NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The US Water Alliance —a national nonprofit that aligns various stakeholders to solve this current water crisis—is tackling this issue head on. Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. Insights on Water Shutoffs and Access.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

As a passionate and committed leader in the nonprofit sector, I firmly believe in the power of community organizations to drive positive, equitable change. The crux of this article is simple: Nonprofits must advance their mission by valuing their employees’ worth through fair compensation and benefits and by celebrating their worth.

Poverty 52

Poverty Values Health Nonprofit governance and management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. Ayurveda is organized around doshas , or bodily energies, and works on whole body balance and health. And that has guided my work.

Health 118

Health Medical Leadership Healthcare 118

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Cause Camp is an annual conference for nonprofit professionals held in Lincoln, Neb. at Innovation Campus, and it brings the best of the nonprofit sector together in one place. If you’re attending in-person, you’ll have access to a workshop on April 7th where you can better your nonprofit organization through hands-on learning.

Public and Nonprofit Management 53

Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Technology Education 53

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes. The hub model seeks to manage a community development finance ecosystem, which involves more than CDFIs.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 11, 2024

Today, we see philanthropy taking on a similarly complementary role in helping low-income communities access the benefits of clean energy. Many elected officials, nonprofit organizations, researchers, and foundations are collaborating to reform this underlying incentive system in both blue and red states across the country.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Social Policy 129

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? A lot of nonprofits put on do-it-yourself, taped together programs that have this orientation of a dystopian social safety net. We are here supporting reporters and photographers because publications are no longer doing it.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Risk of Lower-Income Work “The lower you are in [an] income group, your exposure increases,” said Sunil Dahiya, an analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air , explaining that oftentimes people with lower incomes work outdoors, which increases their risk. They need to use the public bus…the air flows inside the bus.”

Nonprofit governance and management 131

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 131

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 Issues related to justice, race, inequalities, affordability, and poverty are much less likely to be funded.” million to management and technical assistance, $76.7

Environmental 98

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Currently, an estimated 20 percent of emissions in the United States comes from the energy used in homes. by storing solar energy), and thinking about what happens to housing after major climate events. Mitigation practices include green building (i.e., What Philanthropy Can Do.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 111

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

We’ll also talk about the role of education, healthcare , development aid, and advocacy and policy efforts in managing population growth and encouraging sustainable practices. But population growth is more than just numbers; it’s about the strain those numbers put on food, water, and energy supplies.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Cultural Diversity Environmental 52

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

The theme of MCON 2015 is “The Power of Influence: Art, Media, Business and Place” and an incredible lineup of speakers from the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors will share stories of the successes and failures they’ve encountered while changing the world. How do managers influence participation in company cause work?

Disaster Relief 58

Disaster Relief Public and Nonprofit Management Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship 58

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Leaders moving work through nonprofit organizations are also contending with the “great resignation” and major shifts in the workforce; 3 unprocessed grief from the pandemic and years of escalating racial violence; and short-lived performative responses by philanthropy to the events of 2020.

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 111

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

When mapping out your nonprofit fundraising plan, it’s best to play to your fundraising strengths. So why don’t all nonprofit founders, leaders, and fundraisers intentionally play to their fundraising strengths? By working with your own personal fundraising strengths, you’ll make your own magic for your nonprofit.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Everyone has the energy they need to survive and thrive. Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.”

Energy 119

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 119

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

Last week, the Build Public Renewables Act passed in the New York State Senate. The BPRA would create a public energy option in New York by expanding the ability of the New York Power Authority, the state’s public utility, to finance, build, and operate affordable, reliable renewable energy.

Energy 122

Energy Non-Profits Poverty Environmental 122

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

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2022

So why don’t all nonprofit founders play to their fundraising strengths? . By working with your own personal fundraising strengths, you’ll make your own magic for your nonprofit. . Write down everything you can think of that is useful in bringing in money to your nonprofit. That’s not the best way to do it. A compelling mission.

Fundraising 127

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 127

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Center for Biological Diversity: Learning the Limits of Reform Strategies The Center for Biological Diversity is a national nonprofit conservation organization that believes that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature and to a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. 3 Below, we share each of our organizational stories.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 98

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 Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? 2 It has been edited for publication here. 2 It has been edited for publication here. Two things changed how wealth was managed. The year is 2053.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own? We think it can. We think it can.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 96

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Image: “One Sided” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” 5 Tenants are confronting [corporate] capture by organizing toward a world in which housing is guaranteed as a public good.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Universities Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 134

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. Between 2014 and 2022 alone, assets under management in the CDFI sector expanded more than sevenfold. billion in assets by 2022.

Community Development 116

Community Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 29, 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. We keep turning to this move of going public with the blow-up. Things blow up.

Culture 122

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 122