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 115

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 115

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. In some developing countries, up to two-thirds of the population are employed in agriculture, a sector that can account for more than 25 percent of GDP. Active involvement in the governance of the investee.

Finance 95

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 95

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Floodplain agriculture allows floodwaters to deposit nutrient-rich sediment across a wide area.

Food 83

Food Agriculture Production Governance 83

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 117

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 117

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 131

Finance Food Agriculture Governance 131

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 116

Food Agriculture Governance Children 116

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 118

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 118

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 62

Agriculture Governance 62

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 115

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 115

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). Governments agreed that all DNA sequence data be released in publicly accessible databases within 24 hours after generation.

Collaborations 97

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 97

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

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 117

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 117

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 108

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 108

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 82

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 82

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 78

Agriculture Governance Environmental Associations 78

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 91

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 91

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

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 75

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 75

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 110

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 110

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 94

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 94

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 99

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 99

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 104

Agriculture Ethics Values Governance 104

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 106

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 106

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 106

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 106

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 109

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 109

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 70

Agriculture Nonprofit Administration and Development Construction Universities 70

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 86

Agriculture Governance Nonprofits 86

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 104

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 104

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 97

Finance Governance Philanthropy Health 97

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

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 4, 2015

According to a report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, rural-based organizations received just 5.5 percent) when grants that benefit rural purposes, including rural development, rural health and agriculture, are included. percent of the real value of domestic grants from 2005 to 2010.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Governance Foundations Values 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

That money must be complemented by foundations or donors (or possibly government programs) that offer matching grants and technical assistance to the investment fund and/or the supported businesses. Each fund is unique. Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible.

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 82

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 116

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG by Jaclyn Foroughi This primer on the differences between environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) and impact investing is an essential read for anyone in the impact sector.

Public and Nonprofit Management 80

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Finance 80

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In October, the metro council of Louisville’s combined city-county government voted to allocate $3.5 If we fall short, the money from Louisville’s city-county government could be rescinded. million to help make a co-op grocery a reality. There are still many steps to take. The grocery store has over 600 member-owners; we need more.

Food 105

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 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 87

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 87