NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

Notably, among the advances in activism and impact this movement has accomplished amidst immense state repression, the Stop Cop City movement stands out for its integration of mutual aid , cooperative organizing, and communal organizing into more traditional organizing tactics.

Poverty 104

Poverty Philanthropy Agriculture Education 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

CLARIFI has so far committed $14 million in direct funding to 88 projects led by rightsholder organizations working to limit deforestation on lands often in the crosshairs of the mining, agriculture, and timber industries. This includes making the case for how protecting Indigenous land rights supports the cultivation of a strong food system.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

Food 112

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 112

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 127

Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A lot of people associate 4-H with agriculture and the raising and showing of animals, but they also teach sewing,” my contact at JOANN explained. Brain Food 1. A survey revealed what they already knew: Many of JOANN’s customers and employees are either currently involved with 4-H or are alumni of the organization. ??

Curriculum and Teaching 130

Curriculum and Teaching Activism Agriculture Marketing 130

Ann Green

AUGUST 11, 2014

Too often I see a list of activities or accomplishments that are focused on the organization. . She struggles to put food on the table, but thanks to YOU, she and her family can get fresh fruit and vegetables every week. “I’m so excited,” said Gina. Show your donors how they are helping you are making a difference.

Agriculture 177

Agriculture Food Culture Communication 177

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As defined by the National Agricultural Law Center, agritourism links agricultural production with tourism to entertain with and educate about farming, ranching, or any agricultural business. However, most of that revenue is not going to Black-owned farms as 98 percent of private US agricultural land is white owned.

Agriculture 125

Agriculture Food Children Production 125

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), over 1.6 With its economy heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture, which employs over 80 percent of the population , the country is vulnerable to external shocks, including climate-related ones.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It directly limits future growth and also makes it harder for the cooperative to borrow sufficiently to finance its day-to-day activities or operating expenses. The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. But how and where? Is external financing available?

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Usually, these costs are borne by the weakest link, and in agriculture, that’s the farmer.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I am a Hopi female raised culturally as a traditional food and farming practitioner. I come from generations of traditional farmers, seed savers, and food foragers. Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. The Seeds Are Our Children.

Agriculture 111

Agriculture Food Children Culture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

How Agrivoltaics Helps the Climate Crisis Agrivoltaics, also known as agrovoltaics or dual-use solar farming, is a sustainable agricultural practice that combines crop cultivation with solar panels on the same piece of land. It serves as a model that can be replicated for greater energy security and food security in Colorado and the nation.”

Health 120

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 120

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As the rivers disappear, we mourn; agriculture is suffering. Over the last five years, County X has seen a rapid decline of 25 percent of our river waters, and thus our agricultural fields are producing 45 percent less food (SOURCE NAME, DATE). Example #1) Flowery wording in grants that doesn’t get awarded.

Agriculture 116

Agriculture Recruitment Activism Management 116

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Center works with a combination of science, law, activism, and creative media to protect the lands, waters, and climate that people, wildlife, and all types of communities and ecosystems need to survive. The US has 5% of the world’s population but consumes 30% of the world’s resources and creates 30% of the world’s waste.”

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. pollinator gardens) into areas under commercial, residential, agricultural, or other uses can offer meaningful benefits.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Jarrod Vassallo , Sourindra Banerjee & Jaideep Prabhu Spanning 12,500 hectares, the East Kolkata Wetlands in India serves multiple purposes, from fish farming, agriculture, and rice cultivation to functioning as the world’s largest wastewater-fed aquaculture system. Consider these examples.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From vast riparian watersheds to fisheries to croplands, few corners of the nation’s ⎯ and the world’s ⎯ food systems have escaped the eyes of the Walton family. Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

If you’re asking a foundation to fund public information and conservation activities to support bee populations in your city, place your detailed request within a broader outline of the problem.

Agriculture 71

Agriculture Food Foundations Activism 71

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. What’s also startling is that climate change is one of this group’s least immediate concerns. Supply Chains. Investment.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Following this, the program would require the actors to expand the scale and scope of their productive activities and base of operations, and be willing to forge links with allied forces participating in the broad range of strategic practices associated with the program.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Production 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

.” Often, it’s a specialty issue that triggers the challenge: hospitals not paying property taxes yet having such a large real estate footprint, or nonprofits owning agricultural land and getting a “discounted” ag rate on their taxes yet not being ag producers. MNA fights to protect tax exemption, and rightfully so.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, our organization, One Acre Fund , supplies over 4 million African smallholder farmers with the finance, supplies, and training to grow more food, plant more trees, and earn more money. percent of climate adaptation finance need of smallholders is currently being met by all actors combined.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To make matters worse, work requirements actively punish working people and create conditions where they are less likely to be (continually) employed. By supplementing lowered household spending during economic downturns, SNAP augments the incomes and spending of many others , from farmers to retail businesses and food distributors.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 136

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Active listening honored the lived experiences of the merchants, gave community members a voice, and made solutions possible beyond the trauma. Grocery Plus became a SNAP retailer—accepting benefits from the government assistance program formerly known as food stamps—in part to better serve the local population.

Community Development 131

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Girls get taken out of school to care for siblings and/or help with locating food and water, disrupting their education and future opportunities. 9 Furthermore, the impacts of climate change on food security, such as higher rates of anemia, disproportionately affect adolescent girls, further exacerbating educational disruptions.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

The Charity CFO

MARCH 24, 2022

Feeding Our Future received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program—money intended to provide meals to children. On January 20, 2022, the FBI raided the offices of Feeding Our Future in Minneapolis and the home of its founder.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The organizations are improving water and sanitation access, education quality, food security, and health equity, and a large majority take systems change approaches to their work. Together, they address food security challenges related to climate change, land tenure, and agriculture productivity that smallholder farmers face.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 98

Anedot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Location: San Rafael, CA Hours: Full-time, salaried, exempt status Salary Range: $95,004 – $122,148 BACKGROUND The Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Rafael, California. Oversee all bookkeeping, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash management activities.

Finance 52

Finance Non-Profits Agriculture Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

My parents were both very active in the Black power movement. So, I grew up with this kind of focus and emphasis on concentrating on activism in the South. My mom was part of what we’d now call a CSA (community-supported agriculture). On both sides of my family, there are generations of political activists.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 139

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

They heavily overrepresent cultural artifacts produced by the wealthy and people who had access early on to digital technologies and the bandwidth to digitize their activities online. You would have thought of finding ways to get drugs and food more efficiently to parts of the world where were not able to equitably meet peoples basic needs.

Nonprofit governance and management 99

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 99

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Agriculture. The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. These gifts would be perfect for a loved one passionate about sustainable farming, growing food, and farmer appreciation. American Farmland Trust.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Engagement funds: Public equity funds led by managers that use their clout to actively advocate for positive impact are another option. The imminence and intensity of climate change has inspired more equity funds that promise to actively engage with corporate managers. ESG funds have higher fees, thereby dampening returns.

Environmental 133

Environmental Energy Finance Retail 133

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Three decades later, Bill Clinton signed the Minimum Wage Increase Act, but the tipped minimum wage was excluded from this increase due to pressure from the restaurant industry, locking food servers’ wages in at $2.13 Research shows that in early 2020, line cooks were more likely to die of the virus than healthcare workers.

Law 112

Law Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing 112

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In towns like Big Sandy, nonprofits like our health centers, food pantries, and Rotary clubs are a big part of the fabric of our communities. Try to make grants available for nonprofit Research and Development into Compressed Agricultural Fiber and Cross-Laminated timber for carbon-sequestering construction materials.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

There are other types of nonprofit organizations such as fraternal beneficiary organizations, or horticulture, labor, and agricultural organizations that are structured as nonprofits as well…so be clear here.). For instance, if your nonprofit is a 501(c)(3), you will list that in this section. Note any expanded services. More trucks?

Homelessness 124

Homelessness Nonprofits Agriculture Management 124