NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But the Center aspires to do more—to advance economic empowerment in an environmentally sustainable way. Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. Food pantry work is important. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. percent Black).

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

Image Credit: Magda Ehlers on pexels.com Our mental health is directly related to our social position, values, and proximity to power—which all impact how we exist. Mental health organizations like the Resilience Project are helping activists, youth, and frontline defenders navigate their eco-anxiety.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Health Environmental Psychology 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Indeed, the principles of resource stewardship long championed in many Native American communities are critical to restoring environmental balance. Indeed, the principles of resource stewardship long championed in many Native American communities are critical to restoring environmental balance.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools. Campers have come from 45 different U.S. States and 13 foreign countries.

Poverty 98

Poverty Children Medical Education 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. Earning $1.30

Agriculture 102

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 102

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

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This exclusion had consequences not just for the posterity of Black families, but for Black health. Black people who couldn’t access federal loans to buy homes in the suburbs were often relegated to industrialized areas, where exposure to toxic waste and other environmental hazards is unavoidable.

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. How can we do a better job of bridging the gulf between housing and other sectors, such as environmental justice?

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 119

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

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.” But the Flint water crisis is only one instance out of many.

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

My inspiration was seeing the lived experiences of Black people in America not really reflected in environmental conversations. IC: I like the way you made this book an entry point for anyone looking to understand the intersections between climate justice, climate change, race, health, education….What It was three years ago.

Environmental 126

Environmental Food Poverty Culture 126

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

According to Fidelity Charitable , it’s “the act of purposefully making investments that help achieve certain social and environmental benefits while generating financial returns.” The Heron Foundation , for example, works with mission-aligned, poverty-oriented investment managers to grow its assets. What is impact investing?

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Little Market is a 501(c)(3), charitable organization founded by women to help alleviate poverty by sourcing their good from artisan groups in over 25 countries. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

Ethics 130

Ethics Children Poverty Education 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. The expanded (but now expired) child tax credits alone cut childhood poverty by 30 percent in only six months. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 103

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.” About 6 million of those have structural problems.

Construction 72

Construction Poverty Environmental Governance 72

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. Contamination often drives up treatment and therefore service costs and is a pervasive environmental justice issue.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Leaders asked for training support for their staff, coaching, mental health support, and healing justice practices support from the Hive Fund. She now sees that the resources and needs look different for every organization—which can be hard to understand if you are not a frontline leader or coming from an environmental justice community.

Environmental 98

Environmental Insurance Psychology Poverty 98

Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Chris Brogan, president of Human Business Works, and childhood friend Rob Hatch, then Executive Director of Child Health Center, were talking about the challenges of being someone who lives, eats and breathes mission. Like so many of the organizations that we lead, 501 Mission Place started as a conversation between friends.

Non-Profits 88

Non-Profits Poverty Nonprofits Health 88

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. The city’s Black business district was devastated. This was one of many such projects that displaced hundreds of thousands of Black Americans nationwide.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Another farmer, Annie Mbewe, says the product also contributes to soil health: “We turned the chemical fertilizer into an organic one, helping us to have bumper yields and do farming as a business.” According to Mwiba, “We want them to curb their households’ poverty by equipping them with skills to produce more food at low cost.”

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98

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.

Construction 111

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly. Health & Beauty. The company distributes fish and donates to health organizations worldwide. 17) Serrv International :: serrv.org.

Ethics 105

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

Lesley-Ann Noel is using her design skills to tackle real-world problems like homelessness and environmental sustainability. I asked these children, who lived in a rural area and were experiencing poverty, to reflect on the world around them and then started designing interventions that would address some of the issues they were identifying.…Whether

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 126

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Communications & Marketing Coordinator Riverside Community Health Foundation (Riverside, CA). Marketing & Communications Coordinator Environmental Defense Fund. Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Communications Manager—PT Melville Charitable Trust (Boston, MA). Tacoma, WA).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. China is no exception to this global issue.

Nonprofit governance and management 104

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

A simple search will reveal countless articles related to health, lifestyle, family, and popular culture. For example, a health organization could write a blog post about the benefits of people consuming less salt. An environmental organization could write about which commonly bought food packaging items can be recycled.

Nonprofits 108

Nonprofits Children Culture Health 108

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. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food 118

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 118

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, organizations with international causes had the highest number of hits, with environmental organizations close behind. In another year, poverty and health issues could be on the forefront, and those kinds of organizations could see a bump in their news coverage.

Poverty 64

Poverty Environmental Nonprofits Advertising 64

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 89

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 89

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

Disaster Relief 98

Disaster Relief Nonprofits Poverty Environmental 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofit social media managers who have to be constantly be engaged in depressing story lines like poverty, war, environmental destruction, and violence against women, children, and animals, spending a minute two a day browsing baby animals on Pinterest is good for your mental health and your nonprofit.

Management 92

Management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Poverty 92

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

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Corporate Social Responsibility⁠—also known as CSR⁠—is a business practice in which companies take accountability for the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their operations. What is corporate social responsibility? Walgreens also raises awareness and encourages customer participation through its nationwide network of stores.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This is extremely helpful for nonprofits that work with people experiencing homelessness, poverty, and medical crises. Environmental sustainability. This supports environmental sustainability, as these clothes will be given new life through reusing or recycling. It will also encourage them to take care of their physical health.

Environmental 52

Environmental Nonprofits Recruitment Homelessness 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Over the years, the mobile home has acquired a less desirable reputation, a stigma that the homes are cheaply made or associated with poverty. A hundred years ago, a potential homeowner could have ordered a house kit from the Sears Roebuck catalog. That reputation is shifting.

Manufacturing 61

Manufacturing Construction Urban development Poverty 61

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 7, 2023

Whether it’s through social services, environmental conservation, or advocacy for marginalized communities, nonprofits are at the forefront of creating a better future for all. As a result, the foundation was able to save millions of lives and improve the health of millions of people around the world.

Collaborations 52

Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Foundations 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly. Health & Beauty. The company distributes fish and donates to health organizations worldwide. 17) Serrv International :: serrv.org.

Ethics 40

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 40