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Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
One path leads to this arable land being sold to a developer and turned into a small strip mall. Another path leads to it being purchased by a “farm incubator” who will make it available to refugee farmers growing culturally meaningful crops and contributing to their economic mobility.
Anedot
APRIL 8, 2025
Organization Overview With over 40 years of service, West Marin Community Services (WMCS) provides essential assistance such as food distribution, emergency financial aid, referrals to social services, and equity-driven community engagement to residents in West Marin. Thrift Store: Generating funds for community programs.
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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them
The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis
What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!
Anedot
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The ideal candidate will be deeply committed to our mission, have demonstrated success in nonprofit administration and the ability to inspire and lead a largely volunteer-driven organization. Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative organizational culture that empowers volunteers and maximizes their contributions.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
MARCH 3, 2023
The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference + Catalyst Awards will offer a keynote address + 12 breakout sessions The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference returns for its 5th year and aims to address barriers, solutions, and best practices within the nonprofit sector.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JUNE 20, 2023
By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. Often, culture is simply neglected. We have come to believe in six people and culture approaches that in many respects go against the grain.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 5, 2024
Deepak Bhargava: My motivation for taking the job is believing that we are at a pivotal point in the country’s history and that many of the gains that social movements have won over many decades are in jeopardy. That is the strategy for social change that philanthropy should get behind. What made you want to come to JPB?
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
APRIL 27, 2023
Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. From 2000 to 2021, progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been anemic, registering less than 10 percent growth over 20 years. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors?
MNA Association
OCTOBER 16, 2024
We know that decisions made in Helena and in Washington, DC have an enormous impact on our work as nonprofits. We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. We are excited to share the responses with you in our Nonprofit Voter Guide.
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Image credit:Rayson Tan on Unsplash Below is a transcript, edited for length and clarity, of “Escaping Corporate Capture: Nonprofit Survival in a For-Profit World,” hosted by Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY, on July 26, 2024. Moderating the conversation are Caroline Crumpacker of Ultra Advising and Steve Dubb of Nonprofit Quarterly.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Policy gains have been significant, especially at the state level. Understanding the Role of the SBA The leading source of small business financing nationally is federally guaranteed small business loans through the US Small Business Administration. Mismatch of Skills and Culture Above, we noted the stakes. How would this work?
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 13, 2024
Today, nonprofit fundraising and especially large capital campaigns emphasize naming opportunities to attract seven-, eight-, and nine-figure donations from high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Less than one percent of major gifts are offered anonymously , not surprisingly, as fundraisers encourage public acts of charity.
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Bloomerang
APRIL 9, 2021
We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. All we’ve been doing is emailing and maybe if we weren’t socially distanced, we would have met each other already. But you’re awesome.
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NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.
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NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 19, 2023
Private equity—that is, investor groups that operate outside of the stock market, thus being largely shielded from public investor scrutiny—plays a leading role. percent of the entire US economy and growing), a per capita level of expenditure that is far higher than any other developed nation, yet health outcomes are poorer.
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NonProfit Hub
OCTOBER 27, 2017
Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Every couple of decades, a new era ushers in a new set of ideas, principles and practices that affect how the nonprofit sector functions. entered the Progressive Era.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Social movements must push to (re)claim ownership and control of land and economic resources for ordinary people—not mega-corporations and the wealthy few. Over the past three years, the BCI network has grown to over a dozen co-ops and social justice organizations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, representing more than 200 regional workers.
The Charity CFO
APRIL 22, 2024
In many nonprofits, burnout is the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion of employees due to prolonged stress. Understanding Burnout in Nonprofit Organizations Burnout at work can happen to anyone. This can also have cultural impacts within your organization such as low morale and high cynicism among employees.
Anedot
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The ideal candidate will be deeply committed to our mission, have demonstrated success in nonprofit administration and the ability to inspire and lead a largely volunteer-driven organization. Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative organizational culture that empowers volunteers and maximizes their contributions.
Anedot
MAY 25, 2022
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) is pleased to welcome Tom L. He finds his passion for social and ecological justice in his personal background, cultural identity, mindful practices, and relationships with the community. CVNL Announces New Executive Officer. Hayashi, Ph.D., Hayashi, Ph.D., Says Hayashi.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 27, 2023
Over the course of our lecture series, we’ve talked a lot about the crucial role that community plays in building alternatives to capitalistic models of access, resource distribution and social equity. All Moderated by Steve Dubb of the Nonprofit Quarterly. So there are about 315 of these nonprofit organizations worldwide.
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. As nonprofits, we have the missions of our organizations. Really thrilled to be here.
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NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 8, 2023
Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
DECEMBER 11, 2024
While the states economy is ranked number 4 in the nation by US News and World Report , the Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration reported a public sector vacancy rate of 23 percent via the Denver Post , with 7,500 state government positions open as of July 19, 2023.
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NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 29, 2025
This year, the REI Union is backing the campaigns of two nonprofit leaders as candidates Shemona Moreno , executive director of 350 Seattle , and Tefere Gebre , chief program officer at Greenpeace USA in hopes of installing pro-worker voices at the highest levels of the company. The company also denies stalling in negotiations.
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Blue Avocado
APRIL 1, 2025
Community Engagement is a relatively new field of study within public administration and is newly emerging as a best practice for city planning processes, research, and development of social interventions. The administrative process and reporting capacity of the host organization. What do I mean?
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? So, what keeps them alive today?
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Image: “Refusing to Settle For Less” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” In March 2024, I found myself in an extremely contradictory yet familiar position with some of our national partners.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 13, 2024
Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series examines the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. These racist stories then shape our policies for years and years.
NonProfit Quarterly
MAY 17, 2023
Image Credit: Adam Wilson on unsplash.com This is the f ifth 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.
Anedot
JANUARY 16, 2025
Under the direction of the Senior Manager, the Family Care Specialist is responsible for enhancing direct assistance and professional intervention to Alzheimers families and to foster cooperative relationships with the local community health and social service professionals.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
From current discriminatory practices in the private lending market to historic exclusion from public home-buying programs, the effects of these inequitable practices and policies on Black women include a lack of wealth and an incalculable loss of mental and physical health. A History of Racist Policies.
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? These are things that were purposely taken from us through colonial policies and forced assimilation—that sort of thing.
NonProfit Quarterly
JULY 19, 2023
“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own? We think it can. We think it can.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Part of the American Rescue Plan Act passed in early 2021, BBBRC is one of the largest economic development grant competitions in history, with a billion dollars of funding at stake. Run by the US Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Challenge received 529 proposals, named 60 finalists, and selected 21 winners.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MAY 2, 2024
By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.
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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? 5 The Veterans Health Administration has been a pioneer in telemedicine in this regard since 2003.
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NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 10, 2023
The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population. We need only look back one generation to understand the uniquely Black history of midwifery in the United States and the racialized policies that undermined it.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Civil society creates a balance between sectors, providing a means for private companies to create social impact, and to improve civilian access to essential needs usually covered by the public sector, like education and health care. BPP provided children and youth with these essential courses and other valuable enrichment programs.
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NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 27, 2023
Nonprofits play a critical role in organizing communities and advocating for better policies to face these crises, and we must now assess what we are looking for in our colleagues and ourselves. Movement work is not simply intersectional—it’s chockablock.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The number of pedestrians struck and killed by vehicles reached—and then surpassed—a 40-year high in 2021, according to the latest national data released by the Governors Highways Safety Association, a nonprofit representation of US state and territorial highway safety offices.
Anedot
JANUARY 16, 2025
Under the direction of the Senior Manager, the Family Care Specialist is responsible for enhancing direct assistance and professional intervention to Alzheimers families and to foster cooperative relationships with the local community health and social service professionals.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Nonprofits bring unique perspectives to lawmakers. Nonprofits bring unique perspectives to lawmakers.
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