Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

When architects and construction professionals start designing a building, one of the first things they have to consider is accessibility. Without building accessibility into the foundation of all of your engagements, you’re turning away one-fifth of the world population who have a disability or struggle to access services or products.

Law 98

Law Construction Culture Production 98

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . So we’re excited to be with you today.

Construction 115

Construction Management Values Leadership 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. is oriented towards the future: building and maintaining health around a vision of “Zero Disease” as the foundation for a fulfilling life. Perhaps we should consider increasing our efforts.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market. Instead of constructing a new office, manufacturing or retail site, companies can first restore existing buildings. Contribute to ecosystem restoration.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Built on a foundation of racism, discrimination, and exclusion, with roots stretching back to the birth of this nation, it has been used both intentionally and unintentionally to limit BIPOC living options and life opportunities. FHO members have also brought ideas from FHO back to our foundations to discuss and adopt.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

Similarly, 51 percent of POC leaders cite lack of access to foundations as a challenge compared to 41 percent of white leaders. Research from the National Women’s Law Center found that women of color earn less than 70 cents for every dollar earned by a white, non-Hispanic male.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Governance Non-Profits 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Second, California’s energy laws and business models are rooted in injustice. If a metric on “costs” is to exist, we need to embed longer-term “social costs” or “reparative costs” as metrics that are recognized in federal law. Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It requires that citizens provoke the growth and progression of society through examination of the policies and laws that impact their lives. The model empowers individuals to reflect on their own assumptions, engage in constructive conversations, challenge prejudices, and actively work toward creating more inclusive and equitable spaces.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many leaders of nonprofits, foundations, and collective efforts are starting by engaging their leadership team, human resources departments, and boards in conversations about historical harm and trauma-informed leadership. Systems are not mechanical constructs or impersonal faceless institutions. One example of this is the W.K.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated. They may fund “safe migration,” but not to the Global North.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Although the campaign was lost, the I-Hotel struggle was a foundational political moment for Asian Americans in the United States. A committee of tenants, including some rent strike leaders, conducted physical inspections of the buildings’ infrastructure with our housing construction manager.

Community Development 128

Community Development Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

By investing billions in affordable housing, we can start to address the growing housing crisis and help workers acquire homes, thereby further building their retirement security while creating construction jobs and stimulating local economies. A Reply to Critics,” Harvard Business Law Review 12, no. 2 (2022): 215–48; and David H.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 143

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We set out to answer the following questions: What are the foundational principles of Impact Science? There has been some legislative progress, like the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 , the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 , and the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019.

Public and Social Policy 111

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

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. 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., From the late 1800s up until 1920, the U.S. entered the Progressive Era.

Nonprofit Organizations 69

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Eminent domain gobbled up many homes, exploited labor, and pushed the start of new jail construction and inflammatory policy–policing. 48 With a third of the city’s general fund going to law enforcement rather than housing, it becomes clear where the city’s priorities lie.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits Environmental Urban development 133

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Just a few of The Singing Auctioneer LLC’s valued clients include: Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Zoo, Meals On Wheels, Best Buddies International and many, many more. She is one of the most sought after auctioneers in the country.

Fundraising 93

Fundraising Fundraising Energy Associations 93

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Matching gift deadline “If signed by May 1, planned gifts of up to $250,000 will be matched with a 10% cash donation in your name from The XYZ Foundation.”[38] She can construct legacy “products” or giving opportunities that deliver this lasting impact. The process helps the donor construct a personally meaningful victory.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

Average responses to “How much money would you donate to the American Lung Cancer Foundation?” when participants were first asked “How much time would you like to donate to the American Lung Cancer Foundation?”) [38] See Experiment 2 in Liu, W., & Aaker, J. UC Davis Law Review, 53 , 2397-2431; James, R. III., & Baker, C.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2024

He’d grown impatient with his father-in-law and boss, Felix Fantus. Transparency is foundational and especially critical to counteract the corporate secrecy that hides the tax-break dogma. Transparency is foundational and especially critical to counteract the corporate secrecy that hides the tax-break dogma.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 134

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Right now, we are living through escalating crises, both within living ecologies and socially constructed systems. For example, in 2021, Jackson launched an interactive, virtual tablescape, “Fixed Price Menu,” in partnership with ARRAY Alliance and the Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP). What images come to mind?

Food 140

Food Culture Agriculture Public and Social Policy 140

Fundraising Leadership

DECEMBER 9, 2022

#genderbias ” Examining systems of filmmaking over 120 years and citing examples from scores of movies from the silent era to the present day, Menkes asserts that this “cinematic language law” of sexualizing characters who identify as women in film is the predominant way women are presented and seen. And that is the problem.

Leadership 52

Leadership Construction Culture Production 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

Thompson, Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation There is an accessible alternative to a lifetime of high rent payments to landlords: limited-equity housing cooperatives (LEHCs). Laws and regulations supporting LEHCs vary from state to state and country to country. Reprinted here with permission (CC-BY-NC 4.0).

Construction 66

Construction Law Governance Finance 66

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

That requires addressing high levels of corruption, a lack of rule of law, weak civil service capacity, poor public service delivery, and a lack of both transparency and accountability. World Justice Project (WJP) works around the world to advance the rule of law. All are problems that philanthropy can and should help address.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

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. Feeney contributed to over 1,000 public-sector buildings on five continents, yet none bear his name nor that of his foundations.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

These structures go beyond the physical infrastructure of poles, wires, and pipes to encompass the culture, laws, institutions, and power structures that shape who gets to live today and who gets to live—and even thrive—in the coming decades. As one example, the Reimagined Energy For Our Communities U.S.

Energy 119

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 119

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

Nonprofits and charitable foundations witness similar disparities when it comes to the health, economic security, and well-being of historically marginalized communities. Because nonprofits and charitable foundations also frequently apply a race-conscious lens, they girded themselves for a potentially devastating case outcome.

Universities 52

Universities Law Foundations Nonprofits 52

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Barry’s passion for environmental issues back in fifth grade snowballed into regular engagement with environmental campaigns and projects, including protesting—and defeating—plans for the construction of an asphalt plant in the state in 2022 and 2023. Author interviews with Weintraub and Witkoskie.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Environmental Public and Social Policy Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Like most states, New York requires by law that cities deposit funds in commercial banks, tying public money to these detrimental practices of Wall Street banks and often leaving communities underinvested and vulnerable to disinvestment and discrimination. But meaningful transformation requires changing state law.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

A 2022 Bloomberg Law study found that the average time it takes a union to achieve a first contract is 465 days , a delay that almost entirely benefits employers. wage floor, affordable housing on the development site, and a pipeline to construction careers for people with barriers to employment. Our work is also never ending.

Energy 82

Energy Manufacturing Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 82

Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

And philanthropic foundations can help fix it. Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. Foundation grants on policing are not new.

Philanthropy 75

Philanthropy Law Foundations Construction 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2024

My grandfather had started an oil company and my mom had taken what she inherited and started a foundation focused on supporting the women's movement. And it goes back to ancient Roman law, where the word solidarity—obligato in solidum—meant collective obligations.” So, I was raised in the midst of the women’s movement.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Construction Law Civil Society 136

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Often, the federal government distributes grants or writes checks as if it were a gigantic private foundation rather than implementing public programs directly. The Opportunity There has been a lot of talk about “ historic ” investments contained in climate legislation and other federal laws. Done poorly, it can reinforce inequity.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Insurance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Leading co-op and labor organizations in the coalition include A Slice of New York , a Silicon Valley-based employee-owned pizza restaurant; the California Center for Cooperative Development ; Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West ; and the Sustainable Economies Law Center , based in Oakland, California.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Law Poverty Healthcare 142

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Tenant mobilizations that enhance resident protections, rights, and due process—when combined with rent or affordability controls (where authorized by state law)—create a profit crisis for landlords. Construction of new rental social housing will be more challenging. But again, strategies are already at play.

Public and Social Policy 131

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

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Montana’s nonprofit sector strengthens the foundation of our communities, making them stronger, healthier, and more vibrant. Try to make grants available for nonprofit Research and Development into Compressed Agricultural Fiber and Cross-Laminated timber for carbon-sequestering construction materials.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I recently met with Nwamaka Agbo of the Kataly Foundation, and she was sharing several projects. Our ideas, identities, culture, are all constructed. MM: Corporate and billionaire power is expanding in a dialectical way. As corporate and billionaire power expands, organizing opportunities do, too.

Governance 131

Governance Public and Social Policy Homelessness Production 131