NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Limited access to education is also a social vulnerability: the systemic barriers further exacerbate the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized communities. The climate crisis is an urgent and pervasive threat, and it disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. degrees Fahrenheit (1.30

Race and Ethnicity 111

Race and Ethnicity Environmental Education Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. This limited access intensifies social and economic inequalities between regions, preventing equitable progress across areas.

Health 97

Health Technology Healthcare Medical 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Image credit: AndreyPopov on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today?

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 136

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The delta is a largely rural, agricultural area with a troubled history of racial and economic disparities. But while the DRA is a valued partner for community groups, food justice activism in the delta, particularly among Black farmers and community organizations, precedes the authority’s creation.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale. All of this depresses economic activity and increases poverty.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

4 Our accomplishments are minor in comparison to what we would have achieved had we had the full support of the municipal authorities and institutions, buttressed by a beneficial set of policies and procedures that supported local labor, procurement, and production.

Public and Social Policy 137

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Given that many Japanese fail to recognize the structural discrimination against Okinawa, undoing it involves understanding the historical context of Okinawa’s oppression and why it has endured, and how policy makers and citizens can work to restore equity to the region.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration. We stand at a crossroads.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As with their environmental footprints, companies need to evaluate how and when they can support health and livelihoods across the full range of their business activities, and then take action across their supply and value chains. For example, the Forever Better financing program incentivizes suppliers to work on climate and social issues.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Often portrayed in Western feminist literature as the disempowered, the excluded, and needing rescue, India in fact continues to be reinvented by the heads, hands, and hearts of her women—from farmers, to craftswomen, to political leaders, to social reformers. In India, many large-scale cooperatives have been thriving over time.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Without access, these communities become isolated and, as a result, experience reduced economic, educational, and social opportunities. World Bicycle Relief (WBR), a nonprofit social enterprise (where the other two authors of this article work) helps to solve that challenge by distributing bicycles to individuals like the three women above.

Public and Social Policy 130

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The children and grandchildren of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton have long embedded their interests, and, more importantly, their money, among industry groups, policymakers, academics, activists, and NGOs active in the future of food. Now, “it’s hard to even extract their influence from fisheries policy,” Sennott said. There’s more.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 137

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

7 Although women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, national climate policies rarely consider their unique needs. 15 UNICEF also underscores that climate change impacts adolescent girls by limiting their access to vital social services, which further entrenches cycles of poverty and vulnerability.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

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). I was a teacher, a public high school teacher, working in the Oakland Unified School District.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 139

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Public entities with unique governmental powers, land banks acquire vacant, tax-delinquent properties that are causing harm , improve them, then dispose of the properties to support community goals. Over decades, racist policies and practices, including intentional disinvestment, have shaped our neighborhoods. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Community Development Governance Agriculture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

This article profiles three organizations from which we hail—the Center for Biological Diversity, Marbleseed (formerly the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service), and Wellspring Cooperative—that have grown to focus on addressing the many social, political, economic, and environmental ills that are a direct outcome of capitalism.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2024

Termed שמיטה ( shmita , literally “release”) in the Torah, Jewish law mandated that every seven years, all agricultural activity cease: “The land must be given a rest period, a sabbath to God” (Leviticus 25: 1–7). Proliferation, however, has not meant standardization, and policies vary widely.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Activism Leadership 119

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy. Foster public/private partnerships where possible. What do you see as the value of nonprofits in Montana?

Public and Social Policy 98

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

The Charity CFO

JULY 10, 2023

Instead, they’re designed to help people, advocate for an issue or goal, or conduct other activities to benefit members or other groups. Certain activities can only be legally conducted by nonprofits of a certain status. While they may work similarly in a variety of ways, there are vital differences between statuses.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Agriculture Public Policy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, of course, there are always contingencies with public money. In response to the protests and adverse national publicity, Louisville put into place a civilian review board. Two White women and one Black woman, who shared a history of food and farm activism, led the initial campaign to form Louisville Community Grocery.

Food 112

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

Termed “The Walkers,” these newly migrant individuals and families found security in rural communities that were able to feed everyone throughout the shutdown, using traditional agricultural practices. Advancing equity in and for rural communities is a unique challenge.

Leadership 122

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 122

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice.

Nonprofit governance and management 110

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The most pernicious one is the narrative regarding small, locally led organizations and our low expectations of them (which is not exclusive to the social change space). 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

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Combined with other data that reveal our rural communities to be sicker and poorer than the state and nation, these facts have by necessity moved the search for solutions from activities and projects to systems and structures. The barriers to change are real and persistent.

Entrepreneurship 127

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

As policy makers struggle to respond to the unfolding human catastrophe, they have increasingly turned to the possibilities offered by technology, and data in particular. It applies to various regions, populations, and fields, ranging from public health and education to urban mobility. What Is a Social License?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Ethics Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And many of these things—probably starting with the Penobscot River Restoration Project, 1 but stretching back this last decade or two—mark a shift in education and insight and a new form of activism, I think, by us as Wabanaki people. They don’t just happen automatically without some of that Land Back politics, law, policy kind of thing.

Nonprofit governance and management 106

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Over the course of our lecture series, we’ve talked a lot about the crucial role that community plays in building alternatives to capitalistic models of access, resource distribution and social equity. 00:01:38] We’ll be hearing from Minnie McMahon of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a community-led Housing and land trust in Boston.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 106

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

It started with the early rise of the agricultural industry built on chattel slavery, when cotton was king of the exported cash crops—although tobacco, sugarcane, and rice were good business as well. This is why we must organize the South: to set the country back on a path toward building a multiracial democracy. To finally win the Civil War.

Manufacturing 122

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Image Credit: Adam Wilson on unsplash.com This is the f ifth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 119

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

But by “weaponizing” this technology, we’ve made it much harder to regulate, as it has undoubtedly led to policies aimed at stockpiling resources to achieve national supremacy over the tech. In fact, many of the ideas around what AI can achieve has been influenced by the notion that it’s as powerful as a nuclear weapon.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Right now, we are living through escalating crises, both within living ecologies and socially constructed systems. In her workshops, speeches, and writings on seeds, culture, and ancestral knowledge, White invites the public into a deeper, reciprocal relationship with the land. What images come to mind? What longing is sparked in us?

Food 140

Food Culture Agriculture Public and Social Policy 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The lucky grantees included clusters on clean energy, next-gen agriculture, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and robotics, among others. Oklahoma City saw significant growth in bioscience between 2001 and 2020, with industry employment up 25 percent and R&D activity doubling. 35 million went to Oklahoma City and $38.2

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Manufacturing Governance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

And, over time, the for-profit corporation has occupied more and more social space; its tentacles reach into politics , our economy , our daily life , and—perhaps most insidiously—our culture and ideas. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.”

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

5 Election Implications for Climate Policy In Europe, 2024 has been a decisive year for climate activism. The future of the regions environmental policies is being shaped, with youth climate activists playing a vital role. And the pressing question arises: What implications does this have for climate policy?

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Environmental Law Children 96

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With this, I’m trying to get at the way insecurity is not just exacerbated but generated by our economic and social conditions. At the beginning of the book, I say that manufactured insecurity is a feature of any hierarchical social arrangement, not just capitalism. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber.

Manufacturing 144

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Escaping the Deficiency Focus When the WHO and UNICEF co-organized the landmark health conference in Alma-Ata, USSR, in 1978, 134 countries and 67 international organizations endorsed the WHOs pioneering perspective on health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118