NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2024

And when fleeing climate disasters, men at times leave women and children behind. The majority of these will be women and children. It had all my climate activism, my queer liberation, my support for the Palestinian people,” Tobes said. “It Activism is about survival.” It was all there. But what else are we to do?

Activism 132

Activism Environmental Governance Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

A recent report by the Office of the State Comptroller found that Rochester has the fifth-highest child poverty rate of any US city. Children of color in Rochester are disproportionately affected, underscoring the systemic inequities that investment from a city-owned bank could help combat.

Finance 135

Finance Law Poverty Governance 135

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Almost 90 percent of SNAP participants in households with children (and at least one adult without a disability) are employed at some point within the year.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 10, 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. But it had to look like it was active but not actually promulgate any new regulation.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Medical Public and Nonprofit Management Healthcare 77

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

per share during the recent 52-week period. ** Feed The Children Selects RKD Group RKD Group in Dallas is the new direct response fundraising agency of record for Feed The Children in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Millions of children are experiencing hunger here in the U.S. Its public support was $496.7 million, up from $387.7

Children 52

Children Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Food 52

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 Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

These issues and the nonprofits listed below will be at the forefront of my activism this year as well as the recipients of 10% of my webinar income (more than $10,000 donated thus far!): SOS Children’s Villages International :: @ SOS_Children. Southern Poverty Law Center :: @ SPLCenter. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

Poverty 111

Poverty Civil Society Medical Education 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

a day to afford a decent and dignified standard of living : enough to afford acceptable housing, feed his family, send his children to school, and cover his farming costs. Four of his five children work rather than attending school to help the family get by. Understandably, not one of Afi’s children sees a future in farming.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We are your own children. 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. Then, why do you go out anddo the things you tell us not to do?

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This narrative falsely portrayed Black women as abusing the welfare system by having children out of wedlock, stigmatizing the legitimate need for usually meager forms of public assistance. Another woman in Mississippi shared a story of having to lock her children in a room in the absence of childcare to fulfill work requirements.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And every year, some 250,000 children enter state-supervised child welfare systems while millions of families are subject to state-mandated supervision—or surveillance, as critics would put it—to keep their families intact. As PPI reports, Black children are “overrepresented at every stage of the child welfare system.”

Children 114

Children Law Poverty Health 114

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

According to the United Nations Development Programme, women and children are 14 times more likely to die during a disaster compared to men. 13 A report by Save the Children highlights this relationship between climate change and the rise in child marriage rates. The government either ignores or actively opposes environmental efforts.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. The expanded (but now expired) child tax credits alone cut childhood poverty by 30 percent in only six months. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

By the early 2010s, when we looked at the metrics produced by Healthy People , the federal government’s data-driven blueprint for public health goals, the numbers showed us that, for the first time in public health history, life expectancy for children had dropped; it was lower than when we were children. How did we have it so wrong?

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the shortages occurred in 2020 and another in 2022 ; each affected more than 100,000 residents, leaving them without safe water for drinking, bathing, flushing toilets, and other essential daily activities. According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine , brown and rusty water exposed Jackson residents to toxic lead.

Environmental 110

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth. Exposure to lead during pregnancy can lead to developmental or behavioral problems in children later on.

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Coupled with a matured social sector and active private sector, we may see more cases of successful collective impact from Korea soon. ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. ARTICLE | What ‘Cash Plus” Programs Teach Us About Fighting Extreme Poverty by Imran Matin.

Poverty 105

Poverty Universities Health Technology 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The poverty rate is 52.4 Central to the Black community, it had amusements for adults and children alongside an auditorium where notable figures like Booker T. Through his children, his culture shaping legacy extended into politics. It equips neighbors to take an active role in redeveloping their neighborhoods.

Culture 121

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 121

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

That said, there are three iPhone Apps currently live and available for download that give us a good picture of how iPhone Apps can be utilized by nonprofits, activists, and donors: 1) Geolocation Activism :: CauseWorld. poverty around the world for Christel.

Volunteerism 81

Volunteerism Volunteerism Poverty Philanthropy 81

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide. Areas served: US.

Health 98

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. At one point, the team learned that residents feared the lake because overgrown vegetation made it unclear where the water began, and parents worried that their children might drown. Resident fear abated.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

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. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families. The Annie E.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

The bill’s passage in the senate reflects a new wave of climate activism that demands the development of renewable energy sources to fend off climate disaster, as well as community control—not corporate control—over the next energy system. The natural gas peaker plant around the corner gives neighborhood children asthma as it powers the grid.

Energy 121

Energy Non-Profits Poverty Environmental 121

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. According to JWT Intelligence Report , this generation is interested in global social changes such as poverty reduction, clean water and racial/gender inequity. You can read more her here.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 75

Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Education Education 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” A majority of households had lost a child to diarrhea and one in nine households had lost three or more children to this illness of bad water and poor sanitation.

Children 81

Children Poverty Leadership Education 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 144

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 144

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

How do we connect the dots between what happened with George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor during those summer months of activism in Black and Brown communities across the country? Mine is my children. That was my process for figuring out just how do we talk about this. How do we connect that with the fact that it’s hot?…It’s

Environmental 126

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 126

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As they wait for their forever homes, adoptable pets at Best Friends enjoy playtime, training, and activities that enrich their lives. They have a number of programs to meet the needs of veterans, children with Autism, and those living with disabilities. PBS introduces the world to children in entertaining and age-appropriate ways. .

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? Some of the strategies that I am most excited about are efforts like mutual aid and participatory budgeting , where people are actively pouring energy back into [strengthening] local government. Alissa Quart: Definitely, it builds on Squeezed.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 112

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

“In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

Disaster Relief 55

Disaster Relief Poverty Children Medical 55

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2021

I’m also certain there are still millions of children struggling in this world, but World Vision is helping. Whether you’re actively working for your program’s purpose or doing the behind-the-scenes work to make it possible, it should align and further your vision. World Vision’s vision makes no mention of poverty or water.

Energy 81

Energy Culture Values Nonprofits 81

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 17, 2024

The theory of change involves both encouraging local economic activity—increasing the economic multiplier effect, in technical parlance—while fostering bonds of community.” As Jared Spears wrote in NPQ , local currencies are “designed to be spent directly in the area.

Values 115

Values Governance Culture Poverty 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

.” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. The answer could be “both.”

Nonprofit governance and management 106

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 106

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Meanwhile, other standout giving programs include : Matching gifts, volunteer grants Walt Disney Company & Make-A-Wish Foundation The Walt Disney Company has a long-standing partnership with Make-A-Wish Foundation, granting wishes to children with critical illnesses. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Best Buy supports St.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation , whose mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice, recognized the devastation COVID-19 would bring to their grantee communities. The question now is, will this momentum continue ?

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

I’m also certain there are still millions of children struggling in this world, but World Vision is helping. Whether you’re actively working for your program’s purpose or doing the behind-the-scenes work to make it possible, it should align and further your vision. World Vision: Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness.

Energy 61

Energy Nonprofits Culture Values 61