NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

That’s the headline finding of a new report by Independent Sector , which advocates for the health of the nonprofit sector, and United for ALICE , a national research organization that focuses on understanding and addressing ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed) households.

Poverty 118

Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 118

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Similarly, practices of involving children in household work, such as gutting fish or other animals, preparing food, and carrying wood, have been shown by research to foster responsibility and social responsiveness. As Mayancha and Mezzenzana write , “Danger or failure is a normal part of the learning process.”

Children 138

Children Civil Society Culture Health 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The organizations are improving water and sanitation access, education quality, food security, and health equity, and a large majority take systems change approaches to their work. Together, they address food security challenges related to climate change, land tenure, and agriculture productivity that smallholder farmers face.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

By Trevor Zimmer In May, the COVID-19 national public health emergency officially ended. But the COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last novel infectious disease in our lifetimes, and climate change will be a threat to human and planetary health without equal.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 105

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

Like, ‘We’ll help you, you’re poor, you need money, but we don’t actually trust you to buy food because we just think you’re going to buy beer or hot Cheetos.’” - Vu Le, Nonprofit AF ( source ) “All of our goals must be measurable. They want to truly solve or tackle a social problem.”-

Nonprofit Leadership 111

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Governments representing deeply indebted nations are often unable to invest in health care, education, and other services, which, in turn, threatens their very political survival. 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

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

He's clear in the article that he's talking about global systems - food crises, inflation, and displacement. I'll work the health part out for myself (with lots of community and professional support). Here's the key point he made: " We are on the path to systems failure, he says, and the timescale is three to five years."

Children 40

Children Insurance Universities Healthcare 40

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Isabelle Leighton: I love that you’re starting with a nice and easy question, not like my favorite food or anything! CS: Well, it’s really interesting, because NPQ is, I think, the only media organization in civil society that’s not focused exclusively on philanthropy. Movement leaders were asking for it.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Foundations 105

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

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I once received a call from a newly hired legacy giving manager at a major health-related charity. The gift: The form and reason for exchange in archaic societies. Reciprocal altruism in Yanomamö food exchange. Civil Society. First, focus on the long term. If you want to focus on money, fine. Routledge.). [23]

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2025

The volunteers who delivered food quickly became more than simple couriers. If a senior mentioned a health concern or an issue at home, volunteers would escalate it to city officials. What started as emergency food relief turned into something morereal human connection. They were friends. Pick the disaster lane.

Public and Nonprofit Management 60

Public and Nonprofit Management Food Health Foundations 60

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It’s in handheld scanners used by everyone from warehouse workers to retail clerks to hospital nurses checking into a patient’s room as well as the phone-based apps home health aides must log into and out of with every client they visit. UNITE-HERE has bargained to win data privacy protections for hospitality workers.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Law Technology Retail 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

The good news is that there is demonstrable demand for seeding new forms of holistic problem-solving across previously siloed efforts in democracy protection, public health, climate action, social justice, and peace and security. Securing the Future What might the decades ahead look like if we do all these things soon and well?

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

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

MARCH 10, 2025

The directive triggered legal action from a coalition of nonprofits, including the National Council on Nonprofits, Democracy Forward, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE. The deleted content includes resources on LGBTQ+ youth, sexual health, contraception, and gender-affirming care.

Nonprofit governance and management 121

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 121