NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ability to cover three months’ worth of bills: This is what is known as an “asset poverty” measure. Income poverty: In Atlanta, 28 percent of Black households live below the federal poverty line; only seven percent of White households do. Median household income: In Atlanta, the median Black household has an income of $38,854.

Poverty 131

Poverty Culture Energy Values 131

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The money can be used for key wealth-building activities like education, homeownership, or starting a business. These policies work together to stabilize household incomes, reducing poverty and providing the foundation for wealth building. As more children are born into poverty each year, the need for baby bonds grows more urgent.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 123

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Notably, 982 of these prevent or hinder access to employment, including background checks and restrictions on the activities of survivors of the War on Drugs during their probation or parole. The informal economy is a diversified set of economic activities that are unprotected and unregulated by the state.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 131

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 132

Governance Disaster Relief Law Civil Society 132

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Furthermore, many inner-city students face a range of social and economic challenges outside of school, such as poverty, crime, and family instability, which can make it difficult for them to succeed in school.

Leadership 117

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Candid

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This disparity is all the more striking considering the magnitude of challenges here, even before the stormbroadband, health care, and food deserts; intergenerational poverty born from extraction; and the ongoing opioid crisis. CDP encourages giving grants locally as much as possible. A third grant provides $7.5

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Disaster Relief Insurance Medical 119

Candid

MAY 29, 2024

For example, an older, straight, white woman born into wealth and a young, gay, white man born into poverty will likely be treated differently—even though they’re the same race. Therefore, Asian men, lesbians and/or queer people of color, and white people in poverty all likely experience intersectional invisibility.

Poverty 115

Poverty Associations Law Universities 115

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. Stewardship, Adelzadeh emphasizes, “has always been a community activity, with the transfer of knowledge from elders to youth.” Fort Belknap Reservation: Montana Poverty Report Card. The Path Forward.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Food Environmental 140

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A job that pays less than childcare costs, imposes schedules on short notice, and doesn’t offer benefits cannot help people escape poverty. But because of narratives about what poor people and people of color deserve, they are relegated to jobs that perpetuate cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement. They’re effective.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This is good news for our youth, many of whom experience mental health challenges rooted in intergenerational trauma, poverty, and social alienation. Far too many Native American youth grow up in environments where historic and contemporary trauma, poverty , and negative societal narratives shape their identities from birth.

Health 105

Health Culture Poverty Activism 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Parents stitch together childcare from pre-kindergarten programs, after-school activities, and summer camps because there is no single, affordable solution. seniors over 85 live in poverty, only 8 percent who live in multigenerational households live in poverty, a 40 percent reduction. was $1,230 per month.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Children Poverty Health 116

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 129

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 129

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2023

Innovative finance is based on the premise that there is not enough money from governments and philanthropic organizations alone to address pressing global issues like poverty, climate change, and access to electricity and clean water. Funders instead look to define success based on the overall portfolio.

Finance 111

Finance Production Governance Poverty 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

The program, implemented by the organization Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) , builds and sustains a critical mass of diverse, skilled, and active resident leaders to support locally driven initiatives over the long haul.

Leadership 122

Leadership Poverty Culture Public and Social Policy 122

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 108

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 108

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

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents. Summit Lake welcomes people into nature with activities like weekly guided canoe trips.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 31, 2023

Grassroots youth organizing groups—many of which serve immigrant, refugee, Black, and Indigenous communities—can help participants overcome the poverty, racism, institutional injustice, and trauma they often suffer during their childhoods.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They don’t want to talk about poverty. As people directly impacted by mass incarceration, they have unique insight into how to address crime. “I I think people have a misconception about Black communities that are sometimes having tough times and issues with crime. They don’t want to talk about all the causes of crime.

Poverty 139

Poverty Health Education Education 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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Organizers across the country are leading public budget–related activities to ensure that these dollars are used for investments in child care, education, public housing, and so on—the range of services that actually help people thrive.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 136

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Spade questions whether this method can achieve liberatory ends, arguing against the idea that change will occur if a “nonprofit report shows that poverty is bad, or cops are racist.” If people are just like ‘I don’t do activism unless I get paid. On one hand, Spade notes the almost inherent justice of payment. And we are demobilized.

Medical 120

Medical Universities Nonprofits Law 120

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 11, 2016

But alongside that important work – and the thoughtfulness of a good communications strategy – is the need for the social sector to more actively adopt an open knowledge sharing approach. Every foundation, nonprofit or research institution, whether it is providing services or shaping policy, is producing knowledge.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Poverty 101

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The poverty rate is 52.4 It equips neighbors to take an active role in redeveloping their neighborhoods. In Memphis today—and indeed throughout the South—Black Americans are organizing to rebuild cultural institutions and restore Black economies. But today,100 years later, the same neighborhood looks very different.

Culture 119

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 119

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 123

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 123

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 95

Healthcare Health Environmental Psychology 95

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Is reminding folks you haven’t solved hunger, homelessness, or poverty a good thing? Because all the time you’re spending on anniversary activities you’re not spending on higher-yield strategies. Everybody has birthdays… ho, hum. It’s a not-to-be-missed opportunity. Opportunity for what? Is this really something to celebrate?

Food 121

Food Homelessness Poverty Education 121

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

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. Some foundations, in their public statements, stressed the importance of global partnerships and a shift of resources from wealthy countries to low-income countries.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Foundations Poverty Health 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

If your nonprofit focuses on human rights or poverty, for example, then your tone of voice should be serious, smart, and thought-provoking. Your tone of voice and your brand will then guide you as you actively employ the five communication methods most commonly used in the nonprofit sector. Branding isn’t only visual.

Communication 105

Communication Nonprofits Poverty Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

He was legendary for fearlessly taking on the most powerful political leaders, medical institutions, and universities when they did not prioritize the interests of people in poverty. “The people who were doing the development project probably weren't out to make poor people suffer,” he said. .”

Nonprofit Leadership 105

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Medical 105

Jeff Brooks

AUGUST 27, 2024

Don’t just ask donors to give to make program activities happen — no matter how good those things are. Maybe your social service agency will decrease poverty, which will improve the economy and quality of life for everyone. That’s good advice in fundraising too. Tell them about the benefits to themselves too.

Fundraising 62

Fundraising Fundraising Poverty Advertising 62

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 66

Construction Public and Social Policy Finance Poverty 66

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

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