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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With 65 percent of the population living in rural areas, agriculture is increasingly feminized where women perform 80 percent of farm work. ” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income. Bridges to Prosperity is working to address this gap by collaborating with technology partners (e.g.,

Public and Social Policy 130

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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nonprofits would be trusted to hire the right consultants and form partnerships that are collaborative and generative toward their racial and economic justice goals.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Similarly, more than half of the around two hundred large philanthropic collaboratives surveyed (a common form of big bet philanthropy) have been founded since 2010. Bridgespan’s Big Bet Database counts 125 United States donor pledges of above $25M to social change efforts in the year 2020 , compared to just 18 in the year 2000.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

Candid

JUNE 27, 2024

Women are disproportionately affected in areas including health care, sustainable agriculture, forced displacement, economic development, literacy, democracy, and mass incarceration While efforts that ignore gender will be limited in effectiveness, those that address gender likely will have ripple effects into other areas.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Poverty Health Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I bring to this work the passion and perspective of lived experience. My family has deep roots in Northeast Indianapolis. Black excellence abounds here.

Food 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Agriculture. The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. American Farmland Trust. Kiss the Ground.

Children 105

Children Nonprofits Environmental Agriculture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

All of this depresses economic activity and increases poverty. Borne overwhelmingly by the poorest and most vulnerable, it exacerbates their poverty and threatens their health. Where we have seen major, population-level, and systemic advances in social and economic well-being, governments have been the primary driving force.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. For many Americans, the term rural elicits simplified imagery of people and places—primarily White, living in small towns, focused on agriculture, and impoverished. What do you picture when you think of rural?

Poverty 116

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

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.

Leadership 122

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

These successes transformed our agricultural practices, so that rather than relying on large commercial farms, regenerative farming practices gained prominence, creating food sovereignty. Notes Resonance: A Framework for Philanthropic Transformation (Oakland, CA: Justice Funders and The Resonance Collaborative).

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

14 In regions of Africa and South Asia, climate disasters such as floods and droughts increase poverty and food insecurity, prompting families to marry off their daughters at a young age as a survival strategy. Many women work in sectors like agriculture that require less formal education and are particularly sensitive to climate change.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them.

Health 97

Health Technology Healthcare Medical 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Primary School – It is a collaboration between Nick Tagliaferro and Opinion Haver. You can also find his podcast and course on wealth and poverty here. It is a very robust roundup of primary races around the country. The authors aim to “clear out the gunk in the system and move the party left.”

Communication 121

Communication Nonprofits Food Health 121