Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

One of the grandmothers was holding and cooing to the baby, while the grandfather played a game with pre-teen children, freeing the granddaughter to make the fire and cook the meal. Children grow up and leave their parents behind, starting new “nuclear” family units. Multigenerational households are rare. While 13 percent of U.S.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Children Poverty Health 114

Candid

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared. Photo credit: Save the Children The post Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better appeared first on Candid insights.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Disaster Relief Insurance Medical 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But lead exposure is particularly harmful for children, in whom it can cause speech and developmental delays, hyperactivity, rashes, and neurologic problems. For the last few years, there have been major clashes between Mississippi’s state government and its majority-Black capital city.

Environmental 108

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 108

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line. Unsurprisingly, East Boston also has higher rates of children with asthma and adults with pulmonary disease than other parts of Boston.

Race and Ethnicity 126

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 126

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 113

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this destabilization can lead to “cumulative community stress, increases in poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and forced migration.” Those impacted the most by involuntary moves globally are children. Why are children most in jeopardy?

Health 102

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 102

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Image Credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Three years after the initial upheaval caused by the pandemic, families across the country continue to struggle to find affordable care for their children, and childcare facilities struggle to find and retain employees. Childcare facilities also must have a high number of staffers per child.

Insurance 100

Insurance Children Poverty Education 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

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. We give our everything every day to empower people in need with these life-changing resources – giving women hope, children health and families a bright future.

Non-Profits 132

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 132

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 119

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But the gains of the half century after emancipation were reversed in the following 50 years, as Black people lost land due to fraudulent tactics by government entities, banks, and individuals. Hundreds of thousands of Black Americans owned 15 million acres of land. Here’s one of many stories of Black land loss. That is, until tragedy struck.

Food 117

Food Agriculture Governance Children 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

And] I just want to let people know, Indigenous people in the United States do not own our land; our land is held in trust by the federal government. Is there seventh-generation impact for the communities and the children that we bring into the world? And we dont own our land. Even as tribes, we dont own our land.

Finance 97

Finance Poverty Values Children 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

We witness, time and again, the stark gap between what people need and what local, state, and federal governments are willing to provide; it’s clear there’s an opportunity and responsibility for philanthropy to step in.

Philanthropy 103

Philanthropy Poverty Environmental Governance 103

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

Food 131

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Korea presents a unique setting in which governments play an important role in realizing social impact. ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. ARTICLE | What ‘Cash Plus” Programs Teach Us About Fighting Extreme Poverty by Imran Matin. SSIR En Español.

Poverty 105

Poverty Universities Health Technology 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth. Exposure to lead during pregnancy can lead to developmental or behavioral problems in children later on.

Curriculum and Teaching 73

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 73

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 136

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 136

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.

Food 121

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 121

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. Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. Every community is unique.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 17, 2024

Relatedly, to cover a portion of the government debt, Puerto Rico’s electricity system was privatized in June 2021 and taken over by LUMA, an American-Canadian company. Many communities have found ways to not depend on the government. The company has since increased rates— seven times in 2022 alone—with outages continuing.

Values 113

Values Governance Culture Poverty 113

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We work with communities and governments to tackle the root causes of bonobo endangerment. 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. . Rainforest Alliance.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Cut poverty off at its roots. Oxfam America envisions a world without poverty. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice. Since 1989, the Women’s Refugee Commission has been the leading expert on the needs of refugee women and children.

Poverty 50

Poverty Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 50

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” A majority of households had lost a child to diarrhea and one in nine households had lost three or more children to this illness of bad water and poor sanitation. We don’t try to control that.

Children 81

Children Poverty Leadership Education 81

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. What support do they need?

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 22, 2023

How Machine Learning can Contribute to Social Good Now is the right time for businesses, governments, and non-profits to consider ML applications that go beyond automation and improving bottom lines, and figure out how can they use these innovative technologies to contribute to society.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Medical Children 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

So, we’ve been identifying assets, both human and infrastructural, that others might not see or even imagine when they read headlines focused on crime and poverty on the Northeast side. It is co-governed, co-designed, and co-developed by people like Muhammad, Guerin, Triplett, and Lowry. Black excellence abounds here.

Food 106

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 106

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Commission approval and publication follows the March 2023 announcement of a notice of proposed rulemaking which resulted in more than 16,000 comments from consumers and federal and state government agencies, consumer groups, and trade associations. and invites them to put the money spent here to better use. times their initial estimate.

Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Management 59

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. The answer could be “both.”

Nonprofit governance and management 89

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 89

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2023

As Japan’s economy experienced a quick recovery when the government aggressively invested in manufacturing to produce new technologies—in industries including iron, cars, and chemicals—Mattel’s factories moved to parts of Asia where labor was more inexpensive, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Culture Production Technology 98

Joe Garecht

OCTOBER 3, 2021

For example, the staff of a non-profit that is working to end homelessness may attend conferences, roundtables, and other events that attract donors who care about poverty and homelessness. This strategy involves going to large conferences and events in your organization’s mission field with the goal of meeting new donors at the event.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Homelessness Poverty Children 52

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. Unfortunately, 25,000 young people from infants to college graduates, more than 45% of all youth in Marin, are impacted by a system that was not designed with equity in mind.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Collaborations Education Education 52

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

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 15, 2024

As news outlets and social media feeds are flooded with endless images of violence against children, some in the Global North have expressed a desire to adopt Palestinian children to give them a chance at a better life. Despite this decrease, the complications that come with international adoption remain.

Children 137

Children Poverty Governance Psychology 137

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

poverty level, and another 17% qualified in the category of ALICE ® ( A sset L imited, I ncome C onstrained, E mployed). ALICE nonprofit employees live in households that earn more than the federal poverty level, but less than what it costs to survive in the counties where they live.

Poverty 97

Poverty Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Public and Social Policy 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. To date, through this incubator, 19 new businesses licensed for a total of 390 children have opened. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages.

Curriculum and Teaching 101

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 101

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.

Health 123

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 123