Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

Through its iconic mobile showers, the San Francisco nonprofit LavaMae has found new ways to serve the homeless in the absence of more radical reforms of affordable housing. In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. Create synapses for within-city learning.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 119

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

A study by the University of Washington found that 60 percent of Washington-based organizations reported prioritizing low-income people in their COVID-19 response, followed by Black/African American communities (48 percent), Latinx communities (43 percent), and immigrant and homeless communities (41 percent each).

Civil Society 76

Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 76

iMarketSmart

JUNE 19, 2023

For example, it had little impact on their willingness to work at a homeless shelter. Civil Society. For example, they indicated greater willingness to run into a burning building to save a trapped victim.[20] 20] But they only insignificantly increased their willingness to engage in mundane helping. Footnotes: [1] Boyd, R.

Altruism and Helping 52

Altruism and Helping Insurance Psychology Law 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Their experiences show how the interdependencies of the SDGs come to life at the local level: Ending homelessness requires addressing issues of poverty, mental and physical health, quality employment, environmental justice, and climate change—in addition to safe and affordable housing.

Collaborations 105

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

We should try to communicate something like this: Have youor perhaps someone in your familybeen helped through addiction, abuse, illness, or homelessness? I am no messaging expert, but Id suggest that we remind people that their lives have been touched by numerous nonprofits, whether they know it or not.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 119

Nonprofit Administration and Development Charitable Organizations Philanthropy Homelessness 119

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

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Left wing and civil society organizations had been concretely decimated under global neoliberalism and decades of the Mubarak dictatorship. But because the media saw what it wanted to see, apparent leaderlessness and lack of organization in Tahrir Square was seen as a good thing by certain parts of the global media.

Governance 128

Governance Homelessness Civil Society Energy 128