The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s. billion by the summer of 2020. .

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Philanthropy Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 98

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Did you know that a handful of billionaires and asset managers have been buying up local newspapers, magazines, and TV stations? When a few ultrarich entities prioritize profits over public information, stories are at a huge risk of being one-sided—or never made public at all.

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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.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The same goes for skills related to group decision-making, managing internal conflict, or holding one another accountable—the most basic democratic practices. Effective public voice arising from commitment to common purpose—a political process—has become rare indeed. Public voice grows quite faint.

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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.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

For 60 days, 60 percent of public schools in Lebanon were converted to displacement centers for families from various (predominantly Shiite) parts of the country seeking shelter in slightly safer areas. Public schools, which serve about 40 percent of Lebanons 1.1 million students, have been particularly affected.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

People joined from more than 15 countries, representing business, government, and civil society. But they persisted through better drafts, benefiting from an internal public sector champion who kept the issue front and center. In the United States, nonprofits like Project Equity take on this role, but more support is needed.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. SD: What does the Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together (Nonprofit SEAT) Act do?

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Public pressure in Quebec and Prince Edward Island has led to legislated bans on future extraction projects. Organizers in Quebec have managed a level of success far beyond what has been achieved in other Eastern Canadian provinces, Quebec’s long and proud history of political organization proving fruitful in the climate crisis era.

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Energy Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society 110

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our research is oriented toward shifting the frontier in terms of big, visionary policy—like the Green New Deal for Public Schools. It really speaks to the benefit of investing in our economy to make it public, accessible, and decommodified. SD: The austerity regimes of recent decades brought massive public disinvestment.

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 12, 2023

SSIR ’s 2023 Data on Purpose conference, Making Tech Work for Workers , will happen online May 2-3 and feature many of the worker organizations leading the movement to build a more just and equitable economy in conversation with some of the sharpest minds in academia, civil society, and the public and private sectors.

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Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 80

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?

Civil Society 40

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

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Well-publicized failures like the illicit use of facial recognition underline concerns over individual privacy. Managing this employment impact responsibly while capturing benefits will be a delicate balancing act for policymakers and shareholders.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

That was the topline conclusion of The Council for a Fair Data Future, a consortium of academics, civil society stakeholders, policymakers and technologists brought together under the umbrella of the Aspen Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based What is your plan for public disclosure of data collected? based organization thinktank.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Medical Ethics 52

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 22, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

Associations 52

Associations Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management 52

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. It was developed through a public consultation process that included CSOs.

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

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

4] The field of large sales is called Key or Strategic Account Management. One researcher states bluntly, “The objectives of salespeople are the opposite of the objectives of Strategic Account Managers.”[5]. Senior management resists giving influence or control to customers.”. Strategic Account Management isn’t either.

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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. Building government (and civil society) capacity to use AI. The future is now.

Civil Society 128

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

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.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 11, 2024

Many elected officials, nonprofit organizations, researchers, and foundations are collaborating to reform this underlying incentive system in both blue and red states across the country. Here, they miss the role that strategic philanthropy has already played. Scaling national movements to improve people’s health.

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Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

This governance structure means the private sector, civil society, and university leaders are at the table, helping to shape the priorities and create new initiatives for each of the six themes, pulling their own weight on the city’s priorities.

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Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Image: “ The Universe Delivers” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” Corporate capture is visible too in the names adorning the walls of nonprofit university and hospital buildings.

Public and Social Policy 133

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Thinking about self-managed abortion, thinking about how to access abortion funds to get people to care in other places if care is limited where they are now because of abortion bans, and helping to provide those networks of care so that our communities are not facing the brunt of these terrible bans and laws.

Law 98

Law Healthcare Health Public and Social Policy 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Maybe you relied on your database manager, digital fundraising specialist, or volunteer coordinator. 88% of nonprofits have budgets under $500,000. .” 88% of nonprofits have budgets under $500,000. Yet all of these strategies are fundamentally important if you want to be a successful fundraiser. Why is this important?

Civil Society 114

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Remote monitoring tools make it easier for people to manage chronic conditions from their homes. Partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society are essential to creating an ecosystem where innovation aligns with the broader goal of health equity.

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Health Technology Healthcare Civil Society 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They include: Cooperatives , such as worker cooperatives, are organizations collectively owned by their members and managed with a one member, one vote principle. Over the past 12 months we have conducted interviews with over 60 asset allocators, fund managers, field builders, entrepreneurs, and other practitioners.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Photo by Jay Soundo on Unsplash Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for addressing politically sensitive issues. Theres been what I call this chilling effect. Theres fear of retribution.

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Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

This order is a potential 5-alarm fire for nonprofits and the people and communities they serve. Federal grants make up about a third of nonprofit funding through direct grants, state pass-throughs, and other mechanisms for everything from scientific research to education to arts and culture to critical services for children and families.

Civil Society 142

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2025

When President Trump began rolling back DEI Initiatives and clamping down on federal grant spending, the nonprofits executive director, Ashley Rogers, immediately started sorting through Trumps executive orders to determine what directly affected the museum and how the organizations approach might have to adapt. Whats absent?

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 25, 2025

Not only is this where the largest share of undocumented immigrants in the United States come from, but its where millions of migrants from Latin Americaand beyondcould end up stuck, if Trump manages to further seal the border. There simply are not many domestic sources of funding for Mexican civil society groups.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Image Credit: The White House from Washington, DC A coalition of nonprofits suing the White House over an attempted freeze of federal grants and loans says that the administrations subsequent rescinding of the freeze was in fact a bait and switch maneuvermeant to circumvent the court while still enforcing the funding freeze.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Image credit: Sound On on Pexels.com As the Trump administration takes steps to freeze federal funding to untold numbers of nonprofits and NGOs, some organizations that receive federal grants are scrambling to protect themselves by self-censoring. Some nonprofits have chosen self-censorship.

Civil Society 125

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 125

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash Since Donald Trumps inauguration, his administration has escalated efforts against marginalized communities and the nonprofits that serve them. While a federal judge blocked the order and the OMB later withdrew its memo, the disruption has already destabilized nonprofit operations nationwide.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Now Russell Vought, Trumps head of the Office of Management and Budget, is seeking to shutter the agency. Not issue public communications of any type, including publication of research papers and compliance bulletins. Not commence, take additional investigative activities related to, or settle enforcement actions.

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