NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ability to cover three months’ worth of bills: This is what is known as an “asset poverty” measure. Income poverty: In Atlanta, 28 percent of Black households live below the federal poverty line; only seven percent of White households do. Median household income: In Atlanta, the median Black household has an income of $38,854.

Poverty 133

Poverty Culture Energy Values 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

Anpetu Wi is not only the largest Native-owned alternative energy project in the world, but also a true form of just transition in which Native people will own and control the energy. “For our people and me, this project is a prayer,” says Joseph McNeil, Jr., general manager of SAGE.

Leadership 122

Leadership Poverty Culture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. Earning $1.30

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. Jonathan Nez and Myron Lizer, “Written Statement of the Navajo Nation Prepared for the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources On Uranium Mining: Contamination and Criticality and R.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Boards are notorious for expending tremendous amounts of time, energy, and resources of nonprofit leaders who are already stretched thin by the demands of the job. According to anti-oppression practitioners Both / And , The NPIC shifts the focus to service delivery and away from root causes, such as poverty, racism, and exploitation.

Nonprofit governance and management 66

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 66

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

For example, in Robeson County, where almost three-quarters of residents are Black or Indigenous, many continue to experience poverty and hunger because they lack the support necessary to return from devastating, increasingly frequent climate events.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Poverty Environmental Governance 105

The Charity CFO

JULY 30, 2024

That’s a Great IDEA The mission and vision of Capital IDEA is to lift working adults out of poverty and into living-wage careers through education and career advancement. This organization works to drive this forward as a team, as we hear about how helping women specifically is important to both Tosha and Alyssia, personally.

Leadership 98

Leadership Poverty Manufacturing Culture 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Your gift will be used where it’s most needed to help families turn crises of poverty, conflict or disaster into opportunity to build better lives. Your gift will help support Oceana’s work on Capitol Hill to find clean, safe energy solutions and protect our coasts from oil pollution. Mercy Corps Gifts.

Poverty 90

Poverty Children Energy Nonprofits 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 31, 2023

Primed by the undocumented youth movement at the beginning of the decade, and drawing energy from the allied Movement for Black Lives in the latter half, these groups engaged growing numbers of adolescents in addressing local, regional, and even statewide issues.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

He was legendary for fearlessly taking on the most powerful political leaders, medical institutions, and universities when they did not prioritize the interests of people in poverty. “The people who were doing the development project probably weren't out to make poor people suffer,” he said.

Nonprofit Leadership 105

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Medical 105

Getting Attention

JANUARY 25, 2013

Public Affairs Manager , Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Vice President of Communications , Solar Energy Industries Association (Washington DC). Marketing Temp , Foundation Center (New York, NY). Membership Coordinator , The Bascom (Highlands, NC). Online Marketing Manager , Friends of the National Zoo (Washington DC).

Public and Social Policy 69

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Marketing 69

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Green Gifts by the Natural Resources Defense Council: From Green Energy Boosts to Buffalo Babysitting gifts, the NRDC has a launched a new Green Gifts Online Catalog featuring over 40 gifts that help protect the environment and wildlife. Mission : Empowering entrepreneurs through Microcredit & Microfinance to help End Global Poverty.

Children 95

Children Poverty Ethics Medical 95

Clairification

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While throwing shade might be more fun, it eventually runs out of energy. Until the ripples and rays of light shine so brightly there is no dark corner where sorrow, poverty, illness, despair, cruelty, bigotry, ignorance or injustice can hide. “One takes a little more effort than the other. Turning on lights helps everyone.”

Poverty 73

Poverty Energy Nonprofits 73

Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

New England Clean Energy Council (Boston, MA). Innovations for Poverty Action (New Haven, CT or Washington, D.C.). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 1) Associate Director of Marketing Engagement. 2) Communications and Media Consultant.

Marketing 58

Marketing Marketing Poverty Energy 58

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In turn, this shifts nonprofits focus away from addressing underlying systemic problems like poverty and racism to superficial solutions that are more palatable to the rich. Boards are unequal, inequitable models of governance, in which the wealthiest often impose their interests onto the nonprofits they oversee.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Poverty 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. Water affordability intersects with energy and housing justice as water shutoffs have led to children being separated from their families and people becoming unhoused.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

For example, one study found that, in the period 2011-2012, nearly 55–60 million low-income Indians were pushed into poverty because of aspirational consumption, resulting in a reduction of about 13 percent of their daily calorie intake. ” Another example is Kingo in Guatemala.

Production 124

Production Non-Profits Education Education 124

Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. It is the principle of donating time and energy towards a greater cause. Many people all over the world face different challenges and problems.

Volunteerism 109

Volunteerism Volunteerism Participation and motivation Disaster Relief 109

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2021

For example, look at these examples of great vision statements: Tesla: To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Now, I’m certain the world is not fully embracing sustainable energy, but we’re getting there. World Vision’s vision makes no mention of poverty or water.

Energy 81

Energy Culture Values Nonprofits 81

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Other factors impact repair of the electric grid, including, most notably, privatization of the distribution part of the energy system. The energy company is not showing reliable data or maps or anything that people can see and be confident about the numbers they are giving. Minet says, “That has been going on for the past two years.

Governance 140

Governance Disaster Relief Foundations Philanthropy 140

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 5, 2024

People living in poverty face greater fallout from climate change, as do people of color , Indigenous communities , and people with disabilities, who are four times more likely to die in disasters than people who do not have a disability. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research, “Of the 8.5

Construction 72

Construction Poverty Environmental Governance 72

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. Most importantly, the team has elevated a new generation of diverse leaders who are contributing new energy to Akron’s civic spaces. The city’s Black business district was devastated.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Their work is geared toward accelerating the transition to cleaner renewable energy by elevating women of color leaders, specifically those in the US South who often go unrecognized and underresourced. That work is vital, yet it is full of the now familiar traumas of being a woman leader of color.

Environmental 98

Environmental Insurance Psychology Poverty 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Mission: To support 113 street paper enterprises in 34 countries in order to combat urban poverty. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo.

Non-Profits 56

Non-Profits Poverty Children Education 56

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In that section on food, in constantly thinking about coming up in the Mississippi Delta, a place where we are surrounded by the most fertile soil in the world, that even in the space of fertility, of growth, of a history of harvest, there exist food deserts of pain, and there exist lack and poverty that’s exasperated by environmental injustices.

Environmental 126

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Massive investments in climate solutions such as carbon markets, CO2 sequestration, and energy alternatives had no material effect on slowing global warming. Climate change as an undesirable side-effect of the fantastic innovation of using fossil fuels for energy is an example. The problem has gotten worse.”

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 21, 2023

As foundations increasingly acknowledge the centuries of systematic and institutional racism that have led to intergenerational trauma, cycles of poverty, and reduced life expectancies in communities of color, they are working to re-examine philanthropy’s history and reimagine its role.

Foundations 98

Foundations Philanthropy Construction Poverty 98

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For example, look at these examples of great vision statements: Tesla: To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Now, I’m certain the world is not fully embracing sustainable energy, but we’re getting there. Final thought: These times, they are a-changin’ World Vision’s vision makes no mention of poverty or water.

Energy 68

Energy Nonprofits Culture Values 68

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. This integration may seem obvious due to climate change’s collective impact and threat.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 12, 2023

I knew my energy was depleting, and I had been met with rejection after rejection from potential clients because they did not have the “budget” for mental well-being initiatives. Inside, I could feel myself disintegrating. Here are some ideas for how to get started.

Health 98

Health Culture Energy Universities 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If you are a nonprofit that works with low-income communities, write blog posts that share recipes for low-cost meals and energy-saving tips. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides. There’s no reason why nonprofits can’t capture some of that buzz, too.

Disaster Relief 90

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 90

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

Image Credit: Ibrahim Hafeez on pexels.com To solve our most pressing challenges, we need the total sum of human intelligence and emancipatory energy in our society. This includes the expertise and leadership of people with disabilities.

Technology 122

Technology Public and Social Policy Governance Leadership 122

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If you are a nonprofit that works with low-income communities, write blog posts that share recipes for low-cost meals and energy-saving tips. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides. There’s no reason why nonprofits can’t capture some of that buzz, too.

Disaster Relief 98

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 98

Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 28, 2011

It’s all poverty mentality. You also must get your mind focused on what’s possible and let go any beliefs that zap your energy. They don’t see their organization as being able to attract lots of donors or “heavy hitters.” They look at other nonprofits with envy and think “we could never raise money like they do.”

Poverty 68

Poverty Energy Management Fundraising 68

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

“We’re proud to say that each soft organic cotton t-shirt is made with renewable energy and is designed to be sent back to us to be recycled at the end of its lifecycle.” Earthjustice utilizes their advanced knowledge of environmental law to save natural habitats, reduce pollution, and promote clean energy.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

The mental energy required to actively engage multiple communities simultaneously is exhausting. Being constantly exposed to a barrage of new stories and images related to violence, poverty, injustice, and cruelty takes its toll. The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits.

Management 61

Management Poverty Nonprofits Energy 61

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98