NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After studying finance in college and then receiving her law degree from Florida State University, Erin practiced law for 13 years — first as in-house counsel for a multi-family housing company, then in private practice at a law firm, and finally as a prosecutor at the state attorney’s office.

Nonprofit governance and management 239

Nonprofit governance and management Law Universities Nonprofit Management 239

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. They are increasingly a vector attack, used as pathways for bad actors to get into government or foundation information technology (IT) systems. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

Civil Society 92

Civil Society Disaster Relief Technology Ethics 92

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

State of Montana “determined that a provision in the Montana Environmental Policy Act has harmed the state’s environment and the young plaintiffs by preventing Montana from considering the climate impacts of energy projects. A New Court Tactic The youth were represented by Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm.

Environmental 136

Environmental Governance Law Energy 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Coined in 2004, ESG emerged as a joint effort by the UN, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Swiss Government to support the financial industry’s consideration of ESG issues in mainstream investment decision-making (although its roots exist in the socially responsible movement, or SRI). ESG is a framework.

Environmental 140

Environmental Finance Governance Non-Profits 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

We see signals of such a redefinition in the One Health paradigm in management of zoonotic disease, which recognizes that the interconnections between human, animal, and environmental health, viewing each as part of a larger whole. Securing the Future What might the decades ahead look like if we do all these things soon and well?

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2024

In this webinar conversation, a coproduction of NPQ and the Sustainable Economies Law Center , we’re looking at nonprofits that have implemented worker self-management and analyze both the successes and challenges inherent in sharing management authority across the entire staff. Here Are Some Dos and Don’ts , May 7, 2024.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Law Environmental Leadership 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

The album was one of the first sound recordings of the humpback whales’ song and became an anthem for the environmental movement. If the mere sounds of whales led to better environmental protections decades ago, what might be possible if humans could talk to them? Through this technology, Digital Green has provided assistance to 6.3

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law Environmental 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 20, 2024

Doing so means transforming our governing institutions, laws, regulations, and customs in a more fundamental way than tinkering around the edges with policy and programs. When everyday people, institutions, and government act in service, out of love for the particular needs of particular people, the benefits flow outward.

Nonprofit governance and management 141

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Law Philanthropy 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

First and foremost, food systems leadership offers opportunities for new relationships, connecting groups as diverse as farmers, emergency food providers, food waste management companies, and environmental justice advocates. About 20 percent are seated within government. Here are three keys to meal sharing: 1. Manifest your values.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 76

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 120

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ESG for Regulation: Helping governments make and monitor policies, compliance, and laws. ESG for Assurance exists to help business leaders and investors make better financial decisions by providing data that enables them to account for environmental, social, and governance risks. ESG for Assurance. ESG for Regulation.

Social Enterprise 137

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Governance 137

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

We are demanding equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. Class, race, and ethnicity are key determinants of exposure to pollution and other environmental hazards, with working-class people and BIPOC folks disproportionately exposed relative to affluent White people.

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 128

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

Image Credit: Markus Spiske on unsplash.com As the impacts of climate change become more severe and pervasive, young people and environmental groups are increasingly turning to the courts as a means of indicting governments and corporations for their role in exacerbating the problem.

Governance 111

Governance Law Culture Environmental 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Second, California’s energy laws and business models are rooted in injustice. The economic benefits they provide continually miss the communities that need these benefits the most because governments have structurally excluded them in the past.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 111

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Nearly 100 years later, a group of young people are coming together to support another “New Deal”—one focused on environmental justice and education. The resolution signaled a stark move away from regulatory policy largely disconnected from communities’ desires for environmental and economic justice.”

Energy 132

Energy Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 132

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

It also explores the political coalitions and campaigns centering environmental justice and equity in decarbonization across the US and champions both broad-based movement building and institutional power to harness resources and push for change. Indeed, the entire system is in dire need of an overhaul.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Education Education Environmental 144

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

The S is for social (fair treatment for workers and related practices), and the G is for governance (this includes things like gender and racial diversity on company boards). Perhaps the ESG push does move corporations to be modestly more willing to accept government policies that promote action to address the climate crisis.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 13, 2023

When the US Supreme Court gutted the federal Voting Rights Act in 2013, Southern states with histories of racist voting practices were freed from requirements that significant changes to elections and voter laws be subject to federal approval. The law was walked back after a US district judge ruled it placed a “severe burden” on voters.

Law 93

Law Healthcare Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By Rajat Panwar , Theresa Lieb , Sarah Federman & Matthew Betts The landscape of corporate environmental responsibility is evolving beyond a focus on climate issues to more holistically account for nature-related risks, such as biodiversity loss. Earth Engine is one example of Google’s environmental tools.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 132

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It has been very common for governments to request AI models that can identify fraud in a public benefits systemfor instance, in the applications they receive for childcare benefits or unemployment benefits. Well, those models have failed spectacularlyand routinelyin many different countries. Thats completely within our capacity.

Nonprofit governance and management 91

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 91

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From Idea to Law: Navigating the Tennessee Legislative Process Ever had an idea you thought could improve Tennessee? Maybe it's a new environmental regulation, a change to education policy, or an update to healthcare access. But how do you turn that idea into a law? Step 9: Law in Effect! Congratulations!

Law 70

Law Healthcare Environmental Governance 70

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The company will continue, through its Grants Council, to give its 1 percent of sales to grassroots environmental organizations. How do we organize to put Joy’s Law, and more broadly collective intelligence, to work?” Again, governments are not businesses, and universities are not automobile manufacturers.

Social Entrepreneurship 126

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Universities Law 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This includes building transnational activism that links anti-war, anti-militarism, and anti-nuclear work with the efforts of those campaigning for economic justice, environmental protection, open borders and migrant rights, anti-racism and anti-fascism, equality, and police and prison abolition. Decolonizing and Decarcerating Our Minds. …[I]deas

Construction 107

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

percent of the population, China has enacted more than 60 laws and regulations aimed at safeguarding the rights of individuals with disabilities, encompassing those with visual, auditory, linguistic, physical, intellectual, psychological, and multiple disabilities. China is no exception to this global issue.

Nonprofit governance and management 118

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 118

The Charity CFO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nonprofits must raise the money to pay rent and salaries while keeping the lights on, just like a grocery store or a law office. Government Grants. Many large and mid-size nonprofit organizations rely on government grants to make money. Federal government grants are available, as well as grants at the state and local levels.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 16, 2023

Mayors and city governments are increasingly seen as “doers” rather than “delayers” because they find themselves on the front line of the climate crisis. These examples provide a flavor of the scope and scale of the influence mayors and local governments are having on the nexus of climate, health, and equity.

Health 94

Health Public and Social Policy Energy Collaborations 94

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Lesson 2: Understand the laws. Once you have identified what resources you are saving and how you think they should be utilized, do your due diligence to make sure you’re following all applicable federal, state, and local laws as well as relevant court decisions. 3 3 Lesson 3: Create partnerships. So however, you start, start locally.

Food 94

Food Law Nonprofits Governance 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available. This can include large Fortune 500 companies or even local law firms, smaller companies, business-to-business suppliers, or retailers. Check your state laws to make sure you are in compliance. Canvas door-to-door.

Fundraising 143

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 143

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? The structure of the overall economy, and government responses or inaction to these conditions, are at the heart of why most nonprofit organizations were formed—to ameliorate the effects of market failure. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 132

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Law professor John Eason notes that present-day social justice movements often call for renouncing past namings for slave owners, white supremacists, or anti-Semites. Under his watch, the company was fined $18 million in 2009 for environmental pollution in Rhode Island where Brown is located.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Since the reinvigoration of the #StopCopCity movement in January 2023, 1 following the murder of a forest defender affectionately known as Tortuguita, 2 Atlanta police and the local government have been adamant about depicting Defend the Atlanta Forest protesters and activists as “outside agitators.” 3 There’s a history in that phrase.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 132

Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits Environmental Urban development 132

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Political Science 62

Political Science Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 62

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

And yet the federal government underfunds communities of color when it comes to water infrastructure, according to a recent report from the Community Water Center , a California advocacy group. Rural communities of color like Sultana, which is majority Latinx, are disproportionately affected by this crisis.

Agriculture 95

Agriculture Nonprofit Administration and Development Construction Universities 95

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

We know it’s a story of extraction, [of] government reliance on the nonprofit world, but that felt like a whole lot bigger than TBF. And there’s a way that that language gets co-opted as anti-government. It’s structurally incentivized—foundations and government funders are keeping this inadequate system churning.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture. Environmental. Agriculture. American Farmland Trust.

Children 105

Children Nonprofits Environmental Agriculture 105

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Investigative Journalist & Marketing/ Communications Specialist Better Government Association (Chicago, IL). Marketing & Communications Coordinator Environmental Defense Fund. Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Graphic Designer Stop Hunger Now (Raleigh, NC).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Additionally, Duranti-Martinez points out, “Community ownership also means that the people most impacted by racial, economic, and environmental injustice have meaningful decision-making power over development” (7). Annual commercial rent increases can range from seven to 26 percent across the country” (5).

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 105