NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

For the nonprofit sector in particular, this can be key to resolving issues and creating more inclusive, fair, and effective systems through transparent decision-making. But the sector needs a more compelling, ethical model for a brokerage that uses decentralized governance, transparency, and inclusivity.

Health 108

Health Technology Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management 108

Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I've noticed an uptick in my email of research reports from nonprofits and advocacy groups. I have received some self-searching emails about the claims of sexual harassment in the Effective Altruism community, by people in the community (I am not in it) but those are about "culture" and "governance" not the work itself so much.*

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Governance Culture Associations 52

Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Photo by Kier in Sight on Unsplash Proud to say this article, " Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits " has just been published. It is derived from lessons learned preparing the Integrated Advocacy report and this article on media coverage of civil society and covid. They are entwined with each other.

Public Policy 97

Public Policy Civil Society Philanthropy Governance 97

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

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

We founded the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford in 2014 to examine and act on the ways digital dependencies effect civil society. How does a global exoskeleton of corporatized infrastructure and government/corporate data surveillance change how people take collective action? Today, not so much.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Governance Associations Foundations 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Image Credit: Jon Tyson on unsplash.com X Corp, the company formerly known as Twitter, sued a nonprofit dedicated to exposing and counteracting digital hate speech which has published research critical of the tech company’s handling of hate speech on its platform. We’ve realized that we stand here on behalf of civil society more broadly.”

Civil Society 138

Civil Society Advertising Leadership Governance 138

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Conducted between March and July, these surveys revealed that during the early months of the crisis, nonprofits were concerned about financial stability and challenges related to new working conditions. Many nonprofits have adjusted and kept operations going, even if at a limited level.

Civil Society 75

Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 75

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 17, 2020

Governments expanding their surveillance capabilities under the guise of public health, but neatly omitting any plans to "turn it off" when situations change. We all live in digital civil society now. In January, the Digital Civil Society Lab released a report about how this is true, why it matters and what to do about it.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public Policy Governance 40

Philanthropy 2173

APRIL 23, 2020

These days I'm not just writing and teaching about digital civil society, I'm watching as people all around me come to realize they're living it everyday. I'm sure nonprofits are doing the same. Governments are using the pandemic as an excuse to ban gatherings. Some foundations are getting into the act. elsewhere ).

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public Policy Universities 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

Trust in institutions is necessary to create and improve the social contracts that govern democracy and allow communities and the nation to strike sustainable civic bargains. It is earned person by person, moving through large segments of society. American civil society institutions have an important role to play.

Civil Society 142

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Health Governance 142

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Image credit: “Neurons of the Mind’s Eye” by Martine Mooijenkind Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s winter 2023 issue, “Love as Social Order: How Do We Build a World Based in Love?” Racial literacy empowers civil society leaders to be more empathetic, responsive, and effective in their roles.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 119

Boardsource

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Perhaps more than any other time in recent history, civil society, including governments, nonprofits and the philanthropic sector, is revisiting the fundamental premises that structure its institutions, determine its value and, literally, justify its existence.

Leadership 92

Leadership Civil Society Governance Values 92

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Image credit:Rayson Tan on Unsplash Below is a transcript, edited for length and clarity, of “Escaping Corporate Capture: Nonprofit Survival in a For-Profit World,” hosted by Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY, on July 26, 2024. Moderating the conversation are Caroline Crumpacker of Ultra Advising and Steve Dubb of Nonprofit Quarterly.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Written by Kevin Dean, President & CEO, Tennessee Nonprofit Network The lifeblood of many nonprofits is the generosity of individual donors. Legislation requiring nonprofits to disclose donor lists to legislators, for any reason, poses a significant threat to this trust and, consequently, the health of the entire nonprofit sector.

Civil Society 89

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Nonprofits 89

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 9, 2020

I am delighted to be speaking in a master class for Columbia University's Nonprofit Management Masters Program. In so doing, we have enclosed civil society within the bounds of the marketplace and public sector, obliterating any meaningful sense of an independent sector. You can sign up directly here -

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Universities 40

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Donors and governments may shift their dollars…to focusing on necessities like food, water, energy, and healthcare. Unless we act aggressively to curb emissions, climate change will continue to put pressure on our insurance system and society at large. Pressures on Civil Society Financial experts warn of cascading impacts.

Insurance 130

Insurance Civil Society Healthcare Energy 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Today, Amul has more than 16 million milk producers and 185,903 dairy cooperative societies making India the world’s largest milk producer.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Schools were closed and so was the city government, out of an abundance of caution. For more on this topic: We All Have Value: Changing Relationships Through Radical Empathy The Appalachian Nonprofits Helping in Helene I guess well have to wait and see.

Governance 108

Governance Civil Society Values Culture 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

The marketing team of the international nonprofit, Water.org , was quick to evaluate their social content plans as the COVID-19 pandemic spread on and offline in early 2020. Water.org is a global nonprofit organization working to bring water and sanitation to the world. Water.org’s Senior Content Creator, Moree Lambeth explains.

Non-Profits 134

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Image credit: Allef Vinicius on Unsplash Nonprofits remain a robust part of the US economy and a major source of employment. Donor contributions to nonprofits fell by 10 percent. Twenty percent of nonprofit employees “struggle paycheck-to-paycheck.” The report does not indicate what those funding sources might have been.)

Health 82

Health Civil Society Governance Public Policy 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Making more robust use of open 990 data requires that nonprofits, foundations, researchers, and the IRS and federal government alike commit to sustained action.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 30, 2023

In the context of Iran, the government is using hijab as a tool—it’s not [about] the hijab but the way government is using it. “Western media coverage has largely been focused on hijab and the veiling laws. This [movement] is about the hijab and not about the hijab at the same time.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Law 122

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

BACKGROUND Since 1917, the federal charitable tax deduction has provided a tax deduction for donations made to nonprofit organizations by taxpayers who itemize their tax returns. A big thank you to those of you who signed on. Tennessee has the second-most signatures behind Maryland! That temporary small non-itemizer generated $10.9

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Universities Law Governance 98

The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

Delivering on and scaling AI’s potential for impact on the SDGs is a collaborative endeavor that requires work across companies, universities, nonprofits, governments, and individuals to have real-world impact, according to the authors. More than 65% of these were open source, compared to 44% in 2022 and 33% in 2021.

Civil Society 64

Civil Society Ethics Healthcare Collaborations 64

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 13, 2024

Nonprofits are, in some ways, uniquely positioned to ensure that every eligible voter’s voice, whatever their political persuasion, is heard. Prospective voters contacted by nonprofits about voting are 10 percentage points more likely to vote than those who are not, according to research by Nonprofit VOTE.

Education 119

Education Education Nonprofits Activism 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This aligns with other research showing that nonprofits further their missions more effectively and efficiently by investing in external networks and tapping into resources outside their direct control. This networking led to the inclusion of civil society, businesses, and local organizations to enhance equity in the plans.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Our objective was to obtain information about the social and cultural norms surrounding unpaid care work in this economically vulnerable area to inform the development of the Cuidemos, Banco de Tiempo, a government program that provides respite for people who care for infants, people with disabilities, or the elderly.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 126

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Alt Headline: Thoughts on Non-public digital infrastructure for civil society. A lot of giving happens on software from Facebook or GoFundMe, nonprofits use a variety of corporate systems for managing their donations, and people use Venmo/Paypal etc. Got a Nonprofit Status Revocation Notice? Thoughts?

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 40

Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Launched in March 2021, the #Case4Reparations initiative is aimed at driving and amplifying conversations and campaigns in support of systemic and policy change efforts to realize reparations where wealth—money or land—can be redistributed by institutions and/or governments to Black and Native American communities. Read more. . Read more. .

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Foundations Governance Nonprofits 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

They might take the shape of a declared commitment to building capabilities of funded partners, a statement of the intent to partner and support locally led organizations, or simply a set of beliefs that govern ways of collaborating. Ultimately partnerships are human relationships, and entities need to expect missteps.

Collaborations 115

Collaborations Organizational Development Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management 115

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Shaista Keating and Chloe Mankin The rapid evolution and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) offer both opportunities and challenges to civil society, particularly concerning responsible and ethical usage. This order mandates comprehensive measures to enhance AI safety, security, privacy, and equity.

Civil Society 105

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics Public and Nonprofit Management 105

The Agitator

JULY 14, 2018

We know that trust in nonprofits is waning. Unfortunately, the Commission’s report shrouds legitimate concerns about the levels of trust in nonprofits with poor methods, hyperbolic headlines, and hidden agendas. Government ministers: 3.7. The Charity Commission doesn’t report to government ministers. Poor methods.

Civil Society 49

Civil Society Governance Health Fundraising 49

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At this uncertain time, as the potential use-cases of generative AI begin to become apparent, there are at least 10 things that funders can do to help the existing field of tech-related nonprofits—and society at large—better prepare. Understanding, and developing guidelines and guardrails for, government use of AI.

Civil Society 128

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 11, 2024

They warn that strategic philanthropy is dangerous because “it diverts attention from fundamental reforms less palatable to wealthy donors and from the fact that government and corporate behavior are responsible for the ills of society.” We know of no foundation—even the largest—that thinks it replaces government.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance 129

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

Candid

APRIL 15, 2021

Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. In our continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, this report documents our estimates of COVID-induced nonprofit job losses through March 2021, as reflected in the March BLS Employment Situation Report.

Civil Society 106

Civil Society Education Education Activism 106