Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What are your nonprofit’s priorities and goals for 2025?” We will research and target high-priority foundation s and government funding sources while strengthening our relationships with our current funders. Looking forward to implementing some important tasks in 2025!

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Make sure you check out all the real-world advice that nonprofit leaders have contributed this year. Why not ripe?

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“Braver New World” by DALL-E/OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? This continuity of care is critical in managing chronic diseases and improving long-term health outcomes.10

Health 110

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 22, 2024

This is one of many cultural rituals common in the small, majority-Indigenous country—wedged between Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Brazil—of roughly 12 million people. Mast’akus (large tables) filled with food, drink, and t’anta wawas (bread babies) to feed the souls of the dead, are spread throughout the festival grounds.

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Culture Governance Public and Social Policy Values 124

Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

Building the nonprofit board of your dreams is a deliberate process that can significantly benefit from the wisdom of Peter Drucker , often heralded as the father of modern management. Building the nonprofit board of your dreams is a team effort. It demands a foundation rooted in proven management principles.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 7, 2023

Over the course of our trip, we visited locations across Spain, but here we focus on Barcelona’s Sants neighborhood, a post-industrial working-class community, due to its unique co-op legacy, the community’s social fabric, and its infrastructure and governance. It soon became a place for community building and organizing.

Governance 137

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

For many people in Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities in the United States and across the globe, the connection to land is core to cultural identity, spirituality, and livelihoods. One important strategy involves creating dedicated BIPOC-led funds that support land recovery and food stewardship.

Finance 138

Finance Food Agriculture Governance 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

Nonprofit finances in the United States were relatively strong at the beginning of 2022, largely as a result of government and foundations stepping up their support of nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions focused on nonprofits’ programmatic, operational, and financial health.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Two things changed how wealth was managed. Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” 2 It has been edited for publication here.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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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

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2023

These militias, funded by both the state of California and the federal government, were paid bounties for the murder of Indigenous people; members of these militias were then eligible to get land from the federal government, effectively receiving land stolen from Native people as payment for killing them.

Governance 132

Governance Agriculture Food Production 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “The Face of Climate Change,” and was first published on May 1, 2022. It shapes and perpetuates Native identities, cultures, and worldviews.” Like the Nakoda and Aaniiih, the Crow formed a nonprofit, known as Center Pole. Cargill Philanthropies.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Image credit: Downside Up by Rene Lapris Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s fall 2024 issue, Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement. 12 This polycrisis 13 is magnified by a deep-seated culture of individualism and saviorism, especially in the Global North. It was just silence and sweltering heat.

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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

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 10, 2024

Our organization, the Boston Ujima Project , which is a home for arts and cultural organizing, political education, and investment in Black-owned and cooperative businesses—and to which Turner contributed until his passing in 2019—is just one part of a much larger story. The need for food sovereignty is urgent, to hear Samad tell it.

Food 131

Food Community Development Medical Nonprofit governance and management 131

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2022

There are many lessons to be learned from Indigenous aquaculture practices, especially in the areas of climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience, resource management, and food sovereignty. Āina momona stretch across and uplift the ecological and cultural functioning of the entire watershed, from mountaintop to nearshore.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Environmental Food Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. In other cases, they are organizations, industries, professions, or cultures.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

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 140

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Community-based organizations and local governments are starting to recognize where such individuals may fall through the cracks and are creating policies and networks for more inclusive disaster response and recovery. This includes aid provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as unemployment insurance.

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Disaster Relief Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Insurance 136

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Our tour guide was discussing preservation efforts at the Colosseum and how the Italian government had turned to the business community for support. Our tour guide was discussing preservation efforts at the Colosseum and how the Italian government had turned to the business community for support. I'm back! ???? And what a trip!

Public and Nonprofit Management 130

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Community-driven solutions to persistent racial injustice, environmental degradation, and the lack of housing, food security, healthcare, and more can only happen when communities themselves are given the time, space, and resources needed to directly impact their people. In Utah, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition is managing lands.

Philanthropy 142

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 10, 2017

Also on the chopping block are big donations to nonprofits. According to Engage for Good , an industry group that helps companies and causes engage consumers and employees around social issues, large checkout fundraisers like Kmart's raise hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits. "We 2016 America’s Charity Checkout Champions.

Retail 213

Retail Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 213

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management. We then pick up the food scraps, and compost it right here in the city.” “As We then paired them up with a local cooperative attorney to work out the details.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

However, eight months after Lumumba was elected, he died of heart failure, and the anticipated alliance with the city government did not materialize. But, even so, the city government and the social movement represented by Cooperation Jackson and its allies have not always seen eye to eye. Workers, in short, are exhausted.

Education 141

Education Education Governance Food 141

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Worse yet, the facilitator is boring, the content is useless, board members are texting, and the food is stale! Find an inspiring venue If you operate a hunger relief organization, hosting a retreat where you serve food could provide inspiring reminders of why everyone is passionate about the mission.

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Participation and motivation Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Culture 103

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

How to build an engaged nonprofit board . The orientation is the critical next step in nonprofit board engagement. This is known as a culture of philanthropy. . If they haven’t already, board members must make a shift in their mindset and embrace a culture of philanthropy. . Secure food. No worries.

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Public and Social Policy Recruitment Nonprofits Philanthropy 120

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Investing in forests, their managing agencies, and communities that care for and depend on them is vital to handling climate change and its attendant health and economic crises. After decades of neglect, federal and state governments are making substantial investments to combat the wildfire crisis.

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Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 118

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

When set up right, your nonprofit accounting system will help you manage your nonprofit and streamline processes like budgeting, projecting cash flow, and even hiring. Most people who start or lead nonprofits aren’t numbers people. In fact, they’d rather do most anything else than manage numbers. Maybe that’s you!

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? They heavily overrepresent cultural artifacts produced in the Global North. The data heavily overrepresent men.

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Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 68

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? So our land, our languages, our kinship systems, our governances were forced out of us.” Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”

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Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A reckoning with institutional power and cultural privilege shaped by social movements like the #MeToo Movement and the Movement for Black Lives. The elevation of leaders to their positions based on exceptional oratory and organizing ability rather than management skills. Certain phases and words carry cultural currency and cachet.

Leadership 145

Leadership Culture Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 145

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Image: “In Communication with the Sun” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” Girls get taken out of school to care for siblings and/or help with locating food and water, disrupting their education and future opportunities.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

From travel to food to entertainment, these experiences have all been digitally transformed, and so have we. A Window of Opportunity During COVID-19, I worked as a food co-op general manager on the front lines. And, with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), those features are already accelerating.

Retail 121

Retail Technology Production Agriculture 121

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

We have [to have] the right culture and the right focus on developing our people, or else I think it’s unlikely that we’ll be able to sustain ourselves.” ” Obi, who had not worked in the nonprofit sector before coming to BECMA, says that her business experience helped her manage the rapid growth.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Culture Foundations 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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. For example, CDP dispersed several resiliency-related grants to underserved Texas communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Philanthropy 110

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