NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article introduces Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series 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. These communities still live under food apartheid.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2023

What does the struggle for Black food sovereignty look like at the local level? In this webinar conversation, five Black food justice leaders share their experiences. All five panelists were all article authors of NPQ ’s fall 2022 series on Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $75 million to boost enrollment in higher education among students in Washington State, and the ClimateWorks Foundation will give $21.5 million to address fertilizer's effect on climate change, food security, and energy.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms. Second, educate the staff and board. Its slow, but it works.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 7, 2025

Healing the Hood In 2021, Heal the Hood launched one of its first official initiatives, opening a free store that aimed to help lighten the financial burden on families by providing staples, like food and household goods, for free. But the first iteration needed tweaking. A call was put out requesting groceries. Organizations dont help us.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Photo courtesy of Jody Ray. Building a good relationship with our partners is key to success.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

When one of us in the community gave birth, we would support the new mother for 40 days in this manner by bringing food. It impacted the local food system in South Phoenix, and many food-based businesses faced closure. Prior to the pandemic, the business, Sana Sana Foods , was thriving, with a well-known food truck.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 14, 2024

Like an earthquake is the sudden culmination of years of building tension, the dramatic shifts in America’s racial and education justice landscape over the last decade emerged from trends long preceding it. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics tells us that as of 2021, public school students in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 16, 2015

A photo posted by The Food Trust (@thefoodtrust) on Mar 28, 2015 at 8:33am PDT. Food Revolution https://instagram.com/foodrev. Food Tank https://instagram.com/daniellenierenberg/. The Food Trust https://instagram.com/thefoodtrust. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art https://instagram.com/sfmoma/. Words to live by.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 8, 2025

Customers can donate at checkout, with 100% of the funds going toward providing free mental health educational resources. Bags are being sold online and in Harps Food Stores through the end of February. Manager, Fundraising and Partnerships, Burger King Foundation , Miami Brain Food 1.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These fundamental differences shape how organizations must approach both service delivery and donor education. Data-driven insights for donor education Numbers tell a powerful story when paired with local context. Nonprofit professionals need distinct strategies for each setting.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Her situation led me to ask myself: How could the educational nonprofit that I lead effectively intervene in cases like hers? When I explored equipping my educational nonprofit with a lending capability, I encountered the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA).Rooted MCC offers food, tutoring, health, and legal services.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

CWS assists in the resettlements of about 12 percent of refugees nationwide, helping refugees access healthcare, education, housing, and legal assistance. These Christian nonprofits serve millions of people globally and provide food, water, and healthcare in conflict zones.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

that work in education, health care or human services. LEARN MORE & APPLY Nordstrom Cares to Award $2 Million to Nonprofits Nationwide From October 1-31, 2023, Nordstrom will accept community grant applications from nonprofits across the U.S.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2025

Maintaining Services amid Uncertainty Despite the difficulties, children in immigrant families must continue to be able to get supportfrom food to education to medical care to housing. Thats the grassroots advocacy strategy, Santana says. Parents are often concerned about custody, but that is not their only concern.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Organizing hands-on volunteering events like community clean-ups, food drives, or shelter support days offers students the opportunity to make an immediate difference while connecting to the nonprofits mission. Pair food drives with storytelling sessions where students learn about local hunger challenges.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

When I began a food drive for folks who had been affected by the pandemic, I did not think it would lead me to a career change, a 501(c)(3), and a lot of incredible lessons and knowledge. We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Leading the nation’s largest homebuilder, Reckford gathers partners to bring grocery stores to food deserts, medical care to those neighborhoods and he won’t need to be brought up to speed. Murguía often testifies before Congress about issues affecting the Latino community including education, health care, civil rights and the economy.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Point out some of the educators in your field and what they have done for your cause. If you are a health related org, you can promote dental health. 10/05: Do Something Nice Day. Encourage your supporters to do something nice for someone else in your name. 10/05: World Teacher’s Day. 10/12: Moment of Frustration Day.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 18, 2023

Joseph’s College in Brooklyn, New York, a master’s in educational leadership from St. He is a fan of good food, music and theater and is proud to call Tampa Bay home. He has also served as president and CEO of three different learning institutions in Texas. A native of New York, Charlie earned his bachelor’s degree in Spanish from St.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 25, 2019

Elizabeth Leslie is the Communications Manager for the League of Women Voters of California, a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. to 2:00 p.m.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The solidarity strike demonstrates a united front in Los Angeles committed to respect, dignity, and living wages to benefit not only education workers, but the students they serve. Public school teachers are not just educators. They are responsible for educating the generation that will be most affected by climate change.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. But some takeaways already seem clear: People want regional alternatives to gig work apps.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

5 We know that our Indigenous culture is key to our health, which foods are nutritious for our families, and how to sustain our Mother Earth to thrive. 2 The facilities available to my relatives in eastern Oklahoma have been noted as offenders. The aim is to take action before someone has been missing for too long.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 6, 2024

Tracy’s fundraising career led her to supporting organizations like the University of Maryland Global Campus, Community Educational Research Group, Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and now Global Empowerment Mission. However, her journey didn’t stop there.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The steepest employment decline occurred in accommodation and food services, a sector largely made up of for-profit businesses. Other sectors with high shares of nonprofit employment included educational services (16.4 From 2019 to 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, employment declined 6.9 percent in nonprofits.

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Ann Green

JUNE 11, 2024

Instead, you see appeal letters, thank you letters, newsletter articles, and impact reports laced with cringe-worthy terms such as food insecurity, at-risk youth, and underserved communities. Food insecurity The USDA defines it as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

For example, you might send supporters a text message saying, Help families in need put food on the table this Christmas season, or an email urging donors to Imagine the impact you can have on children impacted by childhood cancer. Check out these educational guides: The Top 9 Text-to-Give Platforms To Boost Mobile Giving.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 8, 2025

-based nonprofit that works overseas to support food systems, support sustainable ecosystems and empowers women to serve in leadership roles. Pankey also spent 13 years in higher education, including 10 years on the finance team at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

These disparities are often deeply rooted in social determinants of health, such as income, education, housing, and access to nutritious food.22 30 In addition to tailoring interventions based on social determinants, AI can personalize health education.31 Shuroug Alowais et al., 1 (September 2023): 689.

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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.

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Ann Green

JUNE 5, 2023

Instead, you see appeal letters, thank you letters, newsletter articles, and impact reports laced with cringe-worthy terms such as food insecurity, at-risk youth, and underserved communities. Food insecurity The USDA defines it as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”

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