NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Extensive research shows that public policy can shape economic outcomes. The public can demand economic policies that benefit the broader population. A key question becomes: What kind of economic policies should the public demand? Wealth is a fundamental measure of stability and opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

A recent report by the Office of the State Comptroller found that Rochester has the fifth-highest child poverty rate of any US city. Children of color in Rochester are disproportionately affected, underscoring the systemic inequities that investment from a city-owned bank could help combat.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

“In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

Disaster Relief 55

Disaster Relief Poverty Children Medical 55

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Image credit: Barbara Olsen on Pexels If you want to reduce poverty, cash matters. Springboard to Opportunities —the organization we both work for—began operations in 2013 with the goal to break cycles of generational poverty that are particularly persistent in Black communities.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Poverty Public Policy Governance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2023

The new studies bolster the case, long made by many liberal economists and policymakers, that poor families tend to spend cash welfare payments on their most pressing needs, to the benefit of the entire household and especially children. The recent studies, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R.

Poverty 98

Poverty Public and Social Policy Children Universities 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Another algorithmically-controlled system subsequently decided that some of those parents’ income could no longer support their families, and nearly 1,700 children were forcibly removed from their homes. But the algorithm was flawed, failing to account for variables outside teachers’ control, such as poverty or student learning disabilities.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 143

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Public policy, however, can make a tremendous difference. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress temporarily implemented a child tax credit initiative that in 2021 cut child poverty nearly in half, lifting millions out of poverty, according to a US Census report. What is the Child Tax Credit?

Poverty 131

Poverty Children Law Food 131