Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By Claire Dunning In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC. Perhaps potential buyers would be swayed by the “superior construction” or the “unusually big lots.”

Philanthropy 133

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As Liz McKenna, an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School has empha siz ed , “Social movements often operate over years, decades. Seven years later, social movements for the most part have proven this theory to be right. Why is that?

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Energy Social Enterprise 102

Care2

JANUARY 22, 2010

Guess what one of the biggest challenges nonprofits face today when adding a blog to their website or diving into social media? Should we even allow public comments on our blog? Respond to constructive criticism online. Giving up control. Does this sound familiar? Should blog comments be moderated? Just delete them?

Public and Social Policy 67

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Construction Nonprofits 67

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Imagine your outrage if you were a public school teacher and your pension fund invested in a company that supported and lobbied for vouchers and charter schools. Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Pension Funds: Whose Capital? Our Capital!

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For as long as most of us can remember, social enterprises and social movements have sought to disrupt systems from the outside or to make fundamental policy changes from the top down. By Jim Bildner & Stephanie Khurana. In Education. We see the same thing in organizations focused on educational attainment.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Health Governance Education 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Image Credit: Yassine Khalfalli on unsplash.com This is the sixth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Economic Issues 104

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Having worked in the social sector for a little over a decade, I have firsthand experience with the art and science of getting social impact programs off the ground. It is meant to supplement, rather than replace, the existing social safety net and job sector and can be a critical tool for improving racial and gender equity.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Nonprofit governance and management 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Hard-wired into systems and programs at all levels of government and the private sector, these policies bolstered white Americans’ stability, wealth, and access to opportunity while concentrating the effects of segregation, displacement, destabilization, gentrification, and poverty on BIPOC populations.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. million studies.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Governance 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 115

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

3 Built on the Sesan River, the dam was part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” which sought to expand its “foreign policy interests.” 6 And it got me thinking about how the construction of this dam reflects a broad and long pattern of environmental injustice globally.

Environmental 87

Environmental Race and Ethnicity Construction Nonprofit governance and management 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 24, 2024

In recent years, the textile and apparel industry has shifted business practices from making quality goods in sustainable numbers to ultra-fast fashion typified by overproduction, high waste, environmental degradation, and low social standards. In this sense, brands failed to follow through on their public support materially.

Environmental 112

Environmental Public and Social Policy Production Retail 112

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, of course, there are always contingencies with public money. We are under pressure to meet agreed-upon timelines for site preparation, store design, permitting, and construction. Construction is anticipated to start in the third quarter of 2023. million to date) to develop, construct, and outfit the store.

Food 105

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 31, 2023

It inspired them as they marched and protested as part of the Black Lives Matter movement; it inspired them as they engaged in nonpartisan campaigns to change state and local policies; and it inspired them as they worked to get out the vote.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including JPMorgan Chase, where we collectively pool $4 million in grant funds annually and work across three focus areas: elevating what works, influencing policy, and changing the narrative about housing. These strategies have had an impact locally and nationally.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Net energy metering is a policy that compensates households with solar panels for the extra energy they give back to the grid and, in turn, helps lower their utility bills. This policy decision was complicated.

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 88

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

Within that construct is the commodification of racialized identities that allows predominantly White institutions and individuals to extract social and economic value from the exploitation of others’ racial identities. Chenchule’ is an ancient and intricate CHamoru system of social reciprocity.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Law Values 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Often portrayed in Western feminist literature as the disempowered, the excluded, and needing rescue, India in fact continues to be reinvented by the heads, hands, and hearts of her women—from farmers, to craftswomen, to political leaders, to social reformers. The world’s largest cooperative dairy is also in India.

Food 115

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 115

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: venuestock on istock.com Nine years ago, the Economic Policy Institute reported that over $50 billion a year is stolen from workers nationally —that’s more than the cost of all robberies, burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts combined. This theft occurs daily and disproportionately affects immigrant workers.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 90

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Some of the measures taken include the construction of embankments to contain or control the flow of water, and the use of geobags, which are filled with soil and sand to form a barrier against waves and currents in erosion-prone areas. Like India, the US is lagging on its development of a climate-migration policy.

Agriculture 86

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 86

Candid

MAY 8, 2024

Three key factors include a lack of strong work-family policies, occupational segregation, and gender discrimination. Challenging gender norms The United States remains the only industrialized economy without a national paid leave policy that would enable employees to take time off from work to care for loved ones without sacrificing income.

Race and Ethnicity 64

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Construction Philanthropy 64

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 11, 2023

That’s especially true regarding data collection, which tends to flatten complex social groups into simple categories. As such, AAPI health data approaches that buck traditional racial constructs are crucial to developing solutions that more effectively address this population’s health inequities.

Health 86

Health Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Public and Social Policy 86

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Without national research into the field or field-level convening or visioning, national policy focusing on these organizations became rudderless. They blocked the construction of highways. This is true regardless of whether they focus on housing, business development, neighborhood improvements, social services, or something else.

Community Development 112

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 112

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

APRIL 10, 2024

As Tennessee's first statewide nonprofit association, Tennessee Nonprofit Network provides essential resources, research, training, and public policy support to empower nonprofits of all sizes. Network with Passionate Leaders: Connect with like-minded individuals who share your commitment to social good.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Collaborations Public Policy Construction 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But in the eyes of the public—and oftentimes philanthropy—movement builders like me exist solely for the battleground, if we even exist at all. Being stripped of the numbers, the turnout goals, the policy battles that have been handed to, me was terrifying. And for the record, I don’t even know George Soros.

Philanthropy 109

Philanthropy Foundations Construction Values 109

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

It constructs an understanding of the needs your target audience have and the competition you will face. This could include leaders from various sectors such as business, education, healthcare, and social services, as well as individuals with expertise in areas such as finance, fundraising, and legal affairs. . Get social.

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Collaborations 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Since the early days of resistance against settler colonialism, slavery, and segregation, Black and Indigenous organizers have identified the relationships between the violence committed against them and the institutions constructed by the state. Abolishing the War on Terror, Building Communities of Care Grassroots Policy Agenda,” [link].

Construction 78

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 78

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This was a time of increased social activism and political reform. 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.,

Nonprofit Organizations 59

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 59

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Over time, my secret life began to make public appearances. When my 5 th grade teacher, who knew nothing about me, gave me a bad grade for not speaking loudly enough in what was the most terrifying act of public speaking I had ever done, I got pissed. I wanted to do social justice work but couldn’t figure out how to break in.

Energy 114

Energy Culture Public and Social Policy Food 114

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 17, 2023

After decades of sharing personal details on online forums and social networks , people are becoming aware of online privacy issues. Nearly three-quarters of Americans don’t trust Facebook with their data , which extends to other social networks like TikTok and Discord. All Internet users leave a digital footprint behind.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Construction Activism Production 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. Financial guarantees are a powerful tool, yet they are underutilized in the social sector. One confounding challenge is low field awareness.

Community Development 79

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 79

Anedot

AUGUST 27, 2024

In every sphere of influence, the Director, Individual Giving ensures compliance with relevant ethical guidelines, laws, policies, and procedures, and continually researches and implements best practices. Develop and implement policies and procedures. Must be comfortable being in the public eye. Manage risk and compliance.

Public and Social Policy 40

Public and Social Policy Ethics Leadership Construction 40

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] 5] Group opinions and social “norms” become more powerful.[6] 6] People become more interested in social prestige,[7] fame,[8] a positive life story,[9] personal heroism,[10] or putting their name on something.[11]

Psychology 52

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

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

The idea is this: Suppose we ask a person to do some pro-social act. People are less likely to act pro-socially than to predict they will act pro-socially. Asking for the prediction first increases pro-social behavior. The question begins with a “social norm” statement. 33] This uses social-emotional language.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The trauma we carry affects the way we look at the world and ourselves, and therefore plays a role in determining the future course of social systems. Seeing trauma through a systems lens can inform strategies for social change in a multitude of ways.

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.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 133

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

I remember this [ NPQ elevating the voices of social change leaders of color] was a vision of yours. The end goal is that we are able to consider thriving from a position that is devoid of restrictive, historically based constructs that are all about power and manipulation. Marcus Walton: I’m proud of the progress you’ve made.

Construction 82

Construction Leadership Philanthropy Culture 82