NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this destabilization can lead to “cumulative community stress, increases in poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and forced migration.” They may lose their homes. The Most Vulnerable The report found the “unequal burdens” of children are also deepened by climate change.

Health 115

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 115

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 103

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 103

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

1 Philanthropy’s Conflicting Commitments Over the course of the last two and a half years, Marguerite Casey Foundation has supported efforts across the country to reimagine safety, increase access to public dollars, and seed in everyday people’s imagination the belief that our government dollars should be used to improve their lives.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 139

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This is especially relevant at a time when the planet is behind on several SDGs , including those related to poverty reduction and food security. These farming families can play a significant role in mitigating climate change if they’re equipped with tools to maximize the environmental gains their land can deliver.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 120

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

We witness, time and again, the stark gap between what people need and what local, state, and federal governments are willing to provide; it’s clear there’s an opportunity and responsibility for philanthropy to step in. Of that total, the United States Environmental Protection Agency found that a minuscule 0.73 percent ($9.7

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Poverty Environmental Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The poverty rate is 52.4 Agbo also insists that the investment be not in traditional structures and institutions but in the governance and ownership by the communities working to build wealth. In Memphis today—and indeed throughout the South—Black Americans are organizing to rebuild cultural institutions and restore Black economies.

Culture 122

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 5, 2024

Amid varying and escalating environmental crises, is new construction keeping up with the pace of climate change—or should it even try? to Corpus Christi, Texas—a flood- and hurricane-prone region with deep pockets of poverty, poor health and economic and racial inequities.”

Construction 72

Construction Poverty Environmental Governance 72

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

Image Credit: Jon Tyson on unpsplash.com In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final strategy to reduce lead exposure. One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” No amount of lead is safe in the blood.

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

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 111

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

While organizations like the China Disabled Persons’ Federation aim to support the rights and interests of disabled individuals through assistance obtaining welfare subsidies and other services, only the most severely disabled individuals qualify for government financial aid.

Nonprofit governance and management 104

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 104

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

Though they receive little government help, Nigerian farmers have begun to pick up the pieces by exploring new strategies for climate-smart farming, strategies that US farmers can implement to help build a more resilient future. They all utilize excess water and help to irrigate farmlands long after floods and rainy seasons have passed.

Food 111

Food Agriculture Production Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. In several of these cooperatives, either governments or civil society or development institutions have played roles as catalysts to sow the initial seeds. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 118

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 118

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the 2005 to 2006 growing season, the Malawi Government introduced the Farm Input Subsidy Programme , now dubbed the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), for smallholder farmers like Njinga to get subsidized fertilizer and improved seeds. Scarcity and soaring prices threatened farmers’ yields in the 2022 to 2023 growing season.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 5, 2023

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019.

Collaborations 123

Collaborations Culture Technology Governance 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Stephan Manning & Yeşim Uygur Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the socioeconomic structures around them. The 2010 documentary Waste Land offers a good example.

Leadership 98

Leadership Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Commissioned by the Swiss government, the report analyzes the question that has been hanging over the market since 2006: Does ESG integration in fact have impact? For the first, picture the SDGs in their multi-colored variety—no poverty, zero hunger, clean water and sanitation, climate action, etc., Work with governments.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Many others are feeling distress as they process the realities of widespread environmental and biodiversity loss. Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. as well as slow-onset events (e.g., sea-level rise, melting of ice, etc.)

Health 103

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Using market mechanisms, many social entrepreneurs have followed the example of Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank to set up enterprises with a main objective of tackling social or environmental issues. Financial capital | We find that the satisfaction and happiness of entrepreneurs increases with access to financial capital.

Social Entrepreneurship 122

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 15, 2023

Government, media, corporations, academic institutions, and nonprofits have all made large, though insufficient, commitments to address alarming rates of mental health distress and deaths of despair like drug overdoses and suicides.

Health 119

Health Culture Collaborations Poverty 119

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). percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Purchasing land was, in a sense, the easiest step.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation , whose mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice, recognized the devastation COVID-19 would bring to their grantee communities. Their approach to grantmaking and strategy is very community-based.

Philanthropy 128

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 128

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 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 Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides. Interview Experts.

Disaster Relief 89

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 89

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides. Interview Experts.

Disaster Relief 98

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 98

Thunderhead Works

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Oxfam’s executive director Winnie Byanyima points out that with one-in-ten people living on less than $2 a day this wealth inequality “is trapping hundreds of millions in poverty; it is fracturing our societies and undermining democracy. Across the world, people are being left behind.

Poverty 52

Poverty Environmental Education Education 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides. Interview Experts.

Disaster Relief 49

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 49

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

The report Examining Disparities in Environmental Grantmaking: Where the Money Goes written by Dorceta E. Taylor and Molly Blondell surveyed over 30,000 environmental and public health grants distributed by 220 foundations, which awarded approximately $4.9 billion across three years—from 2015 to 2017.

Environmental 98

Environmental Foundations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, New York City created the innovative concept of a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), based on the Voluntary National Reviews that nations submit to the UN, in which local and regional governments adopt and track their progress toward the SDGs.

Collaborations 98

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 11, 2024

They warn that strategic philanthropy is dangerous because “it diverts attention from fundamental reforms less palatable to wealthy donors and from the fact that government and corporate behavior are responsible for the ills of society.” We know of no foundation—even the largest—that thinks it replaces government.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Social Policy 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

Often, the homes of lower-income individuals and families aren’t insulated, providing no protection from pollution, noted Somporn Chantara, an associate professor in environmental science at Chiang Mai University. Those living in poverty, near highways or dump sites, or without access to clean cooking options are also at higher risk.

Nonprofit governance and management 131

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Its roots lie in the environmental justice movement in the United States, where, in the 1990s, activists called out the disproportionate impact of pollutants on Black communities in North Carolina. It has also highlighted human and environmental interconnectedness and galvanized large-scale, rapid collective action to respond and recover.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Many participants instantly recognized the examples of systemic trauma we provided, especially among system actors in positions of power such as government institutions. Through pursuing this path, society can connect to our deepest shared humanity, and access our full creative potential to address social and environmental problems.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Every day, after educating them about the dangers of lead poisoning, I sent families back to homes full of lead paint, because at the time, our public health response did not include necessary environmental changes, like home repairs. Voice , because government has an obligation to listen to residents.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2024

As NPQ wrote in 2023, “While climate justice can seem hopeless at times, in large part because individuals may feel powerless in the face of decisions by large corporations and governments…the purchasing choices of an individual can help. Meanwhile, the AP noted, “In France, protesters tried to storm a government building.”

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Energy Law Food 130