NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Age, poverty, ethnicity, and marginalization exacerbate existing gender inequalities and pose particular threats to women’s livelihoods, health, and safety. According to data from the organization UN Women , approximately 20 million more women live in poverty than men, significantly affecting their health and wellbeing.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 134

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The American Red Cross has spent and distributed all funds designated for Haiti relief on shelter, emergency relief, health, cholera prevention, water and sanitation, livelihoods, and disaster preparedness,” the statement continued. There’s a market for their pain, Votes and glory and money to gain. Let us celebrate the poor.

Poverty 143

Poverty Public and Social Policy Education Education 143

Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

By contrast, the largest share of institutional grant dollars supported education—on average 27%, compared with 19% of total individual giving. At the same time, the data reveals a downward trend in the share of dollars going to education, especially from institutional funders.

Poverty 124

Poverty Education Education Health 124

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. As in other cities, in Camden, dedicated community-based organizations are working to close these gaps through nutrition education, food assistance programs, and social services.

Food 143

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 143

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Most recipients with significant barriers to employment—including disability, lack of education, or lack of available jobs—don’t find employment due to work requirements.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 127

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The top five causes Americans want the sports world to support are: Education, Children’s Causes, Health, Poverty and Mental Health. A third of fans would watch or attend fewer games and 22 percent would completely boycott the team. Communicate the impact.

Poverty 164

Poverty Health Environmental Education 164

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 12, 2023

On the outside, I looked poised, having just shared my lived experience from depression and suicide attempts to founding my social impact consulting company, Bearapy , to improve workplace mental health in the Asia-Pacific region. This work takes a toll on our mental health. Inside, I could feel myself disintegrating.

Health 97

Health Culture Energy Universities 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

Values 128

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

That’s the headline finding of a new report by Independent Sector , which advocates for the health of the nonprofit sector, and United for ALICE , a national research organization that focuses on understanding and addressing ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed) households. “We So, that’s how you get to 22 percent.

Poverty 117

Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 117

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

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. 10/10: World Mental Health Day. 10/17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Encourage your supporters to do something nice for someone else in your name.

Health 145

Health Poverty Nonprofits Food 145

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. As many other leaders did across the country, Martin noted the sobering fact that in America, poverty is the fourth leading cause of death. Housing security is public health.

Poverty 114

Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 114

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools. ORG Impact Award for Quality Education for All.

Poverty 98

Poverty Children Medical Education 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

When they do not have access to funds, families in poverty depend on getting the water they need through temporary, charitable fixes, or they walk hours to find it from natural sources, or they may pay up to 20% of their income to buy it. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty.

Non-Profits 131

Non-Profits Poverty Finance Health 131

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The money can be used for key wealth-building activities like education, homeownership, or starting a business. For instance, the GI Bill benefited nearly half of all veterans with education support in the five years after World War II, as well as low-interest home loans. This series will explore that central question.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Work requirements attached to public benefits often ignore the structural barriers that many individuals face, such as systemic racism, sexism, and limited access to quality education and employment opportunities. Without economic mobility, families—particularly BIPOC families —are stuck in the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 111

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. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

Anedot

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latinx immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. As a Behavioral Health Clinician, the primary focus of this role is to provide therapy services/behavioral health interventions to individuals, families and groups of Canal Alliance clients.

Health 52

Health Insurance Medical Psychology 52

Anedot

AUGUST 29, 2024

Behavioral Health Clinician JOB DESCRIPTION This is a hybrid position Canal Alliance is currently piloting a 4 Day Work Week, with business hours Monday –Thursday, 8am-6pm. Position Summary: Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latinx immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success.

Health 52

Health Insurance Medical Psychology 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They don’t want to talk about poverty. They don’t want to talk about mental health. He pledged to invest in jobs and training, health and mental wellness, after-school programs, and wraparound services. Out of that convening came the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison.

Poverty 139

Poverty Health Education Education 139

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The First Baby Bond Baby Addressing immediate needs alone will never break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Its hard to ignore the prevalence of poverty and near poverty in the United States, with many living paycheck to paycheck , forced to make choices like paying rent or buying foodor covering medical expenses and childcare.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 91

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Concern Worldwide Gifts: When you buy Concern Gifts, you support Concern’s work in 25 countries worldwide – bringing food, clean water, good health, education and a higher standard of living within reach of more people. Although Concern is based in the U.K., their gift program also accepts U.S.-issued

Poverty 110

Poverty Children Food Health 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 131

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

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 126

Ethics Children Poverty Education 126

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line. Prioritizing East Boston’s Air Health One of the biggest air polluters in East Boston is Logan Airport, where drivers often idle, their fumes poisoning the surrounding area.

Race and Ethnicity 126

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Chan School of Public Health, 36 percent of adults in households with children reported “serious problems meeting both their work and family responsibilities in the past few months.” “In The federal government recommends at least one educator per three to four infants for safe, quality care. In 34 states and Washington, D.C.,

Insurance 100

Insurance Children Poverty Education 100

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 Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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. 10/10: World Mental Health Day. 10/17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Encourage your supporters to do something nice for someone else in your name.

Health 130

Health Poverty Food Culture 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. This shift towards Medicine 3.0 Medicine 2.0 Medicine 2.0

Philanthropy 137

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. This is not insignificant.

Production 112

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In 2020 , the median cost of in-home care with a home health aide was $54,912; the median cost of a private room in a nursing home was double the cost of a home health aide, at $105,850. seniors over 85 live in poverty, only 8 percent who live in multigenerational households live in poverty, a 40 percent reduction.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Children Poverty Health 114

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Although rates of homeownership have improved for households headed by Black women, homeownership is not an automatic financial wealth builder for Black people, who still possess little to no wealth (across educational levels). Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin. A house is far more than a structure.

Poverty 117

Poverty Public Policy Health Values 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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. The situation for extremely low-income homeowners was no better.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 125

CNPE

JANUARY 6, 2023

They will point to challenges they have faced in the past – and may be still facing – unemployment, poverty, health challenges, and more. I grew up in poverty. Both my parents grew up living in poverty. I often hear white friends or family members dispute that they have privilege. I understand where they are coming from.

Poverty 98

Poverty Leadership Children Psychology 98

Candid

MAY 26, 2022

and countries around the world do not have equitable access to health care, including vaccines. The combination of racial discrimination in health care within the U.S. The combination of racial discrimination in health care within the U.S. Research has shown that marginalized communities within the U.S.

Philanthropy 110

Philanthropy Health Children Poverty 110

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 Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

Community Development 129

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Elizabeth Cherot is the senior vice president and chief medical and health officer of the March of Dimes , the leading nonprofit in the United States working to improve maternal and infant health, first founded by President Franklin D. She recently served as the chief medical officer for Axia Women’s Health. Roosevelt in 1938.

Health 94

Health Medical Education Education 94