Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And how can philanthropies fund it? Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. By Kartik Akileswaran & Jonathan Mazumdar What is the most powerful route to prosperity?

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in the South US researcher and agricultural law expert Nathan Rosenberg has said , “If you want to understand wealth and inequality in this country, you have to understand Black land loss.” They also continue to face discrimination, and exclusion from government programs, loans, and subsidies.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

The Agitator

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

From the Chronicle of Philanthropy , here’s a list of America’s Top 50 donors in 2011, the amounts given and the lucky charities. Wonderfully eclectic giving — arts, social services, a rock music museum, Native Americans entrepreneurship, a science fiction museum, and neuroscience. These 50 donors gave $10.4

Entrepreneurship 69

Entrepreneurship Agriculture Philanthropy Food 69

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Rural philanthropy, we believe, can make a positive difference. Unfortunately, philanthropy is disproportionately underinvested in many rural areas , and the sector has not yet coalesced around standard rural-focused methods, tools, and models. Until we know for sure, we will learn by doing.

Entrepreneurship 126

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Philanthropy simply cannot compensate for the ongoing failure of our government to meet the needs of its entire population.” But while demand-side, citizen-based efforts are important in the US and many other countries, they are only a small part of what is needed from philanthropy to help governments around the world better perform.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, timber—has fundamentally changed due to automation and globalization , and the search for new rural development models is coalescing around a new vision. What does shifting to this new model require in practice?

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

One of us (Seelos) recently sketched out in another SSIR article an alternative focus for philanthropy that shifts away from a deficiency focus of constant problem-solving to a generative focus on building a healthy context that does not create so many problems. These economic enablers were then expanded into other dimensions.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118