Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

By Sara Horowitz You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first timewhether its a worker cooperative in North Carolina , a community garden , a labor-housing cooperative , a cohousing group in New York City, a nonprofit building in Portland, Oregon , or a social cooperative in the Italian Alps.

Nonprofit governance and management 59

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Insurance Social Enterprise 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

We will share our experience, and those of our peers, to argue that this funding ecosystem needs to be reimagined to truly support social entrepreneurs and collectively address the global problems they are tackling. The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. There is, however, a way for nonprofits to gain greater access to “flexible” capital and for foundations to generate a financial return.

Community Development 109

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

In a Washington Post interview , Raj Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, explains how he and his team scaled a proven renewable energy program, in part by raising money from the Bezos Earth Fund and the IKEA foundation. Funding the last mile. One is that it may divert funding away from other important areas. Consider alternatives.

Fundraising 115

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

She arrived tired with less energy for her studies, and her grades and attendance suffered. After receiving a bicycle, her commute was reduced to 45 minutes each way and she has more time and energy to devote to her studies. She’d spend over two hours each way, every day, across hilly terrain to attend school.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 7, 2023

In the past decade , US social movements have slowly embraced the work of growing economic solutions that can displace capitalism and align economic organizations with community ownership, economic democracy, and economic justice. They have united around demands to recover and bring back the identity of the neighborhood’s historic buildings.

Governance 137

Governance Culture Food Energy 137

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In the nonprofit sector, it requires transcending the standard hierarchical funder-nonprofit dynamics and replacing them with norms of power sharing and reciprocity. Unlike many funding opportunities, qualifying projects did not need to have nonprofit tax status or be fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 124