NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

To help you grow into a modern leader, we’ll explore these common nonprofit management skills you can (and should) develop at your own organization: Marketing Fundraising Public Speaking Interpersonal Communications Relationship-Building Strategic Planning Delegation Budget Allocation Problem-Solving Before training your team, invest in yourself.

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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.

Education 89

Education Education Philanthropy Foundations 89

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This number is somewhat deceptive since it includes large public companies where the only employee benefit is stock ownership. Given this recent investment in outreach and education efforts, coupled with heightened interest from local governments, we expect to see many more employee-owned businesses statewide in the next five years.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 99

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

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Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 116

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 24, 2017

Will the way an arts organization approaches its communications work vary significantly from a social service agency? Raising awareness of our issues to educate people on our cause. Advocating on our issues to change hearts and minds. “Engaging our community” is the #1 nonprofit communications goal overall.

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Public and Social Policy Public Policy Food Philanthropy 140

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Additionally, the Johnson Amendment helps safeguard public trust in 501c3 organizations. To allow otherwise would lead to a loss of public confidence in the charitable sector and contribute to a polarized society shaped by dark money in elections funneled through charities. See Regan v.

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Law Taxation Activism 73

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Despite the accolades, these artists were low-income and eligible for our program, which means they’d fallen through the severed US social safety net. Could a regular public program of guaranteed income, especially for artists, make a difference? That is the critical policy question that our pilot intended to explore.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Health 114

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023.  HBCUs have been critical in educating Black people, developing Black leaders, and addressing inequality throughout U.S.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Education Education 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By 1948 Cafritz had amassed such wealth from real estate development that he incorporated a foundation bearing his and his wife’s name. It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.”

Philanthropy 133

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? Some refer to this as the “ data divide ”—the increasing gap between the use of data to maximize profit and the use of data to solve social problems.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Imagine your outrage if you were a public school teacher and your pension fund invested in a company that supported and lobbied for vouchers and charter schools. Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Pension Funds: Whose Capital? Our Capital!

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Black women are three-to-four times more likely than White women to die from pregnancy-related complications, regardless of their education or financial status. Effective health education isn’t just about providing information; it’s about empowering individuals and communities to advocate for their health and make informed decisions.

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Health Education Education Healthcare 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By Kartik Akileswaran , Jonathan Mazumdar & Angela Perez Albertos “When I was preparing to come to Delhi for a job, everyone in the village laughed and asked how it was possible that my village education would find me a job in a big city," recalled a 22-year-old Tabassum Naaz in 2010. Education is not the silver bullet.

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Manufacturing Education Education Foundations 127

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Yet despite these breakthroughs, the social sector has only begun to scratch the surface of open 990 data’s capabilities.

Public and Social Policy 117

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For as long as most of us can remember, social enterprises and social movements have sought to disrupt systems from the outside or to make fundamental policy changes from the top down. In Education. We see the same thing in organizations focused on educational attainment. By Jim Bildner & Stephanie Khurana.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While the legal impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action was limited to higher education, it has already had ripple effects across the charitable sector. Meanwhile, the structural, societal changes we seek do not happen on their own; they require policy advocacy. Philanthropy has a critical role to play.

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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Getting our housing system to work better for all—especially for families of color who have long experienced discrimination and bias—will require a long-term concerted endeavor with coordinated efforts from a broad host of public, private, and community actors. By Funders for Housing and Opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 116

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine 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. The reparations landscape in the United States—and around the world—is evolving rapidly.

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Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 113

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 31, 2016

The public — and reporters — use these pages as the gateway to the tax forms. In GuideStar’s case, this means giving nonprofits the keys to telling the story about their work and impact on their public-facing pages. Of that number, 35,000 are registered foundation staff members who use the site to research potential grantees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. 51% of its users are college-educated , 20% are senior-level professionals, and the average salary for a LinkedIn user is $46,644 USD per year. LinkedIn Pages. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Others, like the Ford, MacArthur, and Hewlett Foundations, and Omidyar Network, have focused on building the capacity to address the risks and opportunities posed by a wide range of technologies, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence. The future is now. Due this summer, it is now several months behind.

Civil Society 104

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 104

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Walton…and individual family foundations have directed tens of millions of dollars to support journalists, newsrooms, and journalism organizations. The foundation board is legally independent of Walmart. Journalism is welcoming the new infusion of philanthropy. There’s more. And grants are promised with no strings attached.

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Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

There are areas of concern—none more prominent than the massive backlash against progress on social justice issues. These trends threaten trust in philanthropy at a time when public trust in institutions of all kinds is declining. Education donors and school leaders were unprepared for the backlash and politicization.

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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. Housing Justice Through Policy, Narrative, and Local Change.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this interview with NPQ , The Sentencing Project’s codirector of research, Nazgol Ghandnoosh, discusses the series, particularly the last installment, which examines how mass incarceration deepens inequality and harms public safety. Better investments could be made with public resources.” How can this disparity be combated?

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. million studies.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

For organizations with other funding priorities, check out these specific areas: Education , Arts & Culture , Environmental Conservation , and Youth Programs. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hanley Family Foundation. American Legion Child Welfare Foundation. Cigna Foundation. RBC Foundation – USA.

Health 104

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 104

Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the University of New Mexico This report examines how W.K.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Culture Health 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. Companies can also look beyond their own walls for innovative ideas.

Health 110

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2023

What policies are further perpetuating inequities? We recognize that [institutions] shy away from centering racism [in discussions], and when we do that, we will not succeed in truly achieving a Culture of Health,” explained Rich Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are highly regulated,” she shared.

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Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Race and Ethnicity 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Stephan Manning & Yeşim Uygur Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the socioeconomic structures around them. However, artists and artistic projects have the power to do much more.

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images For Unsplash+ This article is the second in a three-part series Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City.

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 80

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. Nonprofit leaders dedicated to social justice know that AIs power to shape lives will further entrench the biases weve fought for generations to dismantle if left unchallenged.

Ethics 83

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Funders for Housing and Opportunity is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including JPMorgan Chase, where we collectively pool $4 million in grant funds annually and work across three focus areas: elevating what works, influencing policy, and changing the narrative about housing.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 7, 2023

By Julia Coffman As an advocacy strategy consultant and evaluator for the last two decades, I’ve supported many foundations in thinking about what it takes to win a particular policy or system change. Changing the way policies and systems are structured, run, and resourced can obviously be transformational.

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Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Children 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If families reflect deeply in this moment on their philanthropic purpose, pace, power, and practices, and carefully choose their future path in this rapidly changing world, they will not only expand their impact but can fundamentally change the norms of our entire sector and help catalyze broader social transformation. Many already are.

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