Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Because Chris saw the value of further engaging customers and employees with a simple but powerful cause marketing program. Why it’s on the list: Most large supermarket chains focus on health-related causes. Pinups sold for five bucks and the program raised $29,000. Program: Foursquare Check-in for Charity.

Marketing 260

Marketing Marketing Food Agriculture 260

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Yet the quest for health equity has been stymied. The lack of meaningful health equity progress is due to business-as-usual approaches and interventions focused on getting quick results—which are often temporary, weak, and ineffective. While urgent services are necessary, they can never advance enduring health equity and wellbeing.

Health 98

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

We didnt even apply for a single grant during the early yearswe were clear on our values and the threat of capture, he explains. In a recent conversation with NPQ , Scott reflected on the founding of Project South and the challenges of maintaining movement integrity in an era of increasing co-optation by philanthropy and electoral politics.

Poverty 104

Poverty Philanthropy Agriculture Education 104

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

One article she wrote about education-focused agriculture nonprofit Kahua Paʻa Mua helped open the door for that nonprofit farm to secure a $70,000 grant to fund its youth program for a year. A Long-Term Investment in Rural Health Another critical need is access to healthcare. GMHC is a Black-led, federally qualified health center.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

To value depth of impact, the process of building sustained community power, and the transformation of entrenched and extractive systems, we can conceive of scale as depth , relationship , decentralization, and power. Impact from the popular bases they grow to the alliances and coalitions that allow them to build power to win change globally.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

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. billion for this work over five years to consolidate otherwise fragmented financing streams.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. The delta is a largely rural, agricultural area with a troubled history of racial and economic disparities.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 127

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Social enterprises focusing on health equity can leverage these capabilities to improve access to care in regions with limited medical infrastructure. This not only boosts agricultural productivity but also minimizes resource waste.

Social Enterprise 52

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Disaster Relief Agriculture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

To transform the financial landscape, we must position our traditions and values front and center. As part of this movement, Black- and Indigenous-led organizations have been building innovative solutions rooted in our ancestral cultural values to provide equitable and nonextractive financing to farmers, land stewards, and entrepreneurs.

Finance 138

Finance Food Agriculture Environmental 138

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

We would love to qualify for funding for education, agriculture, electricity, fresh water, and jobs creation. For us, that means focusing on the current volunteer experience and how to make it better, injecting autonomy and personal value into our culture, and solidifying our operations so they are easily accessible and efficient.

Volunteerism 55

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 55

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. But how and where? Is external financing available? Affordable?

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Research in 2021 from the Farmer Income Lab —a “think-do tank” founded by the multinational company Mars and comprised of companies, NGOs, and civil society organizations— estimated that up to 70 percent of farmers in agricultural supply chains may be living below the global poverty line of $3.20

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The solidarity economy is a global movement that offers a framework to connect practices that are aligned with the values of solidarity, democracy, equity, sustainability, and pluralism (not a one-size-fits-all approach), all of which articulate a post-capitalist system that puts the welfare of people and planet front and center.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 98

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 15, 2024

Three goals that stand out with especially strong potential to be transformed by AI are SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). As such, this series focuses on how AI-powered nonprofits are transforming the climate, health care, and education sectors.

Curriculum and Teaching 144

Curriculum and Teaching Health Education Education 144

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

To expand equity and access, we’ve built relationships with US Department of Agriculture food insecurity support programs, such as SNAP ( Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program , also known as “food stamps”) and WIC ( Women, Infants & Children ), ensuring vouchers are available at the market. The future of Black food sovereignty.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Economic Issues Children 127

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? And most machine-learning researchers actually value honesty about what theyre building. And a mirror can only reflect the light that reaches it.

Nonprofit governance and management 99

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 99

MNA Association

MARCH 22, 2023

Up and Coming – Read the Fine Print SB513 – Revoke Tax Exemption for Health Care Facilities This was just scheduled for hearing and would revoke tax exemption for all nonprofit health care facilities. We value your unique place in advancing Montana’s quality of life. The hearing date is not set.

Taxation 98

Taxation Agriculture Health Governance 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A restorative relationship with land affirms land’s intrinsic value, including its healing properties and its capacity to shelter, feed, and support life of all kinds. Part of the process of healing includes healing our relationship to capital, including transitioning from the commodification of land.

Governance 132

Governance Agriculture Food Production 132

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 106

Agriculture Environmental Food Culture 106

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. Funders should support leadership efforts that build on unique local cultures, values, and assets. general manager of SAGE.

Leadership 122

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 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. Sometimes by momentarily slowing down, we can ultimately speed up to achieve our goals.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As the parents to four young children, it’s been important to us to improve pediatric health care and neonatal intensive care so every newborn baby in our state has the best chance at a healthy life. In 2020, Carmen and I were privileged to contribute $4 million to help bring the upgraded neonatal intensive care unit to Bozeman Health.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This creates a process of devaluing , for the communities with the closest relationship to land know, understand, cultivate, and protect the value of the land on which they live and depend. . In a write-up of the International Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report, historian Harriet Mercer declares, “Connecting climate change to [.]

Environmental 116

Environmental Culture Food Values 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. pollinator gardens) into areas under commercial, residential, agricultural, or other uses can offer meaningful benefits.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

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 of the real value of domestic grants from 2005 to 2010. percent) when grants that benefit rural purposes, including rural development, rural health and agriculture, are included.

Agriculture 59

Agriculture Governance Foundations Values 59

Getting Attention

MAY 3, 2011

We’re thrilled to welcome back guest blogger, Kimberlee Roth , one of our tream’s valued writers. 2) Print teaser and online complement: For its 2010 report, Partners in Health sent out an eight-page summary that points recipients to the full 40-page report (PDF) on its website.

Public and Nonprofit Management 74

Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture Medical Philanthropy 74

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 7, 2025

you can verify licenses through your states Department of Agriculture or a similar governing body. If you have kids, pets, or health concerns, ask about their treatment methods and safety measures. Pricing and Service Plans Cost shouldnt be the only factor, but its important to get value for your money. In the U.S.,

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Environmental Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It does not surprise, then, that Black neighborhoods face health disparities relative to their white neighbors, with marked differences in rates of infant mortality, asthma, gun violence, and life expectancy. Why did the foundation bequeath a property with a declared value (2021) of $625,000 for a fledgling grocery co-op?

Food 112

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 112

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We’ve also invested along the value chain of insurance companies and brokers, as well as insuretech companies, which create new technologies for the insurance sector, including weather data forecasting tools that better assess climate-related risks.

Insurance 105

Insurance Finance Production Agriculture 105

Anedot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Location: San Rafael, CA Hours: Full-time, salaried, exempt status Salary Range: $95,004 – $122,148 BACKGROUND The Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Rafael, California. JOB SUMMARY AIM is seeking a highly skilled Director of Finance to join our team.

Finance 52

Finance Non-Profits Agriculture Food 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To serve this constituency, asset managers have long offered “values” or “socially responsible” (SRI) funds that offer a “negative screen.” More contemporary values funds might exclude the equities of companies selling controversial weapons, thermal coal, or tobacco.

Environmental 133

Environmental Energy Finance Retail 133

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

If together the nonprofit sector and its supporters would agree and meaningfully campaign for significant increases in the value of just three policies—for example, earned income tax credit, minimum wage, and childcare subsidies—poverty would decline, and many nonprofits would better achieve their missions. The rhetoric of the U.S.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They develop rural and urban agriculture projects, offer leases for commercial spaces that serve local communities, support affordable rental and cooperative housing projects, conserve land for environmental preservation purposes, and maintain urban green spaces. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Community Development Governance Agriculture 116