Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

Health 130

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 130

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

A good summary of the prevailing sentiment is this quote: “My hope is that society will become more family oriented than government oriented.” Control : frugality, effective money management, black and white answers that come from scientific pursuits, own business/entrepreneurship, self reliance (especially younger Millennials).

Nonprofit governance and management 87

Nonprofit governance and management Entrepreneurship Governance Values 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. Our reasoning was straightforward: We didn’t want to be seen as competing for funding with the nonprofits using our software. We decided early on to incorporate NeedsList as a for-profit, purpose-driven company. The Investment Mirage.

Public and Social Policy 119

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

For millennia, oceans, rivers, and forests provided an abundance of food and other resources for the residents of this area, until the late 1800s, when white settlers arrived and began to extract gold and timber. Though ecologically and culturally rich, the county ranks in the bottom eighth in California for per-capita income.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Adelante Mujeres (which means Forward, Women), the nonprofit where we work and which has operated for over two decades, seeks to answer this question. The program was launched by the nonprofit Adelante Mujeres during the Great Recession in 2008. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses?

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Community Development Nonprofit governance and management Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

In my experience as a practitioner and advocate in the field, the solidarity-economy field has focused mostly on higher education, professional skill development, popular education, and community-based adult education, mostly led by small nonprofits or training cooperatives. Ditto for coding and software development.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 105