Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As discussions about ESG become more and more polarized—while progressive politicians push for aggressive regulations, billionaires like Elon Musk call it a “scam” and nonprofits accuse businesses of greenwashing—leaving consumers increasingly confused. However, the problem goes beyond this polarization.

Social Enterprise 127

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Governance 127

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Thirteen years ago, fewer than a dozen digital news nonprofits led the charge to shift news to a nonprofit model. Now, there are more than 400 digital news nonprofits nationwide , supported by an ever-growing coalition of philanthropies that include the Walton charities.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 118

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Image: “ In Communion with Dorian” by Renée Laprise/ [link] Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” 1 These populations often face heightened exposure to environmental hazards such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and air pollution.

Race and Ethnicity 84

Race and Ethnicity Environmental Education Education 84

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This holiday season, give back by shopping for unique gifts from nonprofit online stores. In this gift guide, you’ll find selections from nonprofits that you won’t see in regular shops. What’s more, your purchases from nonprofit shops will support the essential work of these organizations and the individuals they help year-round.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

In contrast, a 2017 report found that only 5 percent of nonprofits were using artificial intelligence, and only 28 percent of nonprofits were using data for predictive or prescriptive purposes. The public sector isn’t much different. In the private sector, market forces drive investment in data to stay competitive.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the past 30 years, it has made substantial improvements in the living conditions and social status of people with disabilities due to rapid economic growth, administrative and legislative actions, and the dedicated efforts of nonprofit organizations that champion the disability community.

Nonprofit governance and management 101

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 101

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 104

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 104

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 103

Insurance Nonprofit governance and management Foundations Education 103

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Make sure you check out all the real-world advice that nonprofit leaders have contributed this year. Why not ripe?

Nonprofit governance and management 71

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Collaborations Leadership 71

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We derive these findings from a report we collaborated on, recently published by the National Resources Defense Council, that explored these issues. There are also opportunities to advance equity and establish more community-responsive co-governance in the process. Learning from Community Groups So, what are we learning?

Governance 75

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 75

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They move at the speed of trust, and trust is built through engagement, collaboration, and pursuing their triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. A Window of Opportunity During COVID-19, I worked as a food co-op general manager on the front lines. The answer is not simple. Cooperatives are unique animals.

Retail 104

Retail Technology Production Agriculture 104

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Mission and Values Montana Nonprofit Association provides leadership for Montana’s nonprofit sector and partners with Montana’s charitable nonprofits to promote a sustainable, networked, and influential sector. MNA’s staff team is engaged, collaborative, committed to growth, and passionate about MNA’s unique mission.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 76

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy 76

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The shade provided to the crops reduces water evaporation and temperature stress, leading to increased crop yields and better water management. Concurrently, a local nonprofit farming group called Sprout City Farms educates young farmers in cultivating crops beneath Jack’s solar panels.

Health 94

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Low-income individuals live with higher rates of chronic disease , are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards , have substandard housing, and often lack access to nutritious foods and adequate medical care. Such weather events impact the health of individuals living in affected communities.

Philanthropy 93

Philanthropy Health Medical Nonprofit governance and management 93

Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides our webinars, Bloomerang is a provider of donor management software. You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. I do run the Cal State East Bay Nonprofit Management Certificate Program.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Energy Public and Nonprofit Management 124

Anedot

AUGUST 28, 2024

Collaborates with leaders across the organization to build and maintain relationships with funding agencies to understand and solicit support for strategic initiatives. In collaboration with the development team and the organization, continually builds a culture of philanthropy.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 27, 2022

These huge organizations, apart from making big profits by advertising and selling their product, these companies also work on social and environmental issues that are occurring in the world. Nowadays, marketing is considered to be the court of social, environmental, public, and global concerns. Water Pollution and Management.

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy 52

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 73

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 73

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

history, but you do know that a serious environmental disaster is unfolding. It will take a network of dedicated nonprofits, concerned citizens, government intervention – and BP’s commitment – to restore the Gulf Coast to is former state. The question is, should your nonprofit respond? And if so, how?

Nonprofit governance and management 53

Nonprofit governance and management Environmental Governance Health 53

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. A nonprofit, the East Portland Community Investment Trust , serves as the owner and lead manager and developer of the property, and for a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $100, nearby residents can become owners themselves.

Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 93

The Charity CFO

AUGUST 15, 2023

The nonprofit sector is full of rewarding and impactful careers because it plays a crucial role in addressing various social, environmental, and humanitarian challenges. In this section, we will debunk the three most common nonprofit accounting myths. However, most of it is actually the same.

Nonprofit Accountability 52

Nonprofit Accountability Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Help the organization apply for, qualify for, and manage its Google for Nonprofits. It could be an email or postcard about a regular meetup the nonprofit hosts, or about its services.

Fundraising 128

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 128

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 14, 2021

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Many nonprofits are looking for options to engage board members in fundraising without requiring direct solicitation. Only a few of these options involve directly asking for money.

Fundraising 75

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 75

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

These environmental cues are a relatively simple and cost-effective approach to nudging. The Nudging for Good movement emerged as part of an effort to utilize behavioral science tools for social impact and infuse behavioral science practitioners in nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Health Ethics 52

Blue Avocado

AUGUST 20, 2024

Five things that nonprofits should consider doing to facilitate donations. By hook or by crook, you’ve also received access to lists of potential new donors (maybe from other nonprofits you’ve collaborated with). I even know people who have hired accountants specifically to manage which nonprofits receive donations — and when.

Public and Nonprofit Management 73

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Donor Motivation Universities 73

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.” Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”

Nonprofit governance and management 87

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, New York City created the innovative concept of a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), based on the Voluntary National Reviews that nations submit to the UN, in which local and regional governments adopt and track their progress toward the SDGs.

Collaborations 96

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. Our reasoning was straightforward: We didn’t want to be seen as competing for funding with the nonprofits using our software. We decided early on to incorporate NeedsList as a for-profit, purpose-driven company.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 115

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

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 108

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Social Policy 108

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening. Social Media.

Nonprofit governance and management 111

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Technology Nonprofits 111

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. We have also reached a moment in time of almost complete co-optation of our work by the nonprofit sector.

Leadership 101

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From equitable policies and low-carbon infrastructure to values like collaboration and fairness, we need deep shifts, and we need them soon. Our minds and our collective governance systems would bog down if we had to always consider all the connections of everything to everything else. This is useful, even necessary.

Energy 135

Energy Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 135

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.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 99

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars, we are also a provider of donor management software. MS means I have a Master’s of Science in natural resource management. That’s what got me started, writing grants for environmental projects. More likely, 11% to 38% of nonprofits will close.

Foundations 103

Foundations Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 103

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Image: “In Communication with the Sun” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” That’s why I’m working with UNICEF Morocco to push for environmental education that speaks to our realities,” she said.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 110