Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

For the past three decades, I have guided museums, nonprofit arts organizations, and higher education institutions in planning, programming, fundraising for, and promoting new or renovated cultural facilities that fulfill mission imperatives. Yet over time, perpetual naming gifts for facilities may prove detrimental to future generations.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Slavery ensued for the next three centuries and was only abolished on May 13, 1888, through a law titled Lei Áurea (the “Golden Law”) —66 years after Brazil became independent. Changes like these have impacted culture, including increased Black representation in highly popular TV soap operas and marketing campaigns.

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

The Agitator

MARCH 13, 2018

The new tax law increases the amount you can take as a standard deduction on your taxes. I can’t remember who said it and thus can’t cite it, but there’s a great quote along the lines of “I know that taxes are the price I pay for civilized society and I am honored to pay them. Wish me luck). First, an explanation.

Taxation 65

Taxation Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofits 65

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This is true across human cultures. 30] Metrics can be part of an empowered, participatory, learning culture. Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, 12 , 235-285. Civil Society. Focusing on short-term or immediate payback violates those rules. Metrics don’t have to be a top-down tool for punishment.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The problem in many settings isn’t merely that elected leaders are enacting self-serving or misguided policies (though there is that too); many or even most countries also suffer from a supply-side problem: they lack the capability, systems, institutional culture and practice to deliver for their citizens.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

Civil Society 116

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world. The work of combating racism is a lifelong journey.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Merced had “years of support and organizing,” as BHC evaluator Gigi Barsoum noted, “and there was ample data, legal precedent, and separate BHC tables for planning.”

Civil Society 131

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s high-tech surveillance technologies are exploiting the same loopholes in our labor laws that date back generations. But many of the same things that make workplace surveillance such a daunting threat also reveal its vulnerabilities, and where workers and civil society might fight back.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Law Technology Retail 141

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

As such, they often miss out on benefits such as tailored medical care, sustainable resource use and culture and language preservation. Funders who are willing to take an active role in how their contributions are allocated can influence these communities access to and use of data repositories.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Medical Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Corporate capture is evident not just in regulatory agencies but also in elections, the halls of government, the media, music, art, and any other cultural sites corporate elites can get their hands on. More and more of society has been converted into commodities—that is, items that can be bought or sold. Culture and ideas.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

But all the signs were there - connectivity, familiarity with direct giving (due to crowdfunding), cultural traditions of mutual aid that never went away, they only stopped being seen by the formal "counters" of philanthropy. Privacy laws and protection from fraud. The manuscript also notes how exclusionary ( discriminatory ?

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Philanthropy Public Policy Law 40

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

The unprecedented move, whose legality has already been challenged, could affect trillions of dollars in federal aid to thousands of programs, and threatens to have a catastrophic impact on the US nonprofit sectorand civil society at largeif the funds are successfully halted. That State funding?

Civil Society 142

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Law 142

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

MG: There is an interdependence between our political structures and our civil society structures. We are talking people in their thirties, but from all these different cultures. It is also a question of what the narrative is, what the culture is, and the values that we are trying to enact. We work with people in India.

Culture 119

Culture Energy Governance Leadership 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

Orbns track record underscores how constitutional amendments and censorship laws can be used to marginalize LGBTQ+ people and silence dissentand Project 2025 is a roadmap for US politics that aims to curtail civil liberties further. Underground culture, bars, and clubs, Renkin said. What are you left with?

Civil Society 126

Civil Society Law Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Hoffman described the assurance as a long-standing legal requirement that all recipients of federal funds comply with applicable federal anti-discrimination laws, regulations, and executive orders. Hoffman went on to say, In accordance with the presidents executive orders, the NEA will not fund projects that include DEI activities.

Race and Ethnicity 118

Race and Ethnicity Law Nonprofits Governance 118