NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In our 2023 study, our researchers found that the four lowest-cost market categories had median sale prices ranging from $45,000 to $154,000compared to a city median of about $250,000and above-average poverty rates ranging from 23 to 49 percent in a city with the unfortunate distinction of being the poorest big city.

Construction 70

Construction Public and Social Policy Finance Poverty 70

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This record acts as a form of permanent punishment, limiting our ability to participate in civil society through a complex web of laws in Illinois that punish people with criminal records, often indefinitely. The informal economy is a diversified set of economic activities that are unprotected and unregulated by the state.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 132

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!): The American Nicaraguan Foundation is a nonprofit that provides basic needs and tools for people to help stop poverty in Nicaragua.

Poverty 111

Poverty Civil Society Medical Education 111

Candid

MAY 29, 2024

Coined by law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, the term refers to the fact that combinations—or intersections—of social identities such as race, class, and gender result in different experiences and treatment. What is intersectionality? For example, in the U.S., At the same time, visibility isn’t always positive.

Poverty 115

Poverty Associations Law Universities 115

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. We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. This work is urgent. It won’t be easy.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. 11 Unique barriers to care, including stigma vis--vis mental health, language discrepancies, and poverty, put Latinx people in the United States at higher risk of receiving inadequate treatment than the broader population. 10 Only 35.1 24 Meanwhile, as of 2022, 17.1 Arnett et al.,

Race and Ethnicity 70

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 70

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scott served seven years in prison after being arrested on federal drug charges shortly after obtaining his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1994. They don’t want to talk about poverty. Both men experienced how easy it is for young Black men to be swept up in the criminal legal system.

Poverty 139

Poverty Health Education Education 139

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 111

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

A law professor at Seattle University , advocate for queer and trans liberation, and long-time participant in movements for racial and economic justice, Spade spoke on payment and movement work at a virtual forum organized by the Barnard Center for Research on Women. If people are just like ‘I don’t do activism unless I get paid.

Medical 122

Medical Universities Nonprofits Law 122

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 127

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 127

Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With a better understanding of who holds power and why that dynamic needs to change, these funders have supported organizations, coalitions, and activities that help make those shifts happen. Long-term power building has a clear ROI Long-term investments in power-building campaigns have paid off.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Foundations Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Wage theft is not a legal term but rather a term used by advocates, attorneys, and policymakers when describing any action by employers that deprives a worker of receiving wages they are entitled to under the law. The law also strengthened workers’ options for recourse when employers fail to comply with these provisions.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 105

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 Foundations 126

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 15, 2023

Image Credit: AVNphotolab on istock.com This July, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a new state law banning the use of cash bail in the state’s criminal justice system can go into effect. The new law, passed by Democratic legislators and signed by Democratic Governor J.B.

Non-Profits 97

Non-Profits Law Poverty Environmental 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This includes building transnational activism that links anti-war, anti-militarism, and anti-nuclear work with the efforts of those campaigning for economic justice, environmental protection, open borders and migrant rights, anti-racism and anti-fascism, equality, and police and prison abolition.

Construction 107

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

percent of the population, China has enacted more than 60 laws and regulations aimed at safeguarding the rights of individuals with disabilities, encompassing those with visual, auditory, linguistic, physical, intellectual, psychological, and multiple disabilities. China is no exception to this global issue.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 10, 2023

A three-year plan might suffice for more modest objectives, but what is needed to achieve the transformational goals we have for addressing poverty, racism, and inequity? Having struggled with these goals for six decades, I have come to understand that the most pressing question has to do with strategy: How to get from here to there?

Governance 105

Governance Collaborations Philanthropy Law 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2024

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. He had to quiet dissenters and have a very active core. But not in law.

Culture 105

Culture Technology Law Construction 105

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. State and federal regulations for starting a nonprofit.

Nonprofit governance and management 110

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

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 24, 2024

Asked about homelessness, poverty, healthcare, jobs/economy and housing, nonprofits had the most trust, but government was second when it came to healthcare and housing. This is the first time that respondents for the annual study where we asked directly about trust in advocacy and election-related activities.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Philanthropy Governance Homelessness 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2024

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. He had to quiet dissenters and have a very active core. But not in law.

Culture 97

Culture Technology Law Construction 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. We would hope and expect that nonprofits are reducing poverty and reducing inequality. It’s a really small program, but it makes it onto the federal write up of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sounds Like Hate by the Southern Poverty Law Center , hosted by Jamila Paksima and Yvonne Latty, was launched to spur activism against hate and extremism. This podcast has successfully raised the nonprofit’s profile and delivered its message through investigative journalism​.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Poverty Law Collaborations 52

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. Earthjustice utilizes their advanced knowledge of environmental law to save natural habitats, reduce pollution, and promote clean energy. Something Truly Unique: Animal Art Stone Coaster Set. “As

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

percent of people in the United States were poor or low-income (earning between poverty-line income and twice that amount) in 2018. An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association lists poverty as the nations fourth leading cause of death. Its a different kind of organizing and activism, Theoharis explains.

Homelessness 105

Homelessness Poverty Public and Social Policy Urban development 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Like most states, New York requires by law that cities deposit funds in commercial banks, tying public money to these detrimental practices of Wall Street banks and often leaving communities underinvested and vulnerable to disinvestment and discrimination. But meaningful transformation requires changing state law.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Energy and utility justice movements aren’t just imagining versions of this future but also are actively working to build them; yet the formidable power structures of the electric and gas utility system often stand in the way. As one example, the Reimagined Energy For Our Communities U.S.

Energy 117

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

That requires addressing high levels of corruption, a lack of rule of law, weak civil service capacity, poor public service delivery, and a lack of both transparency and accountability. All of this depresses economic activity and increases poverty. World Justice Project (WJP) works around the world to advance the rule of law.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

PPI quotes journalist Roxanna Asgarian, writing for In These Times , asserting that the US child welfare system is “more akin to law enforcement than social services, given its ability to surveil parents and hand down the ultimate punishment—terminating the legal bonds between parent and child.”

Children 117

Children Law Poverty Health 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Trauma is an invisible unhealed wound caused by an overwhelming event, series of events, or enduring conditions that remains active in our bodies, our psyches, and our ways of relating to others. It’s everywhere. During a traumatic incident, part of the brain called the amygdala takes over, producing involuntary, reactive responses.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. Researchers recently argued that decades of problem-solving such as aggressive speed limits, seat-belt laws, or measures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving failed to improve many problematic aspects of transportation.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Unless companies actively pursue climate justice across their supply chains, they not only threaten the speed and scale of the transition to net-zero, but also risk exacerbating inequality and losing brand equity and stakeholder trust. From the Margins to the Mainstream.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

How can we develop an intentional strategy to realize such outcomes—strategies that empower communities to actively improve their quality of life?”. In the Central Falls/Pawtucket HEZ, nearly a third of residents live in poverty, and one in three are recent immigrants.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which “ was signed into law in 1988 to create an orderly system to get federal assistance to state and local governments in the wake of natural disasters.”. All the learnings from Maria were activated this time. And they activated volunteers in a way that’s just, it’s incredible.

Governance 139

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 139

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.” million to environmental law, $75.5 The study points out, “Though foundations distributed $88.9

Environmental 98

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black? 28 Yet an approach that prioritizes “Black faces in high places,” Pérez insists, is insufficient.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 94