NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Specifically, policymakers do not consider Black women living in poverty when developing programs that help people purchase and retain ownership of a home. When asked what her top motivation was in wanting to be a homeowner, she didn’t talk about investments or retirement, but rather her children. Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 115

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This narrative falsely portrayed Black women as abusing the welfare system by having children out of wedlock, stigmatizing the legitimate need for usually meager forms of public assistance. 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 126

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 126

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

When they do not have access to funds, families in poverty depend on getting the water they need through temporary, charitable fixes, or they walk hours to find it from natural sources, or they may pay up to 20% of their income to buy it. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty.

Non-Profits 133

Non-Profits Poverty Finance Health 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

a day to afford a decent and dignified standard of living : enough to afford acceptable housing, feed his family, send his children to school, and cover his farming costs. Four of his five children work rather than attending school to help the family get by. Understandably, not one of Afi’s children sees a future in farming.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

This article concludes the series : Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. It is easy to disregard the lack of affordable housing options in rural areas when comparing the median housing value in Pine Bluff, AK (under $ 100,000 ) with that in New York City (over $750,000 ). But that is completely wrong.

Poverty 118

Poverty Community Development Construction Finance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. Beyond the four areas outlined above, addressing social determinants of health —which include poverty, hunger, quality education, health, and wellbeing—is key to the Camden Food Hub initiative.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 15: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay.

Homelessness 145

Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 145

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 17: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay. 20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20.

Poverty 145

Poverty Technology Health Nonprofits 145

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

We cannot achieve our mission of sustainability and creating opportunities to pull themselves from abject poverty. For us, that means focusing on the current volunteer experience and how to make it better, injecting autonomy and personal value into our culture, and solidifying our operations so they are easily accessible and efficient.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

It may include a short statement of such fundamental matters as the organization’s values or philosophies, a nonprofit’s main competitive advantages, or a desired future state—the “vision” . Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Center for Biological Diversity: Saving life on earth.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

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. The median pay for a childcare worker nationally was $13.11 That all adds up.

Insurance 105

Insurance Children Poverty Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2024

Those most impacted by a lack of or failing infrastructure, including the elderly and people living in poverty, are at high risk for loneliness. Importantly, the programs of Social Tinkering welcome people of all ages, including children.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Sociology Health Medical 134

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 15: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 3: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

Homelessness 141

Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 141

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 19: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay. 20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2023.

Homelessness 143

Homelessness Poverty Nonprofits Health 143

The Charity CFO

JULY 30, 2024

Originally in design and advertising, she decided that utilizing her skill sets to help people (and value helping people), was closer to what she wanted to do. At this point Alyssia applied for a Director of Development position in an organization that provided holistic care and wraparound services for women and children.

Leadership 98

Leadership Poverty Manufacturing Culture 98

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

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

That’s why every culture uses storytelling to pass down vital traditions and values. The news values that professional journalists use to choose the best story ideas can help. The best stories contain multiple news values. This is the main challenge (Ex: poverty, disease, discrimination) the character must face.

Ethics 118

Ethics Construction Poverty Values 118

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 18: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

Volunteerism 111

Volunteerism Volunteerism Children Homelessness 111

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. According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine , brown and rusty water exposed Jackson residents to toxic lead.

Environmental 110

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 110

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 10, 2017

My mother, uncles, aunties, and their friends lived in terror as school-aged children. Dr. King shared a broad desire to see people triumph over poverty, racism, war and violence. It wasn’t watered down to a single page in a history book or Dr. King or his beautiful, yet overplayed “I Have a Dream” speech.

Culture 135

Culture Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 135

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It’s not simply that these pricey homes are losing value as the earth below slides away and neighborhoods become untenable. All these issues are compounded when evacuees live in poverty, don’t have the resources to rebuild, or lack family support. Medical treatment is disrupted. Inequities are magnified in a climate disaster.

Insurance 129

Insurance Medical Construction Poverty 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

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. Despite payment moratoriums, “the number of customers who continued to pay regularly suggests how strongly they value water services,” the Water Alliance report details.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Of them, more than 80 percent identified as immigrants or the children of immigrants. I don’t live in poverty. Arab Americans also take time to review an organization’s management and ask critical questions about the organization’s impact and value. I don’t live in a refugee camp.

Philanthropy 110

Philanthropy Participation and motivation Volunteerism Volunteerism 110

The Agitator

MAY 28, 2013

At the root of such advice is the assumed value and virtue of empathy … being able to perceive, feel and respond to the situation (often suffering in some form) of others. Fundraisers are often urged to ‘step into the shoes’ of others, especially those of donors, to get a better perspective on what actually drives giving.

Poverty 90

Poverty Children Collaborations Education 90

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 17, 2024

Valor y Cambio (Value and Change)—a solidarity economy project headed by Frances Negrón-Muntaner , a Columbia University professor—is one example. It gained ground in 1897, becoming an autonomous state , followed by the Spanish Empire granting a Puerto Rican currency valued equally to the US dollar.

Values 115

Values Governance Culture Poverty 115

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Just before the Great Depression, Hardy Sanders passed away from natural causes, leaving Ambert to take on farming responsibilities along with her adult children. At the time, North Carolina was primarily an agricultural state, and the banking community knew well the value of its rich soil. That is, until tragedy struck.

Food 118

Food Agriculture Governance Children 118

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

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

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2021

Perhaps it was the fact that businesses were purchasing prefab values that led to the backlash. Team members want to see values lived out, not published or printed for wall decor. I’m also certain there are still millions of children struggling in this world, but World Vision is helping.

Energy 81

Energy Culture Values Nonprofits 81

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Day of Service — #MLKDay 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay February 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay 6: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay 15: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay 18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay 20: World Day (..)

Homelessness 87

Homelessness Poverty Nonprofits Health 87

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 Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? This is just unbearable if you’re a person with a complicated life and children and are working all the time. It is systemic and values based. Alissa Quart: Definitely, it builds on Squeezed. My tagline for Squeezed was: “It’s not your fault.”

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. What I am saying is that we have to be grounded in our values. Which is a radical statement.

Race and Ethnicity 138

Race and Ethnicity Social Policy Children Homelessness 138

Candid

MAY 13, 2024

That means they both receive grants from funders—and thus must demonstrate their unique value proposition—and seek impact through grantmaking and other supports for nonprofits and the field. Grantee feedback can help a collaborative improve its value proposition. Tracking feedback across the portfolio to improve grantee support.

Collaborations 59

Collaborations Poverty Philanthropy Children 59

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

iMarketSmart

MAY 8, 2024

The real-life Erin struggled with fairly extreme poverty for many years. Maybe they got crushed in a recession and their business failed or their investments lost tons of value. A household of four – with two adults and two children making $100,000 per year – makes 13.1 It was a challenge just to get food on the table.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Participation and motivation Poverty Finance 96