NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Image Credit: Reneé Thompson on unsplash.com COVID-19 impacted the physical health of millions across the country, hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Less visible was the pandemic’s impact on behavioral health, an umbrella term for mental health, substance use disorders, and life stressors.

Health 85

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 85

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Yet the quest for health equity has been stymied. The lack of meaningful health equity progress is due to business-as-usual approaches and interventions focused on getting quick results—which are often temporary, weak, and ineffective. At the Rippel Foundation, we are part of a broad movement to change this.

Health 74

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 74

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 6, 2023

In a previous Stanford Social Innovation Review article , we wrote about the importance and challenges of forming collaborations across organizational and sectoral boundaries in cities and shared our view on the steps collaborators should take to make progress toward a solution.

Collaborations 97

Collaborations Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

Food 102

Food Finance Community Development Culture 102

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

According to The World Health Organization , of the 1 billion people around the world currently experiencing a mental disorder, more than 80% are without any form of quality, affordable care. And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. .

Health 104

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 104

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 17, 2024

For instance, according to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), “While there has been an overall 42 percent decline in breast cancer deaths over the last three decades—there is a persistent mortality gap between Black women and White women.” Human rights violations against Black women still abound in medicine and health policy.

Medical 113

Medical Health Public and Social Policy Environmental 113

Candid

MAY 23, 2024

The Bob Woodruff Foundation ’s (BWF) Got Your 6 Network organizations provide targeted services to over 20.6 The survey found critical gaps between the demand for and availability of essential services like food, financial aid, transportation, and housing. This leads to increased stress and frustration, affecting their mental health.

Health 52

Health Medical Food Collaborations 52

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.” This can lead to funding shortages: A 2021 study by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy found that AANHPI communities receive just 20 cents of every $100 awarded by foundations.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

For millennia, oceans, rivers, and forests provided an abundance of food and other resources for the residents of this area, until the late 1800s, when white settlers arrived and began to extract gold and timber. Though ecologically and culturally rich, the county ranks in the bottom eighth in California for per-capita income.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Community foundations, family foundations, and other private foundations make up a smaller portion of the sector. . COVID-19 placed unparalleled pressure on the country’s health systems, economy, and the well-being of Brazilians. However, this sentiment is slowly changing, including among institutional funders.

Civil Society 95

Civil Society Philanthropy Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 95

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 14, 2017

If you’re operating in the cause marketing space and you’ve never heard of Smithfield Foods , you’re missing out. To provide some scale, Smithfield is one of the largest global food and consumer packed meats companies in the world, to the tune of $14 billion. The Fund calls this “the most ambitious commitment yet by a U.S.

Food 113

Food Disaster Relief Public and Nonprofit Management Associations 113

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 4, 2024

Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective, “Kindred Offering to this Moment” In a time of increasing external threats impacting community health—economic inequality, genocide, global pandemics, state violence, White supremacy, authoritarianism, climate crises—there are many reasons to feel despair and hopelessness.

Health 114

Health Culture Food Philanthropy 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families. While the foundation’s mission covers much more than just housing, it cannot achieve this mission without helping to ensure families have safe, stable, and affordable housing.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 112

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 21, 2023

Image Credit: Photo by devn on Unsplash Last month, healthcare leaders in North Carolina announced that they are developing an index to measure health inequities across the state. The index is intended to enable partners in the state to better understand health data, which can then support their efforts to improve health outcomes.

Healthcare 79

Healthcare Health Medical Collaborations 79

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. The Harry Chapin Foundation. Johnson Scholarship Foundation. Burkle Foundation.

Education 93

Education Education Children Public and Nonprofit Management 93

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sigma Foundation For Nursing. Jean Griswold Foundation. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. Retirement Research Foundation. Archstone Foundation. Ben & Jerry’s Foundation. The Eisner Foundation. Durham Foundation. Points32Health Foundation. Sigma Foundation For Nursing.

Insurance 104

Insurance Nonprofit governance and management Foundations Education 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

How do we encourage greater cooperation and collaboration in what can feel like an increasingly divisive world? The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics. How to Have Better Political Conversations.

Civil Society 100

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

Although new to both housing and philanthropy, I knew that where and how we live is integral to our health, education, and economic mobility. And I knew that unstable, unaffordable, and unsafe housing meant families had to choose between rent and food, utilities, medicines, and childcare. As Charles Rutheiser of the Annie E.

Philanthropy 101

Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

” As a frequent participant in funder calls and donor working groups, our team at the Roddenberry Foundation has seen this “systems change fatigue” up close and personal. As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe.

Civil Society 95

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, our organization, One Acre Fund , supplies over 4 million African smallholder farmers with the finance, supplies, and training to grow more food, plant more trees, and earn more money. percent of climate adaptation finance need of smallholders is currently being met by all actors combined.

Finance 92

Finance Governance Philanthropy Health 92

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In its first two years, the NEW Fellowship was funded by Communities of Opportunity (which receives support from King County and the Seattle Foundation) and the New Economy Washington Funders Collaborative. The Seattle Foundation has been a leader in a national movement to build Black funds.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“In cities like Richmond, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, which had experienced ‘food apartheid,’ the need for locally grown, healthy food supported the rise of urban farms that employed returning citizens. And over time, instead of starting new foundations, wealth was given over to democratic loan funds to redistribute. .”

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Historically, for example, Black public health leaders in Pittsburgh created Freedom House Ambulance Services after being neglected by police-staffed ambulances. The paramedic training and ambulance design standards pioneered in the Freedom House Ambulance Service helped set the national public health standard for emergency care.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Such weather events impact the health of individuals living in affected communities. 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. Be there for the long hall.

Philanthropy 93

Philanthropy Health Medical Nonprofit governance and management 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 14, 2024

Just as press releases and surveys can show us intent, foundations’ actions can best be measured by our checkbooks. For the past four years, the Schott Foundation for Public Education has worked with Candid to measure the grantmaking priorities of those in K-12 education philanthropy. It paints a stark picture.

Education 84

Education Education Philanthropy Foundations 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

million children out of poverty, reducing food hardship, decreasing parent financial stress, and more. Schools closed, unemployment and poverty skyrocketed, and health and wellness plummeted. It reduced families’ food insecurity , lessened parents’ financial stress , and helped parents afford essential expenses.

Poverty 102

Poverty Children Social Policy Food 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. In this realm, Google has collaborated with various scientists and conservation organizations.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 113

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

And as nonprofits moved away from their member-driven and member-funded mutual aid and organizing roots, they took on a hierarchical structure modeled after corporate culture, became dependent on grants from foundations/government, and became run by “expert” staff to provide services or lead advocacy efforts.

Leadership 99

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 99

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Program benefits included “behavior change, physical and mental health improvements, relationship repair, regaining custody of children, provision of clothing, transportation, childcare, recovery support, and ability to gain employment and improve finances.” One way is by discouraging philanthropic investment. That’s where I come in.

Poverty 97

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Smallholder farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up the bulk of agri-food businesses worldwide, accounting for a significant part of all formal agribusinesses and more than half of their full-time workforces. A long investment horizon of up to 10 years Only in the agri-food value chain. But there is more.

Finance 90

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 90

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.”. Everything from access to prenatal care to timing the journey to the hospital requires careful planning and savvy navigation of narrow roads and complex health systems. “FLY GIRL” BY EKOW BREW/ WWW.EKOWBREW.COM. Providence St.

Medical 86

Medical Health Culture Healthcare 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. CS: You’ve been a leader in this work for a long time, probably even before people were really talking about health justice in quite this way. You’ve consistently focused on minority health. What have I learned about health justice?

Medical 85

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 85

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. What are advisory committees?

Race and Ethnicity 93

Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Production Collaborations 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 26, 2023

Trans communities exist at the intersection of many lived identities, issues, and movements—from reproductive health, to racial, gender, and economic justice, to decarceration and community safety. foundations, only four cents supports transgender communities.” Trans rights, like trans lives, do not exist in silos.

Philanthropy 94

Philanthropy Culture Health Values 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.”. A familiar scent wafts from the kitchen where your aunts are warming food they prepared earlier. Increasingly, media coverage frames Black maternal health as a “crisis.” “PHASES” BY EKOW BREW/ WWW.EKOWBREW.COM.

Health 115

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 115

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 8, 2023

She also spent nearly four years with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis , laying the foundation for their growing advocacy and government relations initiatives. By my family participating in food drives, collecting school supplies, adopting families in need, volunteering at soup kitchens, etc.,

Public Policy 64

Public Policy Governance Political Science Law 64

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“WARRIOR TWINS” BY CHIP THOMAS IN COLLABORATION WITH CANNUPA HANSKA LUGER/ JETSONORAMA.NET. In the midst of this, corporations continue to make record profits, food prices rise, and in so many ways the world continues to operate in a “business as usual” way, albeit at a higher and higher cost that is unbearable for many.

Environmental 91

Environmental Culture Food Values 91