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

Candid

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Based on aggregated survey and research data from multiple sources in four categories—financial resources, human capital, governance and trust, and public policy and advocacy—the second edition of the Health of the U.S. While nonprofits have contributed significantly to U.S. Read more. .

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Governance Environmental 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

Having helped lead the management office for COVAX Delivery, I present lessons learned from the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines—the largest public health intervention in human history—to better prepare for and mobilize responses to the future.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 103

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 23, 2024

It would prioritize energy production over environmental and climate-change concerns, reject the idea of abortion as health care, criminalize pornography, and eliminate or restructure countless government agencies.

Public Policy 269

Public Policy Governance Environmental Energy 269

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock The view from the trenches in frontline BIPOC communities fighting for resources is hopeful, though sobering: there has been a boom in energy and interest since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022. Proof of concept is strong, with exemplars around the country.

Energy 127

Energy Environmental Community Development Public Policy 127

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We Public policy needs to facilitate large-scale financing for mutualist enterprises—organizations like cooperatives , employee-ownership trusts , and mutual insurance companies. This must be rectified.

Associations 130

Associations Public and Social Policy Insurance Agriculture 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.

Nonprofit governance and management 143

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 143

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

In 1990, governments around the world, with the leadership of the United States, began a 13-year effort to map human DNA through the Human Genome Project (HGP). People were afraid that employers and health insurance companies would use the data from genome mapping to discriminate, and they demanded a public policy response.

Collaborations 106

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 106

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

And as nonprofits moved away from their member-driven and member-funded mutual aid and organizing roots, they took on a hierarchical structure modeled after corporate culture, became dependent on grants from foundations/government, and became run by “expert” staff to provide services or lead advocacy efforts.

Leadership 109

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Several recent studies reveal that, globally, people under 30 lack trust in their national governments, do not feel heard by politicians, and have lower levels of participation in national elections. For participatory bodies to be successful, their role in government must go beyond consultation alone.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Public Policy 120

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Right to Be Free from Environmental Harm The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) works toward equity and justice in environmental, energy, and climate policies. Kresge’s support has allowed PSE to continue to impact communities through a cross-disciplinary coalition between their Just Energy and Just Health teams.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Health 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In contrast to systems like energy, transportation, or health care, where expertise is more well defined, food expertise tends to be irrefutable, requiring no advanced degree or professional experience. About 20 percent are seated within government.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 72

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? Another piece of this painting would look like a landscape of advocacy and policy change institutions that prioritize racial and economic justice to level the playing field. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 131

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Government of National Unity As a response to the dwindling support, the ANC agreed to form a coalition government. So, what should we expect from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity? This support comes despite the fact that their ANC-led governments have been largely ineffective.

Philanthropy 85

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 85

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision? 4 We see, too, movement energy in the organizing at Amazon, at the over 200 Starbucks branches that have unionized, in the new vigor behind the pursuit of worker cooperatives and community land trusts. Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision?

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 88

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

Public Policy 88

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 88

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy. Bush threatened energy development in the Badger Two Medicine region of Montana. As Montana’s senior U.S.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The difference now for working people in the South is that state governments throughout the region have long acted as an extension of corporate industrial interests, doing union-busting work on their behalf—for free—and acting as a barrier to democratic systems of governance so as to maximize the profits drained from the people of their state.

Manufacturing 119

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

4 But considered more broadly, corporate capture extends far beyond the capture of a few government agencies; indeed, over time, it has developed a stranglehold on our economy and life. But even absent open dictatorship, US government today is less a democracy than a plutocracy, ruled by the wealthy few.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 132

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

As public policy has done less and less to mitigate the suffering of millions, faith in the government has declined. If it’s okay to be angry, it’s also okay to expect better from the government. He insists that we cannot create a just world without a movement that fights for a government that represents everyone.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Energy 113