NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2024

At the conference, organized by USFWC and its affiliated Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI)—a worker co-op education and research nonprofit founded by USFWC 11 years ago —worker co-op members and supporters reflected on movement growth to date and considered what steps to take next. Increasingly, worker co-ops are making public policy gains.

Public and Social Policy 128

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Or consider if the retirement money of our prestigious public universities and their medical centers, where cleaners, cafeteria staff, and medical assistants care for students and patients, was invested in one of the largest corporate landlords in the country, and this landlord doubled their rent or evicted their families. Our Capital!

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 143

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Bridging the University-to-Workforce Gender Gap Many academically accomplished women struggle to surpass barriers and achieve top positions and competitive salaries after they graduate from college. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education. Here’s a look at four of them.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 126

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Here are ways nonprofits can contribute to the preservation of local journalism: Funding and grants: Nonprofits with education missions can apply for the available Press Forward funding and secure a five-year grant. This can include internships, research partnerships, and educational initiatives.

Advertising 119

Advertising Education Education Public Policy 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

That remains true even if that wealth was donated to promote a public good. Universities are starting to confront their legacies and ties to slavery. Admittedly, there are key distinctions between universities and foundations that make such a move unlikely and difficult. Foundations could follow this model.

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These skills helped Leuven, Belgium—named the European Capital of Innovation in 2020—develop what Mayor Mohamed Ridouani calls a “radical participation approach” to climate change: Leuven 2030 brings together more than 600 government, nonprofit, university, and business partners together under a plan to make the city carbon neutral by 2050.

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

Fundraising Leadership

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Jane Roig, vice chair of the board of directors of Helios Education Foundation, receiving the Leading Philanthropy Award at the recent Power Up conference. With this lineage of strong women informing her own educational journey, Roig says, “My personal story aligns with the foundation story and even with the grant programs.”

Education 52

Education Education Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

The program will develop hubs of businesses, communities, colleges and universities, and workers focused on accelerating innovation and technology deployment—and the worker co-op movement has a seat at the table to create those hubs. Worker ownership is a natural fit to achieve these goals. How does this work?

Manufacturing 119

Manufacturing Education Education Governance 119

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. Crucially, the CEO and board empowered the committee to recommend bold changes.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 124

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. Participate in public policy debates and advocacy efforts that affect underserved communities, and represent the interests and concerns of those communities.

Leadership 122

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 122

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 20, 2023

The Nonprofit Talent Summit, co-presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners , Christian Brothers University Institute for Leadership Development , and Mid-South Philanthropy Network , is perfect for nonprofit executive directors, board members, HR professionals, COOs, directors, and managers. Learn more Our Keynote Speaker David L.

Nonprofit governance and management 88

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Organizational Change Law 88

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 12, 2024

Prior to her work at TNN, she served in multiple partnership-focused roles at Christian Brothers University and in various business development and policy roles at Youth Villages. Natalie received her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Memphis, and earned her Bachelors of Social Work from Union University.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Universities 76

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Therefore intervention development largely remains a black box…a process of educated guesses.” As a result, the best that policy makers can do is to rely on lists of previously evaluated model programs that are considered “evidence-based.” ” Solving these challenges is the ambition of impact science.

Public and Social Policy 111

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There are myriad reasons one would want to own a home—and in America, homeownership is a nearly universal aspiration. Intrinsically, however, a house is a home where we find security, privacy, and family. It is a place where we gather and host our loved ones. These results are no accident.

Poverty 119

Poverty Public Policy Health Marketing 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

According to research from the University of Colorado Boulder , since the systems were trained on faces that reinforce the gender binary, they are also deficient in recognizing genderqueer, nonbinary, and transgender people. Many schools are still grappling with the decision to allow facial recognition technology onto their campus.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

One, by Kevin Musgrave , a Southeast Missouri State University communications professor cited above, focuses on attempts to fuse economic and religious thought. For decades, the New Deal policy framework remained dominant. How has capitalism failed, and what can be done about it? The story is multi-faceted. It was also strategic.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Marketing Marketing Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

We were getting calls from other sectors: education called us, arts called us, philanthropy called us. This requires looking at everything from public policy issues that can help create a more inclusive and equitable ecosystem for employers and organizers to hire, all the way to looking at our incentive structure.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

This issue lingers like a vestige of the conditions that followed abolition, after which the government failed to provide the kinds of education, labor, and other supports necessary to transition from a life of enslavement to one of agency, independence, and prosperity. And while unemployment plagues 11.3 Wages reflect the same disparity.

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

Anedot

MAY 25, 2022

CMC, ACC, Immediately prior to joining CVNL, Tom served as the Chair and Program Director of the Department of Leadership and Management (DLM) consisting of graduate-level degree programs at Saybrook University, and Associate Professor of Human Resources of Bovard College at the University of Southern California (USC).

Nonprofit Leadership 52

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 18, 2024

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. But when advocating for policy changes, appealing solely to emotions might not be enough.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Homelessness 52

MNA Association

JANUARY 9, 2023

In addition we will be monitoring proposed changes to the Montana Constitution in the context of the MNA Public Policy Agenda. MNA’s 2023 Policy Team: Executive Director Liz Moore. University of Montana student intern Jorgia Hawthorne. Membership Manager Tylyn Newcomb. MNA lobbyist Aimee Grmoljez with Crowley Fleck.

Taxation 52

Taxation Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy Finance 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JULY 20, 2023

The Nonprofit Talent Summit, co-presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners , Christian Brothers University Institute for Leadership Development , and Mid-South Philanthropy Network , is perfect for nonprofit executive directors, board members, HR professionals, COOs, directors, and managers. Learn more Our Keynote Speaker David L.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Organizational Change Law 52

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2012

And she was applying what I thought of as marketing to Sesame Street, which is education. You can apply it to education or perhaps other issues, other ideas, other sectors. He is currently a professor in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. So I thought to myself, you can do more with this thing.

Public and Social Policy 53

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 53

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy.

Race and Ethnicity 87

Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Production Collaborations 87

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 14, 2023

Retired Major General Margaret (Peggy) Wilmoth, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN, and professor in the School of Nursing at University of North Carolina, is a moderator at the 2023 Power Up Conference and Concert. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University. It is quite another to serve your own mission.

Medical 52

Medical Universities Leadership Values 52

Ken Goldstein

JUNE 4, 2020

This is generally a blog about nonprofit leadership (including fundraising and administration) written by a middle-aged (58), well educated (Master's degree), white (by most standards, but not to a few), cis male (although that never stopped any bullying by those who presumed I wasn't cis). Not to speak is to speak.

Leadership 61

Leadership Law Activism Nonprofit Leadership 61

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And it’s a lot of Native women in particular; but other Indigenous educators, too, across the state have really grown our allies and our political bandwidth in this last decade. DR: Yes, I think of the transformations, in terms of education and understanding. And how do we do our work ethically as it relates to Indigenous people?’

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Consequently, we secured some of our best, most diverse partners—including board members—by broadening our scope to connect with groups already working on climate issues in various ways: education and advocacy, energy assistance, weatherization, and electric conversion—or workforce development for green jobs.

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Community Development Public Policy 132

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

Education 52

Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are many reasons, including public policies—both on the expenditure side (that is, government support for education, childcare, healthcare, and so on) and on the revenue side (that is, how progressive or regressive taxes are). What accounts for such extraordinary concentration of wealth at the top in the United States?

Law 141

Law Taxation Governance Public Policy 141

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Wealth differences widen dramatically as Black Americans become more educated. In next week’s final installment of Locked Out, we’ll examine both private and public solutions to achieve an equitable housing economy for all.

Public Policy 119

Public Policy Poverty Health Associations 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

This includes strategies of community organizing, public policy and advocacy, civic engagement, cultural/arts organizing, land/food sovereignty, healing justice, and more. This knowledge came out of movement discussions in the mid-2000s, in spaces Neha Mahajan participated in, hosted by such groups as INCITE!

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This means the food system, and food systems leadership in particular, can provide a template and launchpad for stakeholder engagement in other systemic domains, like health care, education, and energy (which are also important but less obviously intertwined with everyday life). Learn new structures Food Policy Councils take different forms.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Gates Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation, is well known for its proclivity to “swing for the fences,” with mixed results (more success in global health, less success in US education). The second area of gains is in the realm of public policy. The second area of gains is in the realm of public policy.

Philanthropy 138

Philanthropy Public Policy Governance Foundations 138

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Through research over the years, the organization has shown how environmental harm impacts health, housing, jobs, education, and its persistence throughout communities of color along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor—also known as Cancer Alley, or sometimes Death Alley — and the broader Gulf Coast Region. Smith asked.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Health 129

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In many ways, I imagine a nonprofit sector committed to economic justice looking like a sector where the suggestions we made as we braced for the brunt of COVID are universal norms. Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2024

Libraries, universities, cultural centers, public parks and outdoor spaces, and other institutions that helped shape the nation and powered the rise of a thriving white middle class in the mid-20th century were not created by the market or a single sector.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Public Policy 131