NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

Food 109

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Gary McGeough from Bristol Organizations Committed Team Players, Capable of Collaborating Effectively I seek individuals who are genuinely passionate about our mission and show a strong belief in our values and goals. For example, are you starting to consider purchasing a warehouse for your food bank?

Ethics 106

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 106

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

For CC, neither certificates nor government designations are needed to certify the group’s ancestral knowledge. When one of us in the community gave birth, we would support the new mother for 40 days in this manner by bringing food. It impacted the local food system in South Phoenix, and many food-based businesses faced closure.

Food 118

Food Health Values Collaborations 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 6, 2023

The task force included representatives from nonprofits, the business community, academia, and government, including city hall. However, even if collaborators are aware of these steps, just finding a starting point—an entry into the problem—can remain elusive.

Collaborations 111

Collaborations Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 111

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: Prioritizing Collaboration and Sustainable Funding Arts and Culture Alpine County (ACAC), a local arts agency, has obtained small grants from the Alpine County Board of Supervisors and Live Healthy, an organization under the Alpine County umbrella.

Nonprofit governance and management 59

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Food Governance 59

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

And we anchor our process in a collaboratively created framework that is rooted in essential elements of community-driven planning and its reflected principles. The program is financed by YBCL’s youth-governed Youth Futures Fund, which awards funding to young Black leaders working in racial and environmental justice.

Environmental 127

Environmental Public and Social Policy Health Leadership 127

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

A Cautionary Tale: Overcoming Governance Nightmares in Nonprofit Organizations No one enjoys it when a nonprofits board doesnt work well together. Explore the realities and challenges of food insecurity. Nonprofit 101 Collaborations are essential to building a nonprofit that lasts! Updates by topic!

Nonprofit governance and management 73

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Collaborations Leadership 73

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

When I began a food drive for folks who had been affected by the pandemic, I did not think it would lead me to a career change, a 501(c)(3), and a lot of incredible lessons and knowledge. We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone.

Food 88

Food Law Nonprofits Governance 88

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

5 We know that our Indigenous culture is key to our health, which foods are nutritious for our families, and how to sustain our Mother Earth to thrive. Government Accountability Office, November 4, 1976, www.gao.gov/products/hrd-77-3. 2 The facilities available to my relatives in eastern Oklahoma have been noted as offenders.

Technology 87

Technology Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities 87

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We asked ourselves, “What else can we do if indeed we fundamentally believe that positive health outcomes—positive life outcomes—result from good jobs, good education, safe housing, healthy, affordable foods, and safe, prosperous communities? Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

Anedot

MARCH 6, 2025

Specifically, this role will manage the grants calendar, develop grant strategies, and research, write and prepare foundation and government grant applications and funder reports. Stays abreast of agency and program developments and collaborates with program leaders to strategically align program growth with available funding opportunities.

Management 40

Management Nonprofit governance and management Health Food 40

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

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. Two things changed how wealth was managed.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

Candid

JANUARY 26, 2022

Close to 60 million Americans turned to food banks and food pantries for help after experiencing hunger in the first year of the pandemic. The federal government, meanwhile, estimates that more than 500,000 Americans face homelessness, a number that has risen over the past four years and is likely an undercount. .

Homelessness 124

Homelessness Food Charitable Organizations Governance 124

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 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

This collaborative process is about more than just assembling a group of people; it’s about creating a team that can steer the nonprofit toward its goals with dedication and strategic insight. This model views the board and executive leadership as equal partners working collaboratively towards shared goals. They don’t think ‘I.’

Nonprofit governance and management 103

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Leadership Governance 103

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management. Several years ago, Haynes opened his home to friends, former mentees, and collaborators to have a shared space to study cooperative economics and build shared wealth. “It

Non-Profits 137

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 137

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 8, 2023

Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, will be a key player in mobilizing nonprofits across the state We’re excited to welcome Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy! It is said, "To whom much is given, much is expected." I am an avid tent camper!

Public Policy 64

Public Policy Governance Political Science Law 64

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

And finally, there is the constant danger of misinformation that people receive via social media and other sources, further complicated by changes in government and health and information policies and regulations. Online communication serves as a powerful tool for fostering collaboration among disability advocacy organizations and networks.

Health 103

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in other ways, it was old news for a country in which 92 percent of total employment is in the informal economy—a category that long predates gig work, and which is defined as any employment where workers lack access to government social and labor protections through their jobs. Some of this story is positive, but much of it is not.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Technology 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

Health 130

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

While local organizations and the public sector are vital in tackling these overlapping crises, an often under-discussed arena of innovation is the role of the United Nations (UN) and its related agencies—the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and so on.

Collaborations 144

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The CLIMA Fund , a collaboration across four public foundations supporting tens of thousands of grassroots groups advancing climate justice solutions, has learned a lot about the diverse and powerful ways grassroots movements create scaled impact. Relationships. Relationships and connectivity are the lifeblood of movement building.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

To transform our economy, we need to network, learn, ideate, iterate, and resource the work together as nonprofits, for-profits, community leaders and members, philanthropic institutions, governments, donors, and investors. Chui approached Baskerville to see if she could take food scraps from the restaurants, and the idea for R2G was born.

Nonprofit governance and management 123

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 123

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, because successful collaborations with local actors benefited all collaborators, one success bred another, creating a chain reaction of more local bricolage that extended the ventures’ duration. As a result, the ventures’ growth was not fast, but steady and durable. A How-to Guide for Scaling Deep.

Entrepreneurship 129

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Financing and New Models Climate Week NYC 2024 features multiple events on leadership in the area of green growth, including the financing that currently exists, new models of financing, ways of collaborating between governments and the private sector, and the importance of a fair and just transition.

Finance 122

Finance Leadership Environmental Governance 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2024

“Climate justice” and “just transition” were once fringe ideas but are now regularly used terms (whether used correctly or not) in spaces ranging from the United Nations and international policy convenings to the US federal government —and unfortunately, even fossil fuel companies —as they try to avoid their responsibility for the climate crisis.

Finance 139

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 139

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Unfortunately, behavioral health solutions are typically developed by government officials, academic researchers, clinicians, nonprofit leaders, and social service organizations. This includes compensating community members for their time, utilizing participatory decision-making structures, and providing essentials like childcare and food.

Health 112

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 112

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 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

MNA Association

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Help us remind public officials that nonprofits exist as partners to government and to work with local nonprofits as they’re addressing the needs of our state. Nonprofit organizations like food banks, art museums, animal shelters, 4-H clubs, charitable hospitals, and others are critical to Montana.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare Governance Food Nonprofits 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Twenty-five percent of the entire Amazon Basin is on legally recognized Indigenous Territories, which are generally better protected than even government parks and reserves. Even less support has reached rightsholder women , despite the essential role of women in forest management and their exclusion from many governance structures.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

MNA Association

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Help us remind public officials that nonprofits exist as partners to government and to work with local nonprofits as they’re addressing the needs of our state. Nonprofit organizations like food banks, art museums, animal shelters, 4-H clubs, charitable hospitals, and others are critical to Montana.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare Governance Food Nonprofits 40

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. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 8, 2023

Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, will be a key player in mobilizing nonprofits across the state We’re excited to welcome Sherry Rout, our new Director of Government Relations and Public Policy! It is said, "To whom much is given, much is expected." I am an avid tent camper!

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Governance Political Science Law 52