NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. Growing Activation In addition to trying to grow numbers, local militia groups are attempting to expand how they train for combat.

Governance 134

Governance Disaster Relief Law Civil Society 134

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Founded in 1999 and similar in mission to NAEDC, the nonprofit supports ecotourism while also promoting “food sovereignty and ecological stewardship.” A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. A sovereignty focus has many implications. One is control over data.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

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. 32 In 2019, when Jair Bolsonaro became president, deforestation for these activities skyrocketed.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Feed the Childrens mission to provide the food and essentials kids need to grow and thrive aligns closely with our purpose of championing organizations that create meaningful change, Tim Kersten, CEO of RKD Group, said via a statement. From a humble beginning in a rowhouse in Washington, D.C.

Children 52

Children Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), over 1.6 Food Production Challenges It is difficult for most households to produce enough food without fertilizer application in Malawi. Shortages and high prices of fertilizer affect the entire food supply chain.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

She relied on her benefits to keep food on the table and a roof over her family’s head. But living in an area with no access to childcare, she was forced out of desperation to drop her child at Walmart during the day because it had security guards, a bathroom, and inexpensive food for purchase. They’re effective.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

Community Development 131

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 131

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

EXAMPLE: If you work at a food bank, you may believe the fact that you distribute food via pantries located in neighborhood schools, churches, and community centers is super important. As counter-intuitive as it may seem to you, most donors don’t want to know how the sausage gets made (or food gets delivered). Yes, it can.

Food 121

Food Homelessness Poverty Education 121

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We asked ourselves, “What else can we do if indeed we fundamentally believe that positive health outcomes—positive life outcomes—result from good jobs, good education, safe housing, healthy, affordable foods, and safe, prosperous communities? The area suffers high rates of teen pregnancy, early-childhood obesity, and infant mortality.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What was your research process of pulling all of these dense topics, from global warming, to faith, to redlining, to greenlining, to food insecurity together in an accessible, easy-to-read way? HMT: It is a process of constantly educating ourselves. That was my process for figuring out just how do we talk about this.

Environmental 126

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 126

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

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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Earthquakes and human-caused activities like building roads without grading or proper drainage or placing fill during construction can also generate landslides. Foods can be ruined in turned-off refrigerators or left to spoil, and houses may be looted. Medical treatment is disrupted. Inequities are magnified in a climate disaster.

Insurance 129

Insurance Medical Construction Poverty 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Most of those who belong to the BoP live outside the formal economy and face unmet needs in basic areas such as food, financial services, and education. The Base of the Pyramid (BoP) consists of the half of the world’s population which earns less than $1,500 per annum per capita.

Production 124

Production Non-Profits Education Education 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Using the right virtual events software and also with a little hardware, you can recreate many of your favorite fundraising activities over a livestream to give an experience that’s as close to the real thing as possible while also providing plenty of new and unique benefits. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event.

Fundraising 136

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 136

Candid

MAY 7, 2024

For example, a food bank exists to address hunger in a community. You need to share data on how many people in the area experience food insecurity, the causes, and the long-term implications of hunger on their lives. Inputs: What resources are required to operate your food bank?

Communication 64

Communication Food Poverty Foundations 64

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. Combined with the risk profile, the missing middle, particularly in the agri-food sector in the developing world, has been widely underserved. But how and where? Affordable?

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In seeking solutions to the ever-present threats of climate change, philanthropy has prioritized market mechanisms that emphasize incentives, rather than community organizing that pushes for regulations motivated by a fundamental belief that corporations should not be allowed to pollute our water, air, and food.

Public and Social Policy 139

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

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. Notwithstanding the emergence of several funder collaboratives in recent years, such coordinated activity is still more of an exception than the rule.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Poverty 126

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

They are now adding new subject areas to their portfolios, like public health, mental health, food security, use of technology, and democracy, as just a few examples. After a steady decline in extreme poverty rates over the past two decades, inequalities between countries have been on the rise again as a result of COVID 19.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Foundations Poverty Health 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy.

Culture 128

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 128

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Large mainstream environmental organizations are active participants in the process of hyper-concentrating grants. Issues related to justice, race, inequalities, affordability, and poverty are much less likely to be funded.” They have grant-writing teams that apply for many grants and build robust funders networks.

Environmental 98

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

Care for Those Caring for Our Environment The prevalence of eco-anxiety in activism circles is under-attended and often ignored in favor of wholly investing oneself in the movement. In addition, several grassroots organizations are prioritizing a care-based approach to activism.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Health Environmental Psychology 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Address “the direct needs of Black communities by focusing on issues related to poverty and economic security,” including health, financial literacy and economic wellness, food insecurity, workforce development, education and youth development (11).

Nonprofits 124

Nonprofits Leadership Poverty Social Policy 124

Getting Attention

APRIL 1, 2011

2) Membership Manager , Slow Food USA – Foodie alert! Five Talents – focused on fighting poverty, creating jobs and empowering those living in poverty via savings and microcredit programs, business training and spiritual development. 2) Membership Manager, Slow Food USA – Foodie alert! NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

Public and Nonprofit Management 58

Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Poverty 58

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Or your food bank receiving dozens of 55-gallon barrels of peanut butter (that happened to me once!). For example, if your organization provides rent and utilities assistance and you have had a steep rise in requests for help, you could pitch a story about the crisis of middle class people falling into poverty. Step 4: Follow up .

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Food Poverty 122

Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. According to the US Census Bureau , the top four national volunteer activities in the U.S. Many people all over the world face different challenges and problems.

Volunteerism 107

Volunteerism Volunteerism Participation and motivation Disaster Relief 107

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

According to JWT Intelligence Report , this generation is interested in global social changes such as poverty reduction, clean water and racial/gender inequity. Braeden Quinn Mannering, age 11, is passionate about stopping food insecurity for families in need. They are not content to just sit and click. You can read more her here.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 75

Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Education Education 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Agriculture programs, for example, often focus on food security rather than achieving productivity gains, despite the fact that countries have not historically “smallholder-farmed” their way into prosperity. In the social enterprise and impact investment space, reliance on the “individual as consumer” frame can perhaps be traced back to C.K.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I became the volunteer manager at a non-profit, FACETS , that works with people struggling with homelessness and poverty. Before COVID, there had been about 200 active volunteers including intermittent help for events as well as scheduled assignments like homework help and admin support.

Homelessness 69

Homelessness Poverty Non-Profits Food 69

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We were always a precarious business, people like to say—and yes, in the 1990s, I fact-checked and peddled my own articles yet still ate my dinners off the crudité plates at book parties and lived close to the poverty line. The difference now is that it’s such a collective unwinding. 44 But that’s part of what makes it so necessary.

Altruism and Helping 136

Altruism and Helping Poverty Insurance Medical 136

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

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

All the learnings from Maria were activated this time. Nonprofits were the first to activate, in terms of immediately putting together places for people to eat, distribution of food and water, of generators, of whatever people needed. And they activated volunteers in a way that’s just, it’s incredible.

Governance 139

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the children most at risk of lead exposure are under six years of age and can come in contact with lead through chipping paint in older homes, imported food or cosmetics, drinking water from lead plumbing or pipes, and even the soil around older buildings or roads.

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75