NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I’ve been doing social justice work for over 20 years now. It’s broad in the sense that it brings racial justice practitioners, artists, movement makers, educators from all over the movement who are working at the intersections of race, class, education, the environment, reproductive health, and rights, et cetera.

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Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 138

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

What do community organizing calls for police abolition and recent federal public investments like the American Rescue Plan Act (more popularly known as ARPA) have in common? Public investments like ARPA have reawakened a commitment by politicians to use our dollars to improve access to quality housing, schools, and jobs.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Governments have returned ownership and management of millions of hectares of land in at least 39 countries. And if collective action is the fundamental fuel that powers social innovation, the accelerants below enable it to spread and drive impact at exponential speed. So how do we replicate those wins in other regions?

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Many factors contribute to BIPOC underrepresentation in climate-related STEM fields, including financial constraints, a lack of role models, systemic racism within educational institutions and the workforce, and limited exposure to STEM education. 32 The report notes that there are higher exposures to particulate matter (PM2.5)

Race and Ethnicity 111

Race and Ethnicity Environmental Education Education 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) (in this case, the “ India Stack ”) is at the heart of a revolution that is transforming the Indian economy. DPI rose to prominence globally during the COVID-19 pandemic enabling digital government-to-person payments through cash transfers. It was easy enough to use it that she preferred it to cash.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 29, 2025

Thats why, in public policy circles, we must nurture and reward innovation in as well as from AI. We need policies that support a robust system of IP rights in order to develop successful AI models. Throughout this processimproving, applying, and using AIthe human element is essential.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Medical Production Technology 121

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

The report states that Florida’s public colleges and universities “face a politically and ideologically driven assault unparalleled in US history” (1), with implications for the whole country. Act, banning the teaching in public schools of a wide swath of racial or racially informed curricula.

Education 128

Education Education Curriculum and Teaching Public and Social Policy 128

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

F actors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and transparency offer a more comprehensive view. This transparency not only educates funders but also corrects misallocated “overhead” costs. What can I do? Keep your team moving forward!

Public and Social Policy 234

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 234

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.

Public and Social Policy 190

Public and Social Policy Communication Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 190

Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 28, 2024

independence surrounding July 4 are not the only outbursts catching the attention of corporations, leaders, non-profits and educators. The trend of nationwide pushback on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts at work and in higher education is loud and distracting. The fireworks this month for celebrations of U.S.

Leadership 124

Leadership Public and Social Policy Law Public Policy 124

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.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. billion (about $1 billion) in 2020, while government spending was SGD 36.6

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. Understanding how social innovation directly affects people’s lives is essential.

Social Entrepreneurship 130

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 130

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Image Credit: lilartsy on unsplash.com This is the third 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. Public school teachers are not just educators.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 145

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.

Nonprofit Management 238

Nonprofit Management Management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 238

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In our 2022 SSIR article, “ What Everyone Can Learn From Leaders of Color ,” we documented the assets and skills that leaders of color bring, because of their identity, that make them highly effective leaders and critical to social change. We disagree. Indeed, any progress made doesn’t mean that there are not real threats.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Image credit: AndreyPopov 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?

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 135

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.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 122

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 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

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?

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 124

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 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

Although this concentration has had profound local economic and cultural implications, various government agencies have justified it by saying that it is necessary for security reasons or that it brings in national economic support in exchange for hosting the military facilities. percent of the country’s total land area.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

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 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2024

What is advocacy, and why it matters You have a big, bold vision to better the world with your nonprofit—whether you’re developing programs and influencing policies around education, social justice, human rights, or animal rights. Leverage social networks. To make your vision a reality, you must advocate.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Participation and motivation Education 113

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.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Health Education Education 128

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 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

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. Governance. One of those spaces is GuideStar , the online repository of IRS tax forms for all registered U.S.

Public and Social Policy 151

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 151

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Worker co-ops are businesses owned and governed by their employees. In Chicago, speakers surveyed the growth of the past 20 years while setting forth goals to bring worker co-ops fully into the economic mainstream through movement infrastructure, public policy, and culture building.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 128

Fundraising Leadership

JANUARY 17, 2025

What is the governance around AI, so you have to teach people how to use it and the impact it will have. I think we have a culture of magic bullets and immediate gratification. But AI is dependent on the human intelligence that surrounds it. Leaders need contextual competency about what solution might AI bring forward. Leaders in the U.S.

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Public and Social Policy Leadership Culture Universities 100

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 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. Of course, the drug war is not the only reason why reparations are required.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

Fast Forward’s research of how APNs are using AI to fight climate change found a vast range of use cases, including decarbonizing supply chains, tracking pollution, predicting disasters, optimizing sustainable farming practices, protecting biodiversity, and equipping policy makers with better data.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law Environmental 137

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.

Manufacturing 136

Manufacturing Education Education Foundations 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Much of the workforce today, from blue-collar workers in factories to electricians, plumbers, educators, and health care providers, depends on problem-solving and real-time decision-making. Three big social changes would be necessary for such a path, and each one of them is a tall order. The tech sector can change, too.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 142

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 122

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Governance Leadership 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in other ways, it was old news for a country in which 92 percent of total employment is in the informal economy—a category that long predates gig work, and which is defined as any employment where workers lack access to government social and labor protections through their jobs.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Technology 145

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.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 111