Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Jarrod Vassallo , Sourindra Banerjee & Jaideep Prabhu Spanning 12,500 hectares, the East Kolkata Wetlands in India serves multiple purposes, from fish farming, agriculture, and rice cultivation to functioning as the world’s largest wastewater-fed aquaculture system. Consider these examples.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 98

The Charity CFO

MARCH 24, 2022

Feeding Our Future received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program—money intended to provide meals to children. Billing fraud is so common because many medium to large-sized nonprofits have government contracts.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Community business owners now share a stronger ethic of mutual support, which encourages them to share the available resources at their disposal. Grocery Plus became a SNAP retailer—accepting benefits from the government assistance program formerly known as food stamps—in part to better serve the local population.

Community Development 131

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 131

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 Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And the battle with the state over Tribal sovereignty and our rights has always been recognized by the federal government; it’s only the state government that’s not recognizing our sovereignty. So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.”

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

In 1990, governments around the world, with the leadership of the United States, began a 13-year effort to map human DNA through the Human Genome Project (HGP). I believe we can achieve such cooperation again to ensure AI advancements help humanity thrive.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It has been very common for governments to request AI models that can identify fraud in a public benefits systemfor instance, in the applications they receive for childcare benefits or unemployment benefits. Well, those models have failed spectacularlyand routinelyin many different countries.

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

1 There we were taught the latest agricultural, home economic, and family health technologies that had almost no relevance to the agroecological and climate zones we lived in or the health problems that our people faced. Government Accountability Office, November 4, 1976, www.gao.gov/products/hrd-77-3. Winston Thompson et al.,

Technology 103

Technology Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities 103

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Hawaiian innovation is reflected in the variety of loko i‘a design and construction methods, demonstrating an unparalleled understanding of engineering, hydrology, ecology, biology, and agriculture managed holistically within watershed-scale land divisions called ahupua‘a. Today, we suffer the predictable consequences of these circumstances.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Environmental Food Culture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? In short, a social and solidarity economy is ruled by an ethic of care and a commitment to protect and amplify life on this planet. If not, why not? Are we considering all the elements necessary to drive a healthy nonprofit sector?

Public and Social Policy 132

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

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. The passage of the THRIVE Act prioritized renewable, environmentally sound, ethically sourced energy production, from development to deployment.

Public and Social Policy 133

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

The acquisition of these licenses required buy-in from and engagement with a range of relevant stakeholders, including residents, influential community members, organized interest groups, and government, all of whom might be impacted by the project’s operations. Today, the term social license is defined in multiple ways.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

In 1935, the Social Security Act, introduced by the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, established an idea that expressed the value that (some) Americans deserve a government that will not allow them to slide into poverty if they fall on hard times, become ill, and/or age out of the workforce. None of this was an accident.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 19, 2023

Large-scale public investment from all levels of government is needed to further implement and evaluate these strategies. Council on State Governments, Confined and Costly. The mass-scale correctional systems of the current era are wholly unsustainable without gendered labor exploitation. 71, 75, 88–96. 1 (2018): 235–59, [link].

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Health Associations Children 141

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Justice40 Initiative , for example , commits multiple agenciesespecially the federal Departments of Agriculture and Energy , and the US Environmental Protection Agency to the promise that 40 percent of federal spending should benefit disadvantaged communities. The sense of funding uncertainty is palpable.

Energy 124

Energy Environmental Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture 124