NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At the Marguerite Casey Foundation, we believe this moment provides an opening for movements to shift public dollars to support the public goods our nation so desperately needs and to ensure that our dollars, in the public sector, are used to realize our dreams. Philanthropy has had a complicated relationship with the government.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 136

Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

A donor advised fund is NOT a private foundation, nor does it operate as such. Her priorities are to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital.” Scott has not chosen to do.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Poverty Philanthropy Charitable Organizations 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

In a 2021 poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. The federal government recommends at least one educator per three to four infants for safe, quality care. A 2015 report found nearly 15 percent of childcare workers live in poverty, a rate more than double that of other jobs.

Insurance 100

Insurance Children Poverty Education 100

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. class education for anyone, anywhere. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education.

Leadership 112

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. Choosing to run “ Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia ” was an easy choice, in part because we polled our social media audience and learned that they wanted to read about social innovation related to gender. SSIR Arabia.

Poverty 105

Poverty Universities Health Technology 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

RB: The last installment of the report uplifts how mass incarceration exacerbates poverty. I don’t want them to be able to have access to a level of education that, if I’m not incarcerated, it’s hard for me to get. Issues of poverty and racial bias in the South are super salient and continue to be a problem.”

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

Production 111

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. This isnt just a denial of financial services; its a denial of possibility, locking communities into cycles of poverty and keeping doors closed to upward mobility.

Ethics 97

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities.

Ethics 103

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty. Efforts to make change could be seen by many as threatening.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. Institutions of higher education—notably historically Black colleges and universities—received the bulk of grants above $30 million. In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2

Poverty 98

Poverty Health Law Universities 98

Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

1) Communications Associate , Education Resource Strategies , (Watertown, MA). 3) Communications Officer , Open Society Foundations , (Washington, D.C.). 2) Communications Associate and New Media Content Manager , Southern Poverty Law Center , (Montgomery, AL). NEW OPPORTUNITIES. RECENT OPPORTUNITIES. RECENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Public and Nonprofit Management 61

Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Poverty 61

Getting Attention

JUNE 15, 2015

Associate Web Producer , Director of Marketing and Creative Services , Marketing Manager & Multimedia Associate Clinton Foundation (New York, NY). Goldman Environmental Foundation (San Francisco, CA). Hilton Foundation (Agoura Hills, CA). Marketing Strategist Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Louis, MO).

Marketing 68

Marketing Marketing Environmental Associations 68

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The poverty rate is 52.4 In the 20th century, Atlanta emerged as a hub of Black entrepreneurship and education. Featured in Descendant , the work being done by organizations like the Clotilda Descendants Association and the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation parallels the work at Historic Clayborn Temple.

Culture 119

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This research, conducted in partnership with the Arymax Foundation and SEFORIS (a multidisciplinary program funded by the European Commission to investigate the potential of social entrepreneurship in Europe and worldwide), enabled us to identify how the field of social entrepreneurship reflects the country’s social inequalities.

Social Entrepreneurship 127

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you give with your family or a family, whether through a donor-advised fund, a foundation, a giving circle, or anything in between, you are connected to family philanthropy. These two foundations exemplify not just expanded giving but a move away from default positions and toward more purpose-driven, problem-focused philanthropy.

Philanthropy 130

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. Medicine 2.0 is oriented towards the past: moving away from illness.

Philanthropy 136

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 136

Candid

JANUARY 29, 2024

Among the lessons we learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that when we take bold steps to stave off financial catastrophe for families who face it, we can substantially reduce child poverty. million children out of poverty , including 716,000 Black children, nearly 1.2 The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7%

Race and Ethnicity 53

Race and Ethnicity Poverty Children Education 53

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Communities at Risk In an article about childhood lead exposure and disparities, the Kaiser Family Foundation writes that “areas with higher blood lead levels are associated with low home ownership, high poverty, and residents who are a majority people of color.”

Curriculum and Teaching 73

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 73

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. China is no exception to this global issue.

Nonprofit governance and management 114

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 114

Nonprofit Fixer

JULY 4, 2024

For example, foundations don’t set salary based on endowment size, but rather on the annual grantmaking and operating budget. experience over education or credentials over seniority). For example, frontline organizers or helpline staff may be paid between $35K-$40K annually, depending on credentials, education, etc.

Nonprofits 111

Nonprofits Education Education Values 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

Indeed, the creative process can be particularly useful in contexts of poverty and hardship, where it can be difficult for people to think beyond their immediate opportunities and constraints, and imagine alternative futures. Educational resources. For example, in 2012 the MacArthur Foundation and the Burberry Foundation made $2.2

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Built on a foundation of racism, discrimination, and exclusion, with roots stretching back to the birth of this nation, it has been used both intentionally and unintentionally to limit BIPOC living options and life opportunities. FHO members have also brought ideas from FHO back to our foundations to discuss and adopt.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 118

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In February NOW is hosting the annual Racial Justice Summit and a Black Mental Health Summit in partnership with the Bottom-Up Foundation and BLD PWR, titled “Healing is Resistance: A Restorative Path to Mental Wellness.” “It Nunes adds, “We have to do more education on what it is like to be an ally and work on how to be effective allies.

Universities 98

Universities Philanthropy Foundations Health 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Be the Change Gifts by MercyCorps: Givers can buy gifts that educate AIDs orphans, help women open businesses, or even purchase composting kits and cookstoves for in the developing world. Holiday Honor Donations by the Make-A-Wish Foundation: Givers can choose whether to send e-Cards or to print certificates for either Christmas or Hanukah.

Children 92

Children Poverty Ethics Medical 92

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. We educate and raise awareness for bonobos and their plight locally and globally.” National Art Education Association. Kiss the Ground. We provide rescue, sanctuary, and rewilding to endangered bonobos.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Citi, and others announced commitments in support of climate action on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow, Scotland. Opportunity International, Oikocredit invest $100 million in education. November 4, 2021. Read more. . November 4, 2021.

Construction 52

Construction Culture Poverty Healthcare 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Seeded with an initial $5 million grant from a local foundation, the land trust acquired nine parcels between 2005 and 2011. To participate, community members can purchase an ownership share in the enterprise, contingent on completing an eight-hour financial education course.

Public and Nonprofit Management 104

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” Aprile Age, executive director of the McNulty Foundation, has followed the Bulungula Incubator’s work for over a decade. The success, by design, is the community’s. How did that change happen?

Children 81

Children Poverty Leadership Education 81

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I was really inspired to write about not only those changes but the connection between our social justice struggles and climate action, and how climate and…environmental justice, are really foundational components of every social justice movement that we’ve experienced as Black Americans in this country.

Environmental 124

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo. Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Project 1948 Foundation ● project1948.ngo. United States.

Non-Profits 53

Non-Profits Poverty Children Education 53

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Causeway launch will include managed charitable funds focused on pressing issues such as hunger, homelessness, animal welfare, global health, global poverty, and education. Through support of the O’Shea Family Foundation and an anonymous donor, Charity Navigator has integrated Causeway into its platform. “By

Homelessness 52

Homelessness Poverty Philanthropy Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. They drive change through networks and relationships, and use the power and influence that emerges.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

We’re looking at the distance to care, the availability of family planning services, community-level factors like housing conditions, poverty, and chronic health conditions, which I think highlights diabetes, hypertension. It’s the foundation. The March of Dimes educates. And then lastly, [it’s] about telehealth policy.

Health 94

Health Medical Education Education 94

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 24, 2024

When comparing 2024 to 2020, which also was a presidential election year, all four areas tested in the polling were in negative numbers with private foundations taking the largest hit at 17 points from 2020. Results were weighted to be a nationally representative across race, income, educational attainment, gender, age, region and urbanicity.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Governance Philanthropy Homelessness 59