NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

But experts warn that unless civil society takes a stronger stance in curbing local militia groups’ power, compounding water, food, and energy crises have the potential to allow these groups to thrive in the vacuum left by an ineffective civil response.

Governance 134

Governance Disaster Relief Law Civil Society 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Efficiency gains from the digitization of service delivery have also significantly reduced energy consumption and methane emissions. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. million a day.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

For example, another recent study on African conservation funding practices finds that 92 percent of African civil society organizations struggle to access sufficient core funding, 71 percent of them identified short-term project structures as a key barrier, and 52 percent find existing proposal and reporting requirements to be a barrier.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It is crucial, however, that the renewed energy of organized labor is channeled in the right way. Neither the tech industry nor other large corporations will undertake a huge course correction without strong pressure from others in society.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Other schools are observing the energy and momentum, and they are eager to join the movement. The effort is still a work in progress, and it is too early to tell whether it will achieve what has emerged as a galvanizing ambition of nafda: healing and transforming a broken society through schools.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 15, 2024

It can give workers and leaders time back so they can focus more of their energy on mission-critical work. Nonprofits and civil society belong at the forefront of AI. Or if they don’t have a CTO or the tech talent to implement it? They may still be able to create value by deploying AI for internal operations.

Curriculum and Teaching 144

Curriculum and Teaching Health Education Education 144

Philanthropy 2173

MAY 11, 2023

The practices for adapting to more sustainable, more energy efficient, lower impact methodologies are being refined, shared, modeled and implemented at scale in some places. We're also more than a few meters down the pitch of living with pervasive artificial intelligent systems. If there are, what defines them? What are they transitioning to?

Philanthropy 59

Philanthropy Civil Society Agriculture Energy 59

Getting Attention

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Visual storytelling has the power to move public policy, incite or halt wars, and alter the course of civil society and this high-energy panel will showcase the impact of visual content to powerfully advance issues, causes and organizational impact. Say it in Pixels: Visual Storytelling in the 21st centur y.

Communication 66

Communication Civil Society Public Policy Production 66

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

coordinated with other organizations, working closely with the Human Rights Law Center , large professional NGOs, and civil society organizations whose strengths lay in advocacy, and unions that were known for their powerful organizing. Rather than acting alone, GetUp!

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

In the simplest terms, a debtor nation will agree to stop making payments to the lender and to, instead, channel that money into local climate projects such as renewable energy or energy efficiency initiatives. Particular efforts should be made to address and assuage the political and logistic concerns of lenders and borrowers.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

I just think that we have to be ready not to say something is negative or positive, but definitely evaluate: Why is this unique in American society at this time? AS: One other point I want to raise with that, Steve, I think you said earlier that nonprofit is too limited a term to encompass, in your words, civil society and social justice.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2022

There are many examples of leaders countering this myth, like the Fellows in the Civil Society Fellowship. As leaders practice self-awareness and moral courage, opportunities and incentives must be created to channel energy into empowering others to see change in the long run.

Leadership 116

Leadership Civil Society Collaborations Universities 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

In retrospect, we can see with a borderless threat like COVID-19, collaboration was stymied across and within countries: Lacking clearly defined and owned targets, country responses often failed to meaningfully engage civil society. For example, COVAX’s anchor organizations—Gavi, WHO and UNICEF—fought over turf.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A study on the working conditions in Kenya’s gig economy , for example, was written by two African researchers, who not only surveyed hundreds of gig workers but also involved civil society and policy makers during a multi-stakeholder dialogue and a panel discussion in Nairobi. Create time and resource buffers.

Entrepreneurship 81

Entrepreneurship Public and Social Policy Civil Society Collaborations 81

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. The Garfield Foundation offers a different example of how networks with capacity achieve systems change that evades individual groups.

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business. Sharing burdens and benefits fairly.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Time is of the essence: If countries are left to tackle clean energy transition policies in isolation, there is a real risk of having to reinvent the wheel multiple times, dramatically slowing down the world’s climate progress. Because energy systems are interconnected, our solutions must be as well.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

Initiated by NIH, in partnership with the Department of Energy, the Human Genome Project became a whole-of-government effort once it was codified through budgetary allocations and public policy, like the passage of HIPAA, which advanced the agreements of the initiative across a global stage.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 11, 2024

Today, we see philanthropy taking on a similarly complementary role in helping low-income communities access the benefits of clean energy. Philanthropy was a major contributor to this effort with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) funding vaccine candidates and supporting global distribution efforts.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Social Policy 129

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 8, 2023

Image Credit: Jorm Sangsorn on istock.com Worldwide, civil society—from NGOs to grassroots activist groups to social movements to unions—is being undermined by global conflict, suppressive governments, the erosion of democratic institutions, and the spread of disinformation. And it’s more difficult than it sounds.”

Civil Society 120

Civil Society Governance Law Taxation 120

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. Now more than ever, we need to borrow from the energy, optimism, courage, and interconnectedness that characterize the social innovation ecosystem.

Governance 96

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Even the transition to renewable energy is threatened by a shortage of some 7 million workers needed to do things like install solar panels on roofs. The workers who could solve these problems remain on their side of the global tracks.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They know that young people, who represent the future of the country, must be protagonists in this process because their energy, ideas, and fresh perspectives are essential to imagining and building a peaceful country.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Public Policy 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Civil society and humanitarian organizations are attuned to the reality that these streams of people generate massive amounts of data that can, for instance, help channel aid to the neediest, predict disease outbreaks, and much more. Today, the term social license is defined in multiple ways.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. If foundations see themselves as part of civil society, they must stop doing this.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Thus, despite their energy and commitment, sooner or later their power is crippled by what feminist sociologist Jo Freeman called the “tyranny of structurelessness.” This in turn has enabled a “philanthropic” colonization of the civil society within which people-based politics and social movements had been rooted.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Universities Civil Society Governance 104

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Will the province adapt by diversifying its energy sector and building a green economy? The Higgs government’s most recent energy plan has come under scrutiny for its express dependence on technological innovation, centering its efforts on hydrogen production and going so far as to name its report the New Brunswick Hydrogen Roadmap (NBHR).

Energy 110

Energy Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society 110

Candid

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Energy Foundation through Keecha Harris and Associates. How funders can help civil society prepare for climate-related shocks Support organizing groups and build climate connectivity Just as voter data drives outreach efforts, climate data must become similarly accessible and meaningful.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Governance Philanthropy Energy 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In the Latin American case, several regional conglomerates championed a model for community ownership of renewable energy assets in off-grid zones. Despite positive early soundings with investors, the initiative foundered when the minister championing this idea abruptly resigned from his post.

Governance 71

Governance Public and Social Policy Production Finance 71

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2024

I know I’d love a moral cheat sheet sometimes to know where to put my energy. This conversation with Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor was held at Stanford on April 18 and hosted by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS). What should we prioritize?

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Construction Law Civil Society 136

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And a lot of our role here at Groundswell is about ensuring that those new folks with interest and fervor around RJ know where to put their time, money, and energy. We put out a call to philanthropy earlier this year around investing in the infrastructure that already exists, to that end.

Law 98

Law Healthcare Health Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

You can’t build a base to transform the economy with just a few renewable energy companies, some very smart people working in policy schools, and some well-meaning politicians. Energy insecurity levels between rural areas and inner-city Philadelphia are identical. That’s very crucial for the kind of coalition we’re trying to build.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

providing renewable energy or healthy food). Investors should partner with these groups by asking civil society how their frameworks and ideas can inform an investment portfolio, working with philanthropy to pair investment capital with infrastructure support, and advocating for favorable regulations and public investment into AOEs.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 139

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Vincent Bevins: The book takes as its starting point something for which I think there’s ample evidence: there is quite a lot of energy and desire around the world to change the global system that we inhabit. If the question is not of desire, energy, or will, then perhaps the question is about tactics.

Governance 128

Governance Homelessness Civil Society Energy 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

46 The path beyond the current status quo will be paved with brave commitments to democratic and distributive models at every level of civil society. The path beyond the current status quo will be paved with brave commitments to democratic and distributive models at every level of civil society.

Public and Social Policy 133

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

MG: There is an interdependence between our political structures and our civil society structures. If you look for energy sources, probably the biggest energy source for change globally is the women’s movement. That’s a powerful energy. If the energy is there, that’s a huge piece of it. It’s happening.

Culture 119

Culture Energy Governance Leadership 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Using stark statistics and bold imperatives, he shows that the pursuit of happiness means nothing in an economy where just three people own more wealth than the 165 million people that make up the bottom half of US society. Sanders also explains how unprecedented energy in the streets compounded a sense of urgency on Capitol Hill.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Energy 116