NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. Another member also pled guilty to obstruction in connection to January 6th in early June. The militia has two operation camps, one of which is in Sasabe.

Governance 134

Governance Disaster Relief Law Civil Society 134

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Take the way that energy and health are often treated as separate issues. They are typically studied by different researchers, and policy choices on energy and health are usually made in isolation from each other. Yet, in a 2021 survey , WHO found that only 1 in 5 countries bring health considerations into climate and energy policy.

Energy 143

Energy Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 143

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The statement of intent from the government in part reads : “At this historic juncture, we must act to ensure stability and peace, tackling the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality, entrench our constitutional democracy and the rule of law, and to build a South Africa for all its people.” With an estimated 55.5

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 95

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 104

Poverty Children Energy Nonprofits 104

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 Food Environmental 140

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 Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. It remains encapsulated in a rigid legal straitjacket that limits its ability to react with agility to meet pressing social and economic needs and opportunities, such as the upcoming wave of solar energy development.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Even the transition to renewable energy is threatened by a shortage of some 7 million workers needed to do things like install solar panels on roofs. They may fund “poverty reduction,” but that usually means 25 percent income gains in the country of residence, rather than 1,500 percent income gains in a high-income country.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

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 70

Non-Profits Poverty Children Education 70

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income. She arrived tired with less energy for her studies, and her grades and attendance suffered.

Public and Social Policy 130

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

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 Recruitment 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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They know that young people, who represent the future of the country, must be protagonists in this process because their energy, ideas, and fresh perspectives are essential to imagining and building a peaceful country.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Public Policy 132

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 Psychology Insurance Poverty 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 104

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 104

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

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 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 110

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 110

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 69

Energy Nonprofits Culture Values 69

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The authors also conflate TBP with other approaches attempting to challenge the top-down decision-making systems that have dismissed or ignored “real people”—the same people who struggle daily with racism, poverty, and related challenges, and who usually have the best ideas for addressing them.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Governance 131

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 Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world.

Governance 120

Governance Homelessness Insurance Poverty 120

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

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 74

Management Poverty Nonprofits Energy 74

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Can you say more about that? Electoral politics aren’t the only source of political power.

Law 139

Law Governance Leadership Poverty 139