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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

generate social or environmental returnor doing wellthat is: make a financial return. There are indeed many investments where social or environmental goals dont harm earnings (and, arguably, even improve earnings). As one firm states , investors do not have to choose between doing goodi.e.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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.

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What is Park Equity?

NonProfit Quarterly

And if approached correctly, increasing equitable green spaces is a form of racial justice and environmental justice. Residents are working to assess the environmental and health burdens associated with former oil drilling sites and other contaminated lands. PSR-LA is going to make that a reality.

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The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

This creates an opportunity gap for maternal health workers, mental health workers, advocates, and governments at all levels to draw attention to this issue and the resources that people can use. Critically, many pregnant and birthing people are not aware of the resources available to them.

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MNA is searching for our next Executive Director

MNA Association

Representing the richness and diversity of Montana’s charitable sector, MNA members address an array of missions in education, health and human services, arts and culture, religious and spiritual development, environmental protection, animal welfare, economic and workforce development, and more.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Based on aggregated survey and research data from multiple sources in four categories—financial resources, human capital, governance and trust, and public policy and advocacy—the second edition of the Health of the U.S. While nonprofits have contributed significantly to U.S. Read more. .

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Building an Economic Case for Policy Changes

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. But when advocating for policy changes, appealing solely to emotions might not be enough.