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Co-op Federation Seeks to Shift Worker Co-op Movement into a Passing Gear

NonProfit Quarterly

In Chicago, speakers surveyed the growth of the past 20 years while setting forth goals to bring worker co-ops fully into the economic mainstream through movement infrastructure, public policy, and culture building. Increasingly, worker co-ops are making public policy gains.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Childcare, Children, and Families

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Children and Families You Serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Advocacy opportunity: Proactive engagement shapes legislation to better serve communities.

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From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land

NonProfit Quarterly

As for initiatives underway in the Twin Cities and Los Angeles, both efforts are nascent, but both groups also appear to have developed a strong set of partners, making these efforts promising. These laws give residents the first right to purchase multifamily residences (at market rates) whenever a property comes up for sale.

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A Political Roadmap to Social Housing: How Do We Win?

NonProfit Quarterly

Politicians are influenced by money as much as or, frankly, often much more than votes, and public policy is the product of calculating trade-offs between the two. Policy changes without accompanying operational support and infrastructure are like trees without roots.

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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Similar laws have already rapidly spread across Europe and Central Asia , yet South Africa has avoided them so far. Today, that democracy is fraying. With an estimated 55.5

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We also work with peer philanthropies on policy, advocacy, and organizing to pool grants, co-invest capital, and collaborate on learning opportunities for funders and the field. FHO: What progress are you seeing in public- and private-sector investment in high-quality, equitable housing solutions at the local, state, and federal levels?