NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

If an organization budgets for a small surplus each fiscal year, they are creating enough financial cushion to be able to invest in new and innovative operations that could boost their social impact. It’s time for the sector to unite in educating the public and funders on the importance of building capacity.

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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 133

Public and Social Policy Sociology Health Medical 133

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 111

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Image Credit: lilartsy on unsplash.com This is the third article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus. Public school teachers are not just educators.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 141

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Despite the accolades, these artists were low-income and eligible for our program, which means they’d fallen through the severed US social safety net. Could a regular public program of guaranteed income, especially for artists, make a difference? That is the critical policy question that our pilot intended to explore.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Health 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Given that many Japanese fail to recognize the structural discrimination against Okinawa, undoing it involves understanding the historical context of Okinawa’s oppression and why it has endured, and how policy makers and citizens can work to restore equity to the region.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

DACA paved the way for these children of immigrants to obtain work authorization and relief from deportation, enabling them to go on to universities and build careers and families. They hold the government accountable for unjust immigration laws and educate the American public on the longstanding importance of immigrants in the US.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Law Children Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images For Unsplash+ This article is the second in a three-part series Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 91

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Children, particularly girls, face similar challenges. Climate-induced displacement also strains social and health services, including access to menstrual hygiene and sexual and reproductive health. Established in 2014, the LWPG aims to integrate gender-specific considerations and measures into climate policy. percent from 27.5

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 134

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. Again, philanthropy is essential for Nonprofits to flourish and achieve positive social outcomes.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 10, 2022

My current colleagues and clients know my children by name-and I know theirs. In a world of new COVID variants, monkeypox, and honestly, the social-anxiety that many of us have accrued after being solo for two-ish years, things are just not going to be the same. Be (and Stay) Responsive to the Needs of Lead Parents + Caregivers.

Children 143

Children Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 143

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The stories range from the role of public libraries in climate justice to how the climate crisis is changing mental healthcare—and that’s to name a few. Please consider making a donation to NPQ today to help us continue to publish thought-provoking content that promotes civic engagement and social justice.

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Public and Social Policy Healthcare Environmental Energy 82

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. As Barber noted, a 2020 report by Robert Paul Hartley, an assistant professor of social work at Columbia University, found that 34 million eligible poor or low-income voters did not vote in 2016. “We

Poverty 114

Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Those impacted the most by involuntary moves globally are children. Why are children most in jeopardy?

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Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 102

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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?”. Guided by the alliance, the teams gathered data that would inform policy changes for water utilities. For García, this was troubling.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 13, 2022

These days I'm writing a lot of case studies for partnership teams that are eager to use "social proof" to recruit more corporate partners. They are great fundraisers and the business can get lots of publicity, which is exactly what a new business/location needs. Or could you earn a donation whenever a policy is purchased?

Retail 130

Retail Public and Social Policy Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management 130

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2023

Image credit: RDNE Stock project on pexels.com For centuries, Indigenous children in the United States have endured forceful removal from their families and communities. Yet in 2023, Native American children continue to be removed from their families and extended families, their language, culture, and way of life.

Children 98

Children Public and Social Policy Law Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in other ways, it was old news for a country in which 92 percent of total employment is in the informal economy—a category that long predates gig work, and which is defined as any employment where workers lack access to government social and labor protections through their jobs. There’s much to be done to address these issues.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Technology 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

To change peoples’ material reality, however, means rehauling the entire operating system of our democracy, not just tinkering with its policies. Historically, for example, Black public health leaders in Pittsburgh created Freedom House Ambulance Services after being neglected by police-staffed ambulances.

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Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Throughout my 35-year career as an optometrist turned social entrepreneur, I have practiced continual self-renewal in pursuit of a world where equitable access to eyeglasses is universal, especially for the poorest and most remote communities. Compassionate capitalism and public-private partnerships held the key to jumpstarting our impact.

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Public and Social Policy Health Energy Leadership 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

The conversations remain small and overdue, but recent momentum is notable with new organizations , publications, resources, and frameworks exploring how philanthropy can—and, in the eyes of many, should—engage the movement for reparations in the United States. That remains true even if that wealth was donated to promote a public good.

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Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Getting our housing system to work better for all—especially for families of color who have long experienced discrimination and bias—will require a long-term concerted endeavor with coordinated efforts from a broad host of public, private, and community actors. The Annie E. A Collaborative Approach to Housing Justice.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 125

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation was developed as a repository of funds from individuals who wished to contribute to the betterment of children in the United States. Autism Speaks funds programs that provide people with autism with social and educational experiences through their Norma and Malcolm Baker Recreation Grant programs.

Health 106

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

By teaching people to better understand the world around them, including the challenges and inequities embedded within it, she teaches people how to creatively reimagine the structures, policies, processes, and social interactions that align with a better future. I focus on social issues. I started off in furniture design.

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Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 123

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. AJL combines “art and research to illuminate the social implications and harms of AI.”

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 118

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 24, 2018

We’d post some on social media platforms here and there, but there were “Santa Sack” loads of letters at the facility that were stored away. The first part of the video starts with different letters being shown up-close with an overlay image of children that participated in the Learn-To-Swim program, to add a personal feel.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Children Production Advertising 120

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The children and grandchildren of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton have long embedded their interests, and, more importantly, their money, among industry groups, policymakers, academics, activists, and NGOs active in the future of food. Now, “it’s hard to even extract their influence from fisheries policy,” Sennott said. There’s more.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 134

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The report recounts a 2014 case involving the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) and a 16-year-old transgender girl of color, named “Jane Doe” to protect her identity. School closures and online instruction, social isolation, and the death of loved ones have compounded the complex challenges facing young people today.

Health 120

Health Public and Social Policy Culture Law 120

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 109

Public and Social Policy Marketing Marketing Governance 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 24, 2023

Most importantly, the initiative was focused on the policy-related goal of health equity, not greater community power. During its decade-long journey through Building Healthy Communities, TCE learned many lessons that continue to inform its approach to grantmaking and social change advocacy. Community grantees knew better.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Health Collaborations Foundations 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 7, 2023

By Julia Coffman As an advocacy strategy consultant and evaluator for the last two decades, I’ve supported many foundations in thinking about what it takes to win a particular policy or system change. Changing the way policies and systems are structured, run, and resourced can obviously be transformational.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Children 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

But Generation Alpha, comprising children born after 2010 and following Generation Z, is on track to be the generation least connected with nature. The report also highlights how public and private programs around the country are finding innovative and often low-cost ways to achieve these goals.

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Public and Social Policy Children Environmental Philanthropy 65

Getting Attention

JULY 29, 2014

Communications Manager , Grace Place for Children and Families (Naples, FL). Communications Operations Manager , Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco, CA). Public Health Communications Manger , Canyon Ranch Institute (Tucson, AZ). Social Media Manager , Not For Sale (San Francisco, CA).

Public and Social Policy 70

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing 70

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. Crowdfunding and social fundraising campaigns. Crafting a mobile and social media policy.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 91

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 To understand where we are, including fundraisers and nonprofits, with donor data protection, we have to take a look at what happened in souring the public on the idea that privacy was dead. billion users, was only founded in 2004.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Law 140

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Since 2018, the percentage of pedestrian fatalities among children younger than 15 in which speeding was a factor has doubled. Put simply, says McGinn, road design and car design are both the problem and the solution to one of the most preventable public health crises in the United States. “I

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Culture 124

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 19, 2023

Mothers Out Front was founded by a mom who became distressed about the prospect of her children growing up in a time of climate catastrophe and wanted to join with other concerned moms to create a better future. It can also look like making sure our PTO policy supports working parents.

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Public and Social Policy Energy Culture Leadership 107