NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As an organization, we decided to take a stance in support of reparations for Black people, formally acknowledging the debt Black people are owed from our government and public institutions. Designing the Study Originally, iF planned to do this work collectively and collaboratively with other funders. They agreed.

Foundations 119

Foundations Philanthropy Construction Healthcare 119

Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Here’s a detailed breakdown of critical steps to prepare: Understand organizational goals and governance needs: Begin by peering into the core of your organization. Offer continuous learning opportunities to deepen your board members’ understanding of nonprofit governance best practices and emerging trends. What are your dreams?

Recruitment 105

Recruitment Race and Ethnicity Collaborations Retention 105

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Government funding and donor support. It constructs an understanding of the needs your target audience have and the competition you will face. Identify potential partners and collaborators. There are several potential partners and collaborators for a nonprofit organization. Financial projections. Volunteer recruiting.

Nonprofit governance and management 123

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Collaborations 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

That’s why, for a funder collaborative like Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), racial equity is central to our mission of housing equity. The collaborating organizations held multilingual “Know Your Rights” trainings on eviction defense for renters and tenant union members. Being intentional is key.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Similarly, more than half of the around two hundred large philanthropic collaboratives surveyed (a common form of big bet philanthropy) have been founded since 2010. Most philanthropists readily admit that their rolodexes are quite sparse when it comes to their counterparts in government, who don’t seem to run in the same circles.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The project has been evolving as we learn and collaborate with our partners. The first phase involved funding project construction—which Working Power is financing. This is a noticeable shift in how the government and the energy industry has historically interacted with communities.

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit that leverages community-based abandonment inventories, community–municipal partnerships, a rehabilitation and construction team, and in-house legal expertise to convert abandoned buildings and lots into opportunities for community-led development, the lack of access to financing nearly destroyed the organization.

Non-Profits 124

Non-Profits Finance Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 1, 2023

In the Andes mountains, the traditional floating homes of the Uros people are inspiring low-cost, eco-friendly construction techniques worldwide that can improve water quality and biodiversity.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 7, 2024

Volunteers are collecting waste and discarded material as part of Underground Dnipro , an environmental activism organization working to educate civilians and the local government on the environmental impacts of pollution and why it still matters in a time of war. Over the next two years, Underground Dnipro garnered more of a following.

Environmental 117

Environmental Governance Construction Health 117

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash Maya Etienne is co-executive director of Calumet Collaborative , a sustainable economic development organization based in Gary, IN, her home and the city where many of her family and friends still live. Gary is also home to the country’s largest steel mill: US Steel’s Gary Works.

Manufacturing 126

Manufacturing Environmental Health Production 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is instead an exercise in liberating the constructs of creativity from being the prerogative of the Western, masculine, or the allegedly educated, while reclaiming what rural women of India have championed for thousands of years. And lest we forget, hunger knows no borders, and nor do rights, or the lack thereof.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

At Grantli, I have created a state resources page where you can find useful links to state government departments and various other resources. Sigma and collaborating nursing organizations have several upcoming research grant opportunities for nurses around the globe. Areas served: Worldwide. Jean Griswold Foundation.

Insurance 124

Insurance Nonprofit governance and management Foundations Education 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Again, governments are not businesses, and universities are not automobile manufacturers. The power of movements is based in the ideas that fuel them, that inspire people to come together and work toward the realization of a shared goal or values.”

Social Entrepreneurship 128

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Universities Law 128

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 10, 2020

governments has revealed 2,500 scams centered on the Coronavirus. Most freelancers take breaks and log into social media, and find they have whiled the day away doing nothing constructive. Ransomware involves hackers holding your data hostage and demanding payment, mostly in Bitcoin. An alert given by both the U.S

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Construction 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For example, some states such as New Jersey have passed laws that keep employers with a history of wage theft violations from obtaining government contracts or certain licenses. Advocates are working to raise visibility, put pressure on policymakers and government agencies, and influence change at the local and state level.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 105

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The two developed a system of fundraising that had never been seen before: setting a time limit on their campaign for constructing a new building in Washington D.C., Many times, fundraising and volunteering took on the form of a collaborative effort. The government also became much more involved in social and cultural welfare programs.

Nonprofit Organizations 69

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

While race is a social construct that serves as a poor predictor of genetic variation, racial parity in genomic data is important because race serves as a proxy for population descriptors and other, more appropriate genetic ancestry labels.

Race and Ethnicity 125

Race and Ethnicity Health Healthcare Associations 125

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

For instance, Art.coop and Grantmakers in the Arts are collaborating to educate funders about power-shifting and solidarity principles, creating shared language and frameworks that funders can draw on as they develop and implement funding strategies. Artists are essential to any vision that calls the future into question.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many participants instantly recognized the examples of systemic trauma we provided, especially among system actors in positions of power such as government institutions. Systems are not mechanical constructs or impersonal faceless institutions. Systems carry trauma because they are relational.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

In late 2021, a small Zimbabwean community-based organization, Score Against Poverty (SCORE), with help from the Canadian government, decided to test out a different approach. How visible that resentment is depends on the power of those not benefiting or being penalized. All of this builds the capacity of the local agency.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And that might involve collaboration, saying, “We acknowledge that there are others in the community that do this better or more effectively. If you’re writing a grant, most of the time they’ll say, “We want a partnership agreement between your organization and the organization you’re collaborating with.”

Children 110

Children Curriculum and Teaching Education Education 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This unusual collaboration among three very different organizations reflects FHO’s emphasis on silo-spanning efforts that use narrative change, policy advocacy and organizing, and local collaboration to make the housing system more racially equitable and economically just.

Values 131

Values Public and Social Policy Collaborations Culture 131

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Leaders of this campaign have recognized that as demands to demilitarize the police and redirect funds gain traction across the United States, the government needs to reimagine its approach to “national security.” 20 But just as these systems were deliberately constructed, they can be deliberately deconstructed. Working Beyond Hope.

Construction 109

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 109

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Right now, we are living through escalating crises, both within living ecologies and socially constructed systems. In the process, we empower ourselves to transform the systems that govern our world. Voluntary Land Taxes,” Native Governance Center, accessed August 10, 2022, nativegov.org/news/ voluntary-land-taxes/.

Food 140

Food Culture Agriculture Public and Social Policy 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including The JPB Foundation where I serve as senior vice president of environment and strategic initiatives. Currently, an estimated 20 percent of emissions in the United States comes from the energy used in homes.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 111

Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

We have constructed a new taxonomy to identify people of African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern descent outside of majority contexts and have gone to great lengths to refine our coding to accurately capture grants for racial or ethnic groups. We are also taking action in how we track and share data.

Race and Ethnicity 98

Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy Construction Foundations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Governments and funders do not prioritize investing in rural access improvements due to a lack of data to make the case as well as competition from other development projects and a preference for urban investments. B2P has constructed or supported over 450 trail bridges in 21 countries, reaching over 1.5 million people.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Moreover, a significant proportion of utility governing boards comprises utility workers and frontline community members. Although established in a more progressive era, when the public interest held more sway, microeconomic and market values have since come to dominate utility governance.

Energy 119

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

They were erased by government-backed campaigns to move birth out of the hands of Black midwives and into the hands of white male obstetricians. Niles and Drew, “Constructing the Modern American Midwife.”. The midwife, well known as a healer in Black communities, came to the house and “caught the baby.” And ready to fight for it.

Health 131

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 131

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

As such, businesses can play a major role in responding constructively to the US’ increasing mental health challenges. BEAM also prioritizes cultivating trusting relationships and fostering collaboration. Mental health is shaped by social determinants of health —including where people live, learn, play, age, and, also, where they work.

Health 122

Health Culture Non-Profits Psychology 122

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

There are 170 facilities that report toxic chemicals, and 149 report greenhouse gas emissions with 29 facilities proposed or under construction—all in majority Black communities,” Dr. Wright said. Additionally, 80 percent of Black people living in the Corridor live within three miles of multiple polluting facilities.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Health 129

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

11 Under the cover of “educational purposes,” research that has the potential to generate millions in patent revenues—let alone the revenues from construction or health services—benefits from the reduced overhead of sitting on property-tax-exempt campus land. The development buzzards currently circling include Wexford.)

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

My research finds otherwise and implicates current legal constructs and fundraising practices that continue to privilege the self-interests of donors over beneficiaries and society. The artist developed the work to address the immigration crisis and collaborated with 21 community members.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

The world wide web was a game changer; people could now collaboratively build and create the world they desired. Digital innovation can disrupt economies in favor of collaborative, solidarity-based forms of decent and quality work, where all can flourish. By Ritse Erumi & Anita Gurumurthy The digital economy is not working.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 145