The Charity CFO

JULY 10, 2023

This can cover a wide range of activities, from: Helping less fortunate community members Hosting educational courses Helping mediate area disputes Fighting neighborhood deterioration They can also advocate for public policies and laws that benefit the people they serve, as long as this isn’t their primary or sole activity.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Agriculture Public Policy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

16 Scholars have now also shown that the best kinds of conservation have Indigenous people in leadership and other kinds of firm roles. The next shift is, clearly, Indigenous peoples’ knowledge and participation and leadership. I think we’re seeing some good work come out of the mere fact of their leadership in those positions.

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). People were afraid that employers and health insurance companies would use the data from genome mapping to discriminate, and they demanded a public policy response.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To create change in such a system requires systems leadership. But food system leadership requires (and offers) something different than most other systems, precisely because of how central and omnipresent food is in everyone’s lives. In doing this work, five key food systems leadership practices have emerged.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, corporate and philanthropic dollars don’t always flow toward economic justice movements for a variety of reasons, which include everything from a lack of understanding of new leadership and organizational structures to grappling with supporting leaders of color dismantling systems of economic and social oppression.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Far from being just a local initiative, it could serve as proof of concept for a statewide public banking framework and a model for transformative finance across New York and the country. Rochester is aiming to replicate this model.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

Public Policy 96

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96