Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Health Governance Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Besides perpetual food insecurity, many are unable to access or cover basic health services, housing, transportation, water and sanitation, or education.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Photo by Bioscience Image Library by Fayette Reynolds on Unsplash The connective tissue of American civil society—the associations, clubs, congregations, and other spaces where people gather and experience collective life—has deteriorated significantly in recent decades, diminishing community resilience and jeopardizing the health of our democracy.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Universities Governance Philanthropy 52

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

There's always a win when we're resilient.” - Jennifer Thompson, National Association of Social Workers New Jersey/Delaware Tips for Running a Sustainable Nonprofit Running a nonprofit is never easy, but it can be rewarding. I've learned to breathe through the challenges, dig into my resilience and keep going.

Nonprofit Leadership 111

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Fundraising Fundraising 111

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. Particular efforts should be made to address and assuage the political and logistic concerns of lenders and borrowers.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I once received a call from a newly hired legacy giving manager at a major health-related charity. Association of Fundraising Professionals. Civil Society. First, focus on the long term. If you want to focus on money, fine. But focus on lifetime donor value, not just next quarter. 9] Levis, Bill (February 5, 2015).

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Rather, fragmented progress was being made on each of these issues, but in a lower impact way. They can choose clear interventions (e.g.,

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

Candid

APRIL 15, 2021

Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations added 3,100 jobs—a 4 percent increase over the previous month, and health care institutions added 5,000 jobs, an increase of 2 percent. percent of nonprofit health care workers.

Civil Society 105

Civil Society Education Education Activism 105

Candid

MAY 17, 2021

Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. In addition, two of the major nonprofit fields—education and health care—saw overall employment losses in April, reversing a positive showing in March. percent of all workers in nonprofit religious, grantmaking, and civic associations; 6.3

Civil Society 89

Civil Society Education Education Health 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine by Allison Torres Burtka* A growing body of research shows a positive correlation between the racial diversity of doctors and health outcomes for underserved communities. How Indigenous Wisdom Can Support Youth Mental Health by Virgil Moorehead Jr. One nonprofit is working to change that.

Social Entrepreneurship 110

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At this uncertain time, as the potential use-cases of generative AI begin to become apparent, there are at least 10 things that funders can do to help the existing field of tech-related nonprofits—and society at large—better prepare. Building government (and civil society) capacity to use AI. Transparency and data access.

Civil Society 128

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

Associations 52

Associations Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When contemplating migration that can deliver massive income gains to low-income households and benefits to both sending and receiving economies—but must maintain public support in a difficult political climate—public, private, and civil society actors all play important roles in a complex system’s effective functioning.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

The intellectual most associated with classical utilitarianism (also known as consequentialism) is the 18th-century British philosopher and legal scholar Jeremy Bentham. Such clauses enable organizations to terminate an agreement if a donor’s conduct causes scandal or brings disgrace by association to the institution.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Civil society and humanitarian organizations are attuned to the reality that these streams of people generate massive amounts of data that can, for instance, help channel aid to the neediest, predict disease outbreaks, and much more. data linkage in health research) and areas in which the public was concerned (i.e.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Ethics 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2024

It’s time to work shoulder-to-shoulder with civil society and government to do the big, urgent work that no sector can accomplish alone, to adopt entirely new systems of operating that enable all people to thrive and reach their full potential and protect our natural environment.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Public Policy 131

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 22, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

Associations 52

Associations Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

CS: Well, it’s really interesting, because NPQ is, I think, the only media organization in civil society that’s not focused exclusively on philanthropy. We could find a way to follow up on this, but one of our members wants to talk about the funding that they’re doing in Puerto Rico for reproductive health.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Foundations 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. Subsequently, the health minister agreed to give the clinic a special status, encouraging the launch of more “super-nurse” clinics across Quebec.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management Health 114

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

The global health crisis we're now in is going to peel away many such vanities. Buried in this crisis is the opportunity to re-examine what we need from civil society and philanthropy and how we get it. New institutions will emerge, but the transition will be bumpy.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Philanthropy Public Policy Law 40

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

The unprecedented move, whose legality has already been challenged, could affect trillions of dollars in federal aid to thousands of programs, and threatens to have a catastrophic impact on the US nonprofit sectorand civil society at largeif the funds are successfully halted. That State funding?

Civil Society 142

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Law 142

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

“YIN & YANG” BY EKOW BREW/ WWW.EKOWBREW.COM Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ’s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.” So, our grantees are Alaskan Native women organizing against toxics in the Arctic and the impacts that they might have on our health and also our environment.

Law 98

Law Healthcare Health Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

At the same time, if we’re going to inject a huge amount of funding into the economy, we should do it in a way that greens the economy, to protect our health and economic well-being long-term.” So, we produced a call for a green stimulus and got thousands of signatures from folks. ” Take fossil fuel communities, for instance.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The nonprofit coalition, led by the National Council on Nonprofits, Democracy Forward, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE, will ask US District Judge Loren AliKhan on Monday to extend a restraining order preventing the Trump administration from freezing federal funds already allocated by Congress.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 118

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Going even further back, in 1977, Charles Lindblom, onetime American Political Science Association president, authored Politics and Markets: The World’s Political-Economic Systems , in which he argued that in capitalism, business occupies a “privileged position” that offers business elites disproportionate policy influence.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

As Hadley Renkin, associate professor at Central European University (CEU), explained to NPQ , Viktor Orbn and the Fidesz party began, as part of their renewed politics of nationalism, to target queer people, feminists, and others as anti-family and anti-national traditions of gender roles and relations.

Civil Society 126

Civil Society Law Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

The directive triggered legal action from a coalition of nonprofits, including the National Council on Nonprofits, Democracy Forward, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE. The deleted content includes resources on LGBTQ+ youth, sexual health, contraception, and gender-affirming care.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 124

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Civil society can be powerful. The Role of Civil Society At NPQ , we rarely write about why we publish what we publish. But it’s worth noting that our mission is to “advance conversations and practice in civil society.” Nonprofits are a part of civil society, but they are not all of it.

Civil Society 90

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Healthcare Public Policy 90

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The crippling polarization of Congress; the antidemocratic rhetoric and actions of the far right to undermine voting, education, and academic freedoms, among other aspects of civil society ; and, of course, the dark chapter of the January 6, 2020, attacks on the US Capitol—all arguably represent threats to American democracy itself.

Civil Society 96

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Governance 96