NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The first place that most of us will experience the direct costs of climate change is in the insurance market, and the problem has already emerged. Scientists are studying these changes; meanwhile, insurers are leaving the market. Pressures on Civil Society Financial experts warn of cascading impacts.

Insurance 130

Insurance Civil Society Healthcare Energy 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 29, 2018

José is a professional with 12 years of combined experience in project management, marketing and communications, and innovation. Since 2014, he has been responsible for marketing and communications at Trans Europe Halles (TEH), the European network of cultural centres initiated by civil society. – Get up.

Communication 107

Communication Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 107

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

The current social media environment has caused non-profit marketers to re-evaluate their content aware of the acute conversations being had on every channel, at a global level. Posting without a mindfulness of the trending topics and conversations can cause organizations to appear insensitive and tone-deaf.

Non-Profits 134

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Facts and Factors estimate that the global early childhood education market was worth $247 billion in 2021; it projects spending to climb to $487 billion by 2030. Civil society efforts to promote the wellbeing of Amazonian communities like the Huitoto, including and especially their land rights, have been highly effective.

Children 138

Children Civil Society Culture Health 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Impact Investing Can’t Deliver by Chasing Market Returns by Jim Bildner Is it possible to achieve both market returns and meaningful social returns? Lior Ipp of the Roddenberry Foundation examines the bias of scale and makes the case for funding more small, locally led organizations working on systemic issues. Honorable Mentions: 11.

Civil Society 136

Civil Society Philanthropy Foundations Nonprofit Capacity 136

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. The cooperative’s goal was to rehabilitate landless refugees and increase access to markets. Its scale was vast, with nearly 142,928 acres of state land allocated to 132 Cooperative Farming Societies.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

The Agitator

JULY 30, 2015

Not only is their financial survival important, but also a significant part of our civil society fabric is at stake in their future. Of course, that’s not news, but what they’re doing by way searching for life rafts is indeed important and worthy of attention. If they win, we win. Same with lose/lose.

Civil Society 75

Civil Society Marketing Marketing Communication 75

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 5, 2020

Original post Since we started the Digital Civil Society Lab I’ve been invited to countless conferences, workshops, and philanthropic or corporate launches of “some kind of tech” for “some kind of good.” What commercial applications call externalities, civil society and the public sector exist to address.

Civil Society 59

Civil Society Ethics Participation and motivation Universities 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2024

Amid epic inequality and attacks on the legitimacy of democracy, this is the moment for companies to step forward as stewards of our society, for their own benefit as well. A healthy, skilled labor force, an economically secure consumer base, and stable democratic systems are essential for robust markets and business growth.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Public Policy 128

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. Philanthropy often supports neoliberal policies that reinforce the market power of elites—and perpetuate poverty.

Philanthropy 93

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

Platform work has calcified structural inequalities around the world, particularly relegating women workers, especially from the Global Majority World, to the lowest labor market segments. We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Technology 145

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. AW: Independent Sector is deeply committed to a civil society that promotes equity and justice. What do we do to get there?

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Leadership 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

15 Or they shop in markets that aggregate individual momentary preferences in what some purport to be the voice of the whole. Meanwhile proponents of market solutions argue they transform individual preferences efficiently into optimally beneficial common outcomes absent shared commitments, deliberation and decision making.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Universities Sociology Civil Society 101

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. The global impact investing market is valued at $1.57 In response to these mounting threats, the public has grown both weary and wary. trillion and growing.

Governance 78

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 15, 2024

In its early days circa the 1980s, tech companies marketed the devices for the best use cases they could imagine: reducing paperwork, doing math, and keeping track of forgettable things like birthdays and recipes. Nonprofits and civil society belong at the forefront of AI. How do you see AI having impacted the world?

Curriculum and Teaching 144

Curriculum and Teaching Health Education Education 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The Zimbabwe Land and Agrarian Network brings together civil society organizations, traditional leaders, farmers, local authorities, and other groups in the land and agrarian sectors. 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

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

billion to expand its work to increase options for and access to contraceptives in partnership with UNFPA Supplies Partnership , Family Planning 2030 , the Global Financing Facility , and the Shaping Equitable Market Access for Reproductive Health initiative.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Health Governance Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An example of this kind of interconected web is the more than 100 members of the Drive Electric Campaign (DEC), who collaborate to support the adoption of policies that will achieve 100 percent EV sales in the world’s largest auto markets. A web of interconnected organizations is nimble and adaptable.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The students devised and implemented a plan to market and sell their honey production. In one nafda school, for example, the team used the skills gained in their STEAM transformation project to create and market a free app that displaced families could use to locate available shelter and other resources in their region.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

People joined from more than 15 countries, representing business, government, and civil society. The brewery transitioned in 2014, which coincided with an explosion of new craft breweries eating steadily into the company’s market share. Why Employee Ownership So, what is employee ownership? “I But Dan’s story wasn’t all roses.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Finance Non-Profits 138

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Access to news is key to an engaged civil society, and without it, social worlds shrink and become suffused with disinformation and bias. 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.

Public and Nonprofit Management 135

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Foundations 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meanwhile, countries on the “sending” side are positioning themselves to seek greater access to foreign labor markets. There are gaps in aspiring migrants’ knowledge of opportunities and how to navigate them, and they often struggle to overcome final hurdles such as language training or certifying their skills for the destination market.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Because of this, AI/ML services are appearing on the market, constantly trying to reduce risks, which we will discuss in more detail below. By automating complex cognitive and analytical tasks, these technologies have the potential to disrupt industries and labor markets fundamentally. Machine Learning: What Is It?

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Healthcare Finance Technology 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Since then, we’ve conducted other ethnographic studies, including a joint effort with Save the Children in Puebla, Mexico, to identify how gender and power dynamics affect young women and men’s access to and participation in training, the labor market, and education.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Using market mechanisms, many social entrepreneurs have followed the example of Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank to set up enterprises with a main objective of tackling social or environmental issues. From a global perspective, most social entrepreneurs still come from developed countries or the higher social classes in emerging markets.

Social Entrepreneurship 128

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Others may worry that debt-for-climate swaps will raise questions about their ability to repay their debts, thereby reducing their access to credit markets. For instance, some governments may perceive the imposition of environmental commitments as an infringement on their sovereignty. Each of these challenges must be tackled head-on.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. As American political philosopher Michael Sandel laments , “Do we want a society where everything is up for sale?

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

The Agitator

MARCH 13, 2018

I can’t remember who said it and thus can’t cite it, but there’s a great quote along the lines of “I know that taxes are the price I pay for civilized society and I am honored to pay them. (I assume almost everyone is trying to minimize, not maximize their bill. I also could be just as honored for half as much.”).

Taxation 65

Taxation Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofits 65

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Changes like these have impacted culture, including increased Black representation in highly popular TV soap operas and marketing campaigns. It looks at the business’s allocation of social investments in racial equity, with an eye to improving the training of Black workers and supporting their entry into the job market.

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In some locations, solidarity economy is institutionalized and recognized by the state but in others involves civil society and informal practices. Their efforts to birth cooperative businesses face the same exigencies of all small businesses in capitalist markets to compete and be efficient.

Non-Profits 116

Non-Profits Universities Collaborations Ethics 116

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They’re just designed to succeed at two opposite ends of the market. One study looked at 24 fundraising/marketing metrics at 210 large charities.[15] Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 29 (5), 353-363. [8] Industrial Marketing Management, 41 (1), 166-173. Journal of Marketing Management, 23 (9-10), 959-989.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 4, 2024

To establish effective AI governance, then, is the challenge for civil society organizations and social innovators. This entails determining the frameworks and structures we need to build to effectively organize and govern society amid rapid technological change and unchecked power consolidation. We need a new roadmap.

Governance 141

Governance Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Another example of building civil service capabilities is Apolitical, a certified B corporation backed by impact investors, which aims to build the capabilities for civil servants across the globe through online courses, events, and knowledge products, and has reached over 200,000 civil servants in 160 countries.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern.

Civil Society 123

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 123

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. They can choose clear interventions (e.g., focused on direct services), complicated interventions (e.g.,

Civil Society 129

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 129

NonProfit Leadership Center

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Program increases knowledge Program graduates report an increase in nonprofit-specific knowledge as a primary benefit of the program, citing the largest knowledge increases in marketing and finance. The courses increased my knowledge in the areas of financials, board/staff relationships, marketing, and self-awareness."

Universities 147

Universities Race and Ethnicity Civil Society Nonprofit Leadership 147

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As such, the case offers a model for how state and local governments can hold tech companies accountable—a particularly important ability given the domestic services platform economy is projected to grow into the trillions of dollars as tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Facebook enter the market.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Law Civil Society Governance 145