NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

Image Credit: anuwat Sikham on iStock In healthcare and social services, amid an aging population and an increased demand for care, there is a growing need for neutralor at least quasi-neutral honest brokers who can build trust and balance the conflicts of competing parties. Theyre usually not part of the organizational team.

Health 108

Health Technology Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management 108

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It is also when the National Cooperative Business Association Cooperative League of the USA (NCBA CLUSA), the US national co-op association, hosts its annual Cooperative Impact conference in Washington, DC. The economy of the future must be a social economy —that is, an economy rooted in social values and community ownership.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Education Education Associations 97

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 12, 2015

Lauren Lawson-Zilai is the director of public relations and national spokesperson for Goodwill Industries International , a social enterprise that provides job training to nearly ten million people a year through the sale of donated clothes and household goods. There are 165 local Goodwill headquarters (agencies) in the U.S.

Communication 245

Communication Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise 245

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. Unfortunately, the success of this transfer process is hit-and-miss and thus slows social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 124

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

It’s essential to communicate the value of these investments to stakeholders to shift the narrative and recognize that strategic overhead spending is crucial for achieving long-term mission impact. It’s time for the sector to unite in educating the public and funders on the importance of building capacity. What is the Overhead Myth?

Public and Social Policy 234

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 234

Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Alternatively, the board might set a policy that permits one signature for small checks below a certain amount, say $50, in order to help discourage checks from being signed in advance. Most state nonprofit associations have helplines or publish FAQs and other guides covering these types of issues.

Public and Nonprofit Management 84

Public and Nonprofit Management Finance Public and Social Policy Management 84

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

While love is often associated with openness, generosity, and care, boundaries are crucial for love to remain respectful, mutual, and emotionally safe.1 It calls for AI that is designed explicitly to dismantle systemic inequities and address the social ills caused by historical and present-day injustices.

Public and Social Policy 68

Public and Social Policy Health Environmental Ethics 68

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? Some refer to this as the “ data divide ”—the increasing gap between the use of data to maximize profit and the use of data to solve social problems.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? So, what keeps them alive today?

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2024

Image credit: Miriam Alonso on pexels.com Loneliness is “the most human of feelings,” Jeremy Nobel, faculty at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, said on the podcast Harvard Thinking. How many seasonal celebrations were deferred, and social connections interrupted or never even made?

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Sociology Health Medical 134

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

Candids Issue Lab is an open-access library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing reports, case studies, surveys, and toolkits published by social sector organizations. Futures Philanthropy: Anticipation for the Common Good by Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea) and Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Children Philanthropy Energy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Just three years ago, the American Psychiatric Association admitted to a history replete with discrimination, abusive experimentation, and victimization of BIPOC communities in the name of scientific evidence. 10 Only 35.1 percent of Latinx Americans with mental illness receive treatment annuallythe US average is 46.2 10 Only 35.1

Race and Ethnicity 72

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.” And it worked.

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 134

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 126

Affnetz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Some Nonprofit boards have a give, get, or get off policy and their Nonprofits are suffering because of it. For example, I worked with a local educational Nonprofit that served children in public housing communities. All who engage in strengthening the community are equally valued, whether volunteers, staff, donors, or board members.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Recruitment Nonprofits 130

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

MARCH 19, 2024

It also inadvertently contributes to the association between Okinawa's poverty and local people's values and behaviors. Article 14, Section 1 of the Japanese Constitution states, "All citizens are equal under the law and shall not be discriminated against based on race, creed, gender, social status, or lineage."

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Recent media coverage of several large and deadly fires, alongside the federal and state wildlands management response, have focused public concern toward wildfire risks on public lands, and in particular coniferous forested lands. How do we create social change to meet those objectives?

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Insurance Governance Management 119

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. Our speakers Xavier Ramey is the CEO of Justice Informed, a social impact consulting firm based in Chicago, IL.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. Home prices rose 20.6 She also serves as part of the Shared Leadership Team at ONE DC.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Education 123

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion, a National Governors Association memo cites. The Water Alliance is changing that question to, “How can utilities, communities, and policy makers work together to create an environment in which shutoffs for low-income families are not necessary?”. Water utilities suffered revenue losses totaling $13.9

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

Selfish Giving

JUNE 21, 2020

Cool Products has asked us to promote their sales campaign to our members and donors through email and social media. Question #2 : How can our organization appropriately communicate about a corporate partnership to our donors/members/social followers without crossing over the line into marketing for the corporate partner?

Law 147

Law Advertising Public and Social Policy Activism 147

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 21, 2024

New futures-oriented organizations and associations, along with future-focused production studios , are emerging almost daily, and some foundations are hiring futurists in residence to inform their work. The word “future” is popping up in conference titles and think pieces. This is not surprising.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Technology Governance Activism 137

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Breath and brotherhood are enormously important to the work of the collective of socially engaged artist-activists that I cofounded several years ago. Others wrongly believe that bisexuals enjoy all the same social privileges and advantages that straight people have. I was suffocating. Creating space to breathe freely.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Culture Philanthropy 130

Fundraising Coach

MARCH 5, 2014

Since its release on December 6, 2012, Google+ Communities has been available to the public. Building relationships in the social media sphere is important. Doing so allows you to get a feel for the marketplace to determine how you can add unique value on popular subjects shared by many. Private or Public Google+ Community?

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Nonprofits Values Universities 100

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

Within that construct is the commodification of racialized identities that allows predominantly White institutions and individuals to extract social and economic value from the exploitation of others’ racial identities. Every case is a statement of belief shaped by values.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Law Values 144

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. According to the World Medical Association, there is about one doctor for every 10,000 patients in Nigeria, translating to a ratio of approximately 1:10,000.

Health 57

Health Technology Healthcare Medical 57

Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

An inclusive approach actively engages staff across all departments, roles, and leadership levels to create an environment where diverse perspectives are valued, equitable access to AI tools and training is provided, and the unique needs of different user groups are considered.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Ethics Psychology Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s about shrinking the state—or its social programs, at least rhetorically. These policies have real-world effects. They argue that the country faces a crisis in capitalism, one that politics rooted in more generous social programs and greater market regulation could correct. But what is meant by neoliberalism?

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Marketing Marketing Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. By Lian Zeitz , John Jamir Benzon R.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Stephan Manning & Yeşim Uygur Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the socioeconomic structures around them. However, artists and artistic projects have the power to do much more.

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

A sense of urgency to address large social problems—and frustration with the fragmentation of philanthropic giving broadly—has pushed many of these funders to explore new ways of validating and amplifying their giving strategy. One funder’s enthusiasm for a project can inspire others to put capital they would otherwise not move into use.

Fundraising 115

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Furthermore, schedule changes and social isolation heightened uncertainty and anxiety. To create an effective program or policy, it’s crucial to actually talk to those with behavioral health challenges and understand their specific perspectives. Many people lost loved ones and went through significant grief.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 115

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. That means the “free” inkind donation could have a cost associated with it if you have to pay for storage. Five bedrooms! Four bathrooms!

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Food 116