common? Public investments like ARPA have reawakened a commitment by politicians to use our dollars to improve access to quality housing, schools, and jobs.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Review your communications and communications policies to ensure that they do not create unnecessary risks of copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, fraudulent misrepresentations, or political campaign intervention. Dissatisfied employees heighten legal risks. The factsheet What Is Lobbying Under the 501(h) Election?

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 121

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 16, 2025

Whether you’re a seasoned nonprofit leader or just launching your career in the social sector, Elevate delivers the insights, tools, and inspiration you need. Shareable Earn a digital badge in Social Sector Leadership that you can add to your resume or LinkedIn profile. What Is Elevate 2025 On-Demand?

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Leadership Nonprofit Leadership 130

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

But it is past time to move from programs to policy. Drawing from our evaluations and other research and best practices in the field, we offer the following recommendations to create a social safety net that works for all people. Most government policy wonks have little to no experience with families living in poverty.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Poverty Public Policy Governance 134

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2024

election2024 ” The mission of civility during this time applies to private companies, non-profits (that are legally mandated to be non-partisan), as well as larger public companies with an extensive employee base and perhaps a distanced hierarchy of ownership. Decreasing political anxiety at work is the goal. That’s #citizenship.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Culture 117

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Facing this crisis, new social economy movements emerged in Korea, not only as an immediate response to the neoliberal economic crisis, but also as a visionary long-term alternative for building a different kind of economy. Social Enterprises The Social Enterprise Promotion Act, passed in 2007, was more far reaching.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Policy bodies like the National Governor’s Association are calling for more tailored mental health planning. Only 10 percent of organizations reported community engagement as a core activity of their policy support strategies. Current mental health policymaking tends to be insufficiently sensitive to these differences.

Health 126

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

By Alex Ash Narratives are an essential prerequisite to social change. These stories are championed uncritically by the media , are present in nascent industrial policies , and are reinforced by a majority of business leaders. For example, a headline from Tech Policy Press reads Why Hasty AI Regulation Could Hurt Africa.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Technology Production Governance 122

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The 78-page report provides insight into how nonprofit leaders view their role in public policy advocacy and engagement. The Pursuit of Influence sheds light on what motivates or deters organizations from taking an active role in public policy advocacy. Advocacy efforts are mission-driven.

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Activism Nonprofits 82

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I’ve been doing social justice work for over 20 years now. When the organization first started convening people, the vehicle was a race and policy gathering that we did all over the country. Before that, it didn’t have a specific name or brand, but we had already begun to convene people, with the framework being race and policy.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 138

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 17, 2024

This has led me to the conclusion that if we want to close the racial wealth gap, we need to get serious about public banking. Public banking could help change these dynamics. Public banking could help change these dynamics. Public banks are not a new concept. How did I come to adopt this position?

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Disaster Relief 135

Candid

APRIL 9, 2025

Fewer organizations reported stepping up their communications as the most significant shiftemphasizing protecting vulnerable communities (9%), increasing advocacy and policy-related messaging (4%) or collaboration to amplify messages (4%), and adopting a more proactive and bold tone (3%). Its the same idea, he says.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Communication Civil Society Governance 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) (in this case, the “ India Stack ”) is at the heart of a revolution that is transforming the Indian economy. However, in developing economies, a lack of secure modes of identification can restrict people’s access to government and public sector services.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 145

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 6, 2025

I have been a managing director, a board member, a board president, a consultant to nonprofits, and taught college courses on nonprofit management and policy at several Chicago universities. After all, 501c3 nonprofits cannot endorse candidates for public office. You could say that this is by design.

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management 81

Candid

AUGUST 7, 2024

Discussing budgets and policy was uncomfortable for the partner—and not something her nonprofit typically does. Despite working in diverse geographies and issue areas—from environmental justice to workforce development, arts education to grief support—these nonprofits share similar concerns about the risk of engaging in policy advocacy.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Education Education Nonprofits 119

Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For many nonprofit workers—especially those who work in social assistance, the arts, or the religious sector—wages just can’t keep up with rising costs. In 2022, 48% owned their homes, only 4% had any investment income, 25% were covered by public health insurance, and 10% had no coverage at all.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Insurance Non-Profits 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Faced with a broken system, more Americans—across urban, suburban, exurban, and rural communities—are rallying around a positive vision for the future, one rooted in social housing systems that ensure housing for all. The organic growth of local, state, and federal social housing campaigns is the seed of a structural response to this failure.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 143

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock What does impact investingthat is, investing with social benefit in minddemand of investors? Many in the field have long held it demands virtually nothing, that an investor can have a social impact without sacrificing a penny of their own.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. Nonprofit leaders dedicated to social justice know that AIs power to shape lives will further entrench the biases weve fought for generations to dismantle if left unchallenged.

Ethics 98

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

And if collective action is the fundamental fuel that powers social innovation, the accelerants below enable it to spread and drive impact at exponential speed. This funding has supported advocacy, legal aid, strategic analysis, policy development, community and forest conservation activities, and more.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 28, 2024

It’s about far more than public displays on social media, recruiting initiatives, one and done anti-bias and anti-harassment trainings.” It also bans policies or programs with ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ in their names,” reports the global law firm, Skadden. A study conducted shortly after the U.S.

Leadership 124

Leadership Public and Social Policy Law Public Policy 124

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 24, 2025

It further provides that if a company hires a third party to advertise, post, and/or publicize a job offer, that company must provide the salary range and benefits, or a link to the information. Ideally, policies like these support women workers, who are disproportionately affected by lower wages and opaque hiring practices.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Law Poverty Advertising 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For example, the Rhode Island Food Policy Council (RIFPC) is the backbone network for the people, businesses, government agencies, and community organizations that make up Rhode Island’s food system. Learn new structures Food Policy Councils take different forms. To create change in such a system requires systems leadership.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

By Tiffany Manuel & Dana Bourland What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once? Public comment ended in April 2023, and HUD will likely release the final rule sometime later this year. But we’re not there quite yet.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. Understanding how social innovation directly affects people’s lives is essential.

Social Entrepreneurship 130

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 130

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2025

Nonprofits are no strangers to uncertaintywhether from economic downturns, environmental disasters, shifting donor priorities, or changes in government policy. More often, businesses are focusing on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and looking for ways to collaborate with nonprofits.

Public and Social Policy 119

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

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That changed when a team from Reimagining the Civic Commons decided to reinvigorate public spaces in Akron’s systemically disinvested neighborhoods, including Summit Lake. Moving at the Speed of Trust Employing deep listening, engaging in meetings, and building one-on-one relationships with neighbors…helped inform public space design.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Established nonprofit organizations play a vital role in addressing social issues, driving positive change, and enriching communities. Review of Current Policy to Keep Up with the Times Nonprofit organizations operate in a complex regulatory environment that changes over time.

Public and Social Policy 244

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 244

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 14, 2021

Jackson Center’s social media accounts and oversees the production of the quarterly newsletter, press releases, promotional materials, and other communications. I usually check my email and my orgs social media pages at least once during the evening to make sure everything is running smoothly. She manages the Robert H.

Communication 280

Communication Public and Social Policy Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 280

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2025

Social media is an increasingly powerful fundraising tool, considering that 55% of people who engage with nonprofits on social media end up taking some sort of action. You can accomplish this through social listening, which involves monitoring and joining online conversations about your organization or related topics.

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation 66

Candid

APRIL 17, 2025

The challenges facing our communities, whether in workforce development, health care, or social services, are too big for any one sector to solve alone. Government has the scale and policy tools to make change sustainable. They provide direct services and develop innovative solutions to social challenges.

Collaborations 59

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Governance Health 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

And they write all of that in their investment policy statement, for example. I mean, we work across different constellations of programming, from consulting and coaching to public programming, to continue to build the political education of our funding community. So, its again, investing. And all of that is not easy.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Culture Philanthropy Finance 119