Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The mindset shift, here, is critical: It is no longer enough to set sights on big improvements to current services, important as that is; city leaders must invest time, energy, and resources to understand what’s around the corner. Her team launched the country’s first digital I.D., which now has more than 5.7

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 18, 2024

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. But when advocating for policy changes, appealing solely to emotions might not be enough.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Homelessness 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

However, COVAX’s failure to deliver on its promises led to competition within and across organizations, an overemphasis on process and structures at the global level, and too much energy directed toward deal-making and supplies instead of on health system capacity and delivery.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 105

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy.

Race and Ethnicity 87

Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Production Collaborations 87

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock The view from the trenches in frontline BIPOC communities fighting for resources is hopeful, though sobering: there has been a boom in energy and interest since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022. Proof of concept is strong, with exemplars around the country.

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Community Development Public Policy 132

Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Butterfield was speaking from the floor about the proposed energy bill on the hill. Representatives from Energy Action Coalition were present at the hearing and were using Twitter to send updates from the White House in real time to those on the outside following along. Only 5 percent of all Twitter users have more than 250 followers.

Communication 34

Communication Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising 34

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a national network of CDFIs, expects this federal investment will transform the clean energy financing ecosystem nationwide. If unaddressed, this disparity could hinder the distribution of clean energy financing to underserved regions. National CDFI coverage has long been a movement goal.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Very few leaders entered this work in order to build a professional career, but many of us have reluctantly or even unconsciously channeled our energies into surviving the nonprofit and philanthropic industrial complex as an end in itself.

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In contrast to systems like energy, transportation, or health care, where expertise is more well defined, food expertise tends to be irrefutable, requiring no advanced degree or professional experience. This program belongs to the seafood businesses and community leaders who run it. Build forward! There is far more to do.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Right to Be Free from Environmental Harm The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) works toward equity and justice in environmental, energy, and climate policies. The Kresge Foundation supports the education and research skills training that has helped develop solutions to severe flood risks in these areas.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Health 129

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It remains encapsulated in a rigid legal straitjacket that limits its ability to react with agility to meet pressing social and economic needs and opportunities, such as the upcoming wave of solar energy development. Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

PBEB has recruited a board of directors (subject to regulatory approval) of banking experts, elected officials from participating jurisdictions, and subject matter experts on issues like clean energy and affordable housing. In California, public banks are barred from competing with local financial institutions.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision? 4 We see, too, movement energy in the organizing at Amazon, at the over 200 Starbucks branches that have unionized, in the new vigor behind the pursuit of worker cooperatives and community land trusts. Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision?

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 96

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.

Public Policy 96

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy. Nonprofits play a crucial role in Montana, and they address vital needs that might otherwise go unmet, from providing social services and educational opportunities to preserving our environment and creating affordable housing.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He’s mostly associated with his contributions to the education and health of southern Black people, but within his Standard Oil monopoly, Black and Mexican workers were recruited to live near the environmentally precarious refineries and paid sub-wages to do some of the nation’s dirtiest and most dangerous work.

Manufacturing 122

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

45 Additionally, worker cooperatives, once marginal in the world of public policy, have since 2018 won an impressive string of legislative victories at both the federal and state level. Esteban Kelly and Mo Manklang, “Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy,” Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine 30, no.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Healthcare, education, and housing have all become unaffordable. As public policy has done less and less to mitigate the suffering of millions, faith in the government has declined. Sanders also explains how unprecedented energy in the streets compounded a sense of urgency on Capitol Hill.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Energy 116