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

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. In several of these cooperatives, either governments or civil society or development institutions have played roles as catalysts to sow the initial seeds.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Although this concentration has had profound local economic and cultural implications, various government agencies have justified it by saying that it is necessary for security reasons or that it brings in national economic support in exchange for hosting the military facilities. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Governments have returned ownership and management of millions of hectares of land in at least 39 countries. CLARIFI has so far committed $14 million in direct funding to 88 projects led by rightsholder organizations working to limit deforestation on lands often in the crosshairs of the mining, agriculture, and timber industries.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. Regenerative Agriculture. Astoundingly, only 1.7 This lack of investment has real, appreciable effects on farmers’ lives.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms.

Finance 104

Finance Agriculture Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 104

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 24, 2016

We are starting with ten communities and the Haitian government has agreed to give us 11 acres per community. We will also be providing agricultural development and a Food 4 Work program. We will also be providing solar power and job training for sustainable community life. This gives them dignity and an investment in the work.

Communication 181

Communication Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Food 181

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

Food 130

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

They created BFF to nurture Black community wealth and health by investing in Black agricultural systems in the Northeast. For BFF, working with people and enterprises across the food system, and not just farmers, is critical to strengthen Black ownership from seed to table and build a racially just Black agricultural ecosystem.

Finance 138

Finance Food Agriculture Governance 138

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In Southeast Raleigh, where we operate a small grocery store , the US Department of Agriculture has estimated that 30 percent of residents live more than a mile from their closest supermarket. At the time, North Carolina was primarily an agricultural state, and the banking community knew well the value of its rich soil.

Food 117

Food Agriculture Governance Children 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2024

By Neha Bhatt A new government program in India is training women to become agricultural drone pilots to increase their financial security and modernize farming.

Agriculture 64

Agriculture Governance 64

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

Key to this effort is over $1 billion of federal support and close partnership with the Mexican government. We need an immediate allocation to develop this type of infrastructure,” says Carlo Salvan, president of Coldiretti Rovigo , an association representing and assisting Italian agriculture in the Veneto region.

Agriculture 94

Agriculture Environmental Governance Associations 94

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), over 1.6 With its economy heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture, which employs over 80 percent of the population , the country is vulnerable to external shocks, including climate-related ones.

Agriculture 93

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 93

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Landmark labor protections like the Social Security Act of 1935 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 offered unemployment insurance, retirement security, and a minimum wage but excluded domestic workers and agricultural laborers—the majority of whom were Black, Latinx, and immigrant workers.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. pollinator gardens) into areas under commercial, residential, agricultural, or other uses can offer meaningful benefits. For companies in land-based sectors (i.e.,

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Outlining Key Investment Gaps in Rural America Nearly nine out of 10 of the nation’s persistent poverty counties are rural , and they face chronic underinvestment by government, philanthropy, and the private sector. Federal policy, which is often implemented through state governments, adds layers of complication.

Values 128

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

In its brief, the WHO traced the impact of prolonged droughts, which “ significantly disrupt agricultural production and lead to loss of livelihood, leaving many communities in poverty, a factor clearly linked with many common mental disorders.” This, in turn, can lead to forced migration as families attempt to flee conflict.

Health 99

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 99

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Even those in competition with one anotherfor example, different purveyors of agricultural planning tools in low-income countriescan achieve co-benefits and amplify their impact by contributing to a shared data infrastructure. Right now, even the data that does exist is too siloed.

Social Enterprise 112

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Ethics 112

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

How Agrivoltaics Helps the Climate Crisis Agrivoltaics, also known as agrovoltaics or dual-use solar farming, is a sustainable agricultural practice that combines crop cultivation with solar panels on the same piece of land. Amidst this adversity, however, the pioneering solution of agrivoltaics offers hope for farmers and the environment.

Health 112

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

That’s because most wells in town have been contaminated by runoff from agriculture, said Prado, who is president of the Sultana Community Services District. Due to the fact that we live in an agricultural area and this is a little community, we would be devastated,” he said. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.”

Agriculture 87

Agriculture Nonprofit Administration and Development Construction Universities 87

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. Influencing Policy.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

For many Americans, the term rural elicits simplified imagery of people and places—primarily White, living in small towns, focused on agriculture, and impoverished. Rural communities have varied local economies, which include manufacturing , healthcare, the service sector, and agriculture. What do you picture when you think of rural?

Poverty 112

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 112

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Similarly, Tina Vásquez’s investigation into the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers revealed exploitative conditions and wage theft, and resulted, the editors say, in government actions to recover stolen wages and implement new worker protections.

Agriculture 122

Agriculture Ethics Values Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Our next 10-year vision, set in 2020, will see us impact 10 million farmers, predominantly through a systems change model that works alongside public, private and NGO actors in key agricultural systems. First, big bet philanthropists should work harder to build bridges to these alternative funding sources.

Finance 119

Finance Governance Philanthropy Health 119

MNA Association

MARCH 22, 2023

SB524 – Revise UBIT to Include Legal Fees This bill proposes to charge tax on any income certain nonprofits use to “challenge or support certain government actions” under the presumption that this would be unrelated to the mission of the organization and therefore subject to Unrelated Business Income Tax. MNA will oppose.

Taxation 98

Taxation Agriculture Health Governance 98

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

.” Often, it’s a specialty issue that triggers the challenge: hospitals not paying property taxes yet having such a large real estate footprint, or nonprofits owning agricultural land and getting a “discounted” ag rate on their taxes yet not being ag producers. MNA fights to protect tax exemption, and rightfully so.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture 98

Candid

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Climate risks are considered in programming but not systematically: It’s more common in agricultural programs and less so in livelihoods programs that include business and cash grants. Several initiatives are already working to address these gaps.

Agriculture 95

Agriculture Governance Nonprofits 95

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. These maps continued to govern bank lending until the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This year’s event was easily the group’s largest since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance 113

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 113

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that SNAP participation not only helps stabilize the economy during recessions but also stimulates the economy during downturns. Getting rid of work requirements is a matter of good fiscal policy.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Local government wins because properties are back in productive use, generating taxes. State-enabling legislation provides land banks with unique powers to acquire vacant and tax-delinquent properties more quickly and cheaply than most local governments or nonprofits. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 113

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Despite the community’s disapproval, government officials had apparently already approved and funded the plan. They hope for international intervention, since they feel their government is not helping them, and they prompted us to imagine this scenario unfolding in America. 2 (Spring 1998): 417–28.

Environmental 105

Environmental Race and Ethnicity Construction Nonprofit governance and management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

As Nia Umoja, lead coordinator of the efforts, has explained , the goal is to mobilize residents’ untapped agricultural and construction backgrounds to transform abandoned property into urban farming and cultural spaces, including a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm, housing rehabilitation, guest house management, and an arts studio.

Philanthropy 103

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 103

Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Within the tax code , unions are designated as nonprofit organizations under section 501(c)(5), a designation they share with agricultural or horticultural organizations. To accomplish these goals, unions involve themselves in the political process by lobbying the government, participating in campaigns, and donating to candidates.

Law 105

Law Agriculture Education Education 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Governments representing deeply indebted nations are often unable to invest in health care, education, and other services, which, in turn, threatens their very political survival. For instance, some governments may perceive the imposition of environmental commitments as an infringement on their sovereignty.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts. What matters more, she said, is diverse sources who have something unique to contribute to environmental and agricultural coverage.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 132