NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. Another woman in Mississippi shared a story of having to lock her children in a room in the absence of childcare to fulfill work requirements.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families. The Annie E.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

By the early 2010s, when we looked at the metrics produced by Healthy People , the federal government’s data-driven blueprint for public health goals, the numbers showed us that, for the first time in public health history, life expectancy for children had dropped; it was lower than when we were children. How did we have it so wrong?

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. However, in America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. This disproportionality demands systemic solutions.

Poverty 115

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 115

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

Video collaboration with Sony artists Marc Scibilia and voice over by Water.org co-founder Matt Damon. They also worked with the organization’s leadership to craft articles on how Water.org and its partners work to empower people in poverty with safe water to protect and save lives.

Non-Profits 134

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 144

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 144

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Invisible Children: To bring a permanent end to LRA atrocities. Center for Biological Diversity: Saving life on earth.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. The expanded (but now expired) child tax credits alone cut childhood poverty by 30 percent in only six months. This work is urgent.

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Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. Choosing to run “ Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia ” was an easy choice, in part because we polled our social media audience and learned that they wanted to read about social innovation related to gender. SSIR Arabia.

Poverty 105

Poverty Universities Health Technology 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. More importantly, it sparked conversations and collaboration. It points to the alliance’s five interlocking solutions , which serve as implementation strategies for utilities.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

Accordingly, Noel uses critical epistemologies, anti-hegemonic lenses, and collaborative research methods that honor the perspectives of those traditionally excluded or marginalized within design practices. For example, for my PhD project, I used a participatory process with children, though children are not typically consulted.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 126

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The poverty rate is 52.4 Central to the Black community, it had amusements for adults and children alongside an auditorium where notable figures like Booker T. Through his children, his culture shaping legacy extended into politics. But today,100 years later, the same neighborhood looks very different. People like writer Ida B.

Culture 121

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 121

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. Supported by five national foundations— JPB , Knight , Kresge , Rockefeller , and William Penn —each city received $4 million from the funder collaborative. The city’s Black business district was devastated.

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Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A nod to Mondragon Corporation , the world’s largest worker cooperative network based in the Basque Country region of Spain, this Black-owned real estate investment cooperative aims to make homeownership accessible and permanent for a demographic of Buffalo that is far more likely to experience generational poverty than generational wealth.

Non-Profits 137

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 137

The Agitator

MAY 28, 2013

How, for example, there will be an outpouring of support for the baby who falls in the well, while the needs of millions of children living in dire poverty go unattended. He makes many observations that charities and causes and fundraisers will identify with.

Poverty 90

Poverty Children Collaborations Education 90

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

According to the United Nations Development Programme, women and children are 14 times more likely to die during a disaster compared to men. 13 A report by Save the Children highlights this relationship between climate change and the rise in child marriage rates. million girls from completing their education each year.”

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. According to JWT Intelligence Report , this generation is interested in global social changes such as poverty reduction, clean water and racial/gender inequity. You can read more her here.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 75

Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Education Education 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation , whose mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice, recognized the devastation COVID-19 would bring to their grantee communities.

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Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Mary’s Pence.

Health 98

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 98

Thunderhead Works

JUNE 5, 2019

The Positive Deviance Collaborative defines these positive deviants as “individuals, groups, or entities who are the least likely to prevent or overcome a widely shared problem but are successful despite facing the same or worse challenges and barriers. Yet these simple (and free) practices were available to all families. What should we do?”

Children 52

Children Insurance Poverty Health 52

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

They have a number of programs to meet the needs of veterans, children with Autism, and those living with disabilities. PBS introduces the world to children in entertaining and age-appropriate ways. . They provide refurbished bicycles to children in lower-income households. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Meanwhile, other standout giving programs include : Matching gifts, volunteer grants Walt Disney Company & Make-A-Wish Foundation The Walt Disney Company has a long-standing partnership with Make-A-Wish Foundation, granting wishes to children with critical illnesses. Learn more about the corporate partnership here.

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Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

.” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. 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.

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Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I bring to this work the passion and perspective of lived experience. My family has deep roots in Northeast Indianapolis. Black excellence abounds here.

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Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 110

NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

GivingTuesday lives online through social media—as evidenced by the hashtag in its name—and aims to create a sense of global collaboration for an annual day of giving. Photos, especially those of young children. Elements of effective storytelling in #MyGivingStory entries included: A polished, thoughtful and complete narrative.

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Poverty Children Collaborations Philanthropy 57

Anedot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To get there, we have made a commitment to redesign our educational ecosystem so that race, ethnicity and poverty no longer determine opportunity or outcome. Under the direct supervision of the CEO, this person will work collaboratively to identify, secure and grow individual and institutional donor relationships.

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Race and Ethnicity Collaborations Education Education 52

MNA Association

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, which only emphasizes the need for change.

Health 52

Health Poverty Associations Children 52

MNA Association

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, which only emphasizes the need for change.

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Race and Ethnicity Non-Profits Health Poverty 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Movement collaboratives such as the EDP are highlighting the contradictions of private ownership, 29 while organizations such as Our Power, in Maine, Public Power NY, and Reclaim Our Power!, 27 Building on this research, Amitav Ghosh, in his book The Nutmeg’s Curse , notes that renewables are more inherently democratic. See also Deborah A.

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Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 120

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, check out this video for Village Enterprise , a nonprofit devoted to ending extreme poverty in rural Africa: The video shows the story of Margaret, a small business owner, told through the perspective of Margaret’s grandchild. It ends with a motivational call to action to become part of the solution to end extreme poverty.

Poverty 52

Poverty Environmental Nonprofits Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

And she saw a lot in a place where the mantra was that children should just be seen and not heard, right? And after a brief moment, she walked back into the office, trailed by her three children. What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. And that has guided my work.

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Health Medical Leadership Healthcare 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

In late 2021, a small Zimbabwean community-based organization, Score Against Poverty (SCORE), with help from the Canadian government, decided to test out a different approach. They were allowed to openly voice how they felt that Labola was unfair and how this affected relationships with wives and children.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Their experiences show how the interdependencies of the SDGs come to life at the local level: Ending homelessness requires addressing issues of poverty, mental and physical health, quality employment, environmental justice, and climate change—in addition to safe and affordable housing.

Collaborations 105

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Wainwright is the CEO of Family Life , one of Australia’s largest family services providers working with vulnerable children and their families. “If Intergenerational trauma occurs when one or more ancestors pass along unhealed trauma they experienced before having children or during pregnancy.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Parents in the United States work two jobs: powering our economy through paid labor and building our country’s future by raising children. million women across the country left the workforce, largely to support their children—a full million more women than men.

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Public and Social Policy Children Governance Philanthropy 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Many find inspiration in the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American cancer patient whose tumor cells were taken without her consent in 1951leading to a multibillion dollar industry, while her family and descendants dealt with poverty. Ethical Partnerships. General Data Protection Regulation (2018): See 4 GDPR Definitions; Art.

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Race and Ethnicity Health Ethics Public and Social Policy 74