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 Barber noted, a 2020 report by Robert Paul Hartley, an assistant professor of social work at Columbia University, found that 34 million eligible poor or low-income voters did not vote in 2016. “We

Poverty 119

Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 119

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

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. RB: The last installment of the report uplifts how mass incarceration exacerbates poverty.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 128

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.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 93

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 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 136

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. Unfortunately, the success of this transfer process is hit-and-miss and thus slows social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 114

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dismantling barriers to food access requires clear strategies and methodologies that inform funding, drive policy, and guide community-based initiatives. Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. A Camden community vision emerges.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Image credit: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need? In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need?

Education 81

Education Education Curriculum and Teaching Public and Social Policy 81

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ. As Hoopes pointed out, the federal poverty measure is outdated, based on a 1960s formula that assumed food was the largest household expense—an assumption that no longer holds true today.

Poverty 119

Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 119

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 88

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 88

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Limited access to networks Limited access to networks and social capital can make it difficult for individuals to connect with others who can help them advance in their careers and succeed in their endeavors.

Leadership 112

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 112

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 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. Popularizing the notion that housing is a right for all will require mass political education.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Education 124

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. Households of color were significantly more likely to be evicted, foreclosed upon, or displaced from their homes by gentrification.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Public Policy: A Hit and a Miss Are the lessons of Hurricanes Maria and Fiona being taken to heart? Officially, it is now public policy in Puerto Rico to move to 100 percent renewable power by 2050 (with intermediary goals of 40 percent renewable power by 2025—that is, a year from now—and 60 percent by 2040).

Energy 128

Energy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Hard-wired into systems and programs at all levels of government and the private sector, these policies bolstered white Americans’ stability, wealth, and access to opportunity while concentrating the effects of segregation, displacement, destabilization, gentrification, and poverty on BIPOC populations.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 31, 2023

It inspired them as they marched and protested as part of the Black Lives Matter movement; it inspired them as they engaged in nonpartisan campaigns to change state and local policies; and it inspired them as they worked to get out the vote.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Almeida defines structural racism as a broadening of the notion of institutional racism, and argues that institutions are only the materialization of a social structure or a means of socialization whose components include racism. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6 And while unemployment plagues 11.3

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

By teaching people to better understand the world around them, including the challenges and inequities embedded within it, she teaches people how to creatively reimagine the structures, policies, processes, and social interactions that align with a better future. I focus on social issues. I started off in furniture design.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 126

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. ” during check-in meetings.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 122

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. Revisit ESG and responsible investment policies and beliefs.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. By Lian Zeitz , John Jamir Benzon R.

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Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 103

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: venuestock on istock.com Nine years ago, the Economic Policy Institute reported that over $50 billion a year is stolen from workers nationally —that’s more than the cost of all robberies, burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts combined. This theft occurs daily and disproportionately affects immigrant workers.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Often portrayed in Western feminist literature as the disempowered, the excluded, and needing rescue, India in fact continues to be reinvented by the heads, hands, and hearts of her women—from farmers, to craftswomen, to political leaders, to social reformers. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 118

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

People with disabilities are leading policy change, technology development, and workplace evolution. People of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA people, and people with disabilities all experience social inequities that extend to technology and are less likely to be in the room when technology is developed. But space needs to be made.

Technology 122

Technology Public and Social Policy Governance Leadership 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

In developing the report, the EPA accepted feedback from the public from October 2021 through March 2022 and conducted nearly a dozen public listening sessions, including one for tribal communities as they are some of the most impacted by lead. No amount of lead is safe in the blood.

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

Anedot

AUGUST 29, 2024

Voter Engagement Coordinator About the Organization Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. The Senior Manager of Advocacy and Engagement will supervise this new role within the Policy and Civic Engagement (PACE) team.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Sociology Cultural Diversity Public Policy 52

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.

Philanthropy 128

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 128

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Seek diversity across a variety of categories, including age, race, gender, level of ability, and educational background.

Nonprofit governance and management 87

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 87

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

Despite the robust annual increases, however, the current total falls short of the 13% of GDP analysts at NITI Aayog, an Indian government public policy think tank, believe is necessary for the country to meet its commitment to achieving 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Retail Healthcare 52

EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Cut poverty off at its roots. Oxfam America envisions a world without poverty. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice. WRC advocates for programs and policies that create opportunity and drive change for these communities.

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Poverty Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 50

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

From ensuring equal access to education to advocating for mental health awareness to creating black history for future generations, all of these organizations inspire us, and we hope they inspire you too. This Black History Month, they're undertaking a social media campaign on the best part about being a Black teacher.

Public and Social Policy 42

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Recruitment 42

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 4, 2021

On the other hand, global processes like collaboration against climate change, protests against social inequality and racism (#BlackLivesMatter), or social movement against sexual harassment and abuse (#metoo) have brought nonprofits even more prominence. 3 Tips to Raise Funds Online. Target financing.

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Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising 52

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] 5] Group opinions and social “norms” become more powerful.[6] 6] People become more interested in social prestige,[7] fame,[8] a positive life story,[9] personal heroism,[10] or putting their name on something.[11]

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

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Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The trauma we carry affects the way we look at the world and ourselves, and therefore plays a role in determining the future course of social systems. Seeing trauma through a systems lens can inform strategies for social change in a multitude of ways.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

poverty level, and another 17% qualified in the category of ALICE ® ( A sset L imited, I ncome C onstrained, E mployed). ALICE nonprofit employees live in households that earn more than the federal poverty level, but less than what it costs to survive in the counties where they live.

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Poverty Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Public and Social Policy 97