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. We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. This work is urgent. It won’t be easy.

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.” Island nations are extremely vulnerable.

Construction 72

Construction Poverty Environmental Governance 72

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

During the pandemic, economic inequity and social and environmental injustice became hypervisible. The world became interested in what marginalized people knew about their own survival and paused to consider the cost of racism and environmental destruction as those two forces intersect and conspire with extractive economic systems.

Culture 128

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 128

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

Getting Attention

JUNE 15, 2015

Goldman Environmental Foundation (San Francisco, CA). Marketing Strategist Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Associate Web Producer , Director of Marketing and Creative Services , Marketing Manager & Multimedia Associate Clinton Foundation (New York, NY). Communications Associate. Louis, MO). Santa Rosa, CA).

Marketing 68

Marketing Marketing Environmental Associations 68

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. 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.

Ethics 130

Ethics Children Poverty Education 130

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. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94

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 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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

Ethics 105

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 105

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 104

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

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

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

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

Lesley-Ann Noel is using her design skills to tackle real-world problems like homelessness and environmental sustainability. The laws and the way society is structured all had to change. It’s about changing the way a society perceives an issue, which creates a catalyst for more change.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 126

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 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. When it comes to evictions, “residents have few protections under a patchwork of state laws.” That reputation is shifting. Park owners may also abruptly alter leases or raise rents.

Manufacturing 61

Manufacturing Construction Urban development Poverty 61

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade. Products are sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

Ethics 40

Ethics Children Production Manufacturing 40

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In one, a poverty relief charity was described as either, “Meeting the immediate needs of people,” or “Creating lasting improvements that would benefit people in the future.” UC Davis Law Review, 53 , 2397-2431. [5] Existential threat and compliance with pro-environmental norms. University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 77 , 1-49. [67]

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2024

But as the New York Times reported, in recent years the 27 countries that make up the European Union have been trying to clean up their act: “They enshrined into law an ambitious target to cut planet-heating emissions by more than half by 2030. The Fall of Green Policies Historically, Europe has been one of the world’s top polluters.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Energy Law Food 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The non-profit Glasswing International, for example, mobilizes youth, communities, and government agencies to address the root causes and consequences of poverty, violence, and forced migration.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

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

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. Along with my team, I was still telling people what to do.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

. • 93% say companies must go beyond the minimum standards required by law to operate responsibly and that businesses should do something in the communities in which they operate. • Change the way they operate to align with greater social and environmental needs. 81% say companies should do even more, including. Advocate for change.

Volunteerism 49

Volunteerism Volunteerism Environmental Poverty 49

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. How do we shift scarcity mindsets that are rooted in deep and real experiences with poverty and oppression?

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 111

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

An environmental organization I know hired a former lieutenant governor as Executive Director. This is why many nonprofits often seek Board members who are CEOs of large companies, partners in law firms, and other high-profile executives. They don’t have a facility where they can show the work happening.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale. All of this depresses economic activity and increases poverty.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

These structures go beyond the physical infrastructure of poles, wires, and pipes to encompass the culture, laws, institutions, and power structures that shape who gets to live today and who gets to live—and even thrive—in the coming decades. As one example, the Reimagined Energy For Our Communities U.S.

Energy 121

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 121

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. The best antipoverty program is still a job,” Clinton asserted as he signed the bill into law.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 122

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

This article profiles three organizations from which we hail—the Center for Biological Diversity, Marbleseed (formerly the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service), and Wellspring Cooperative—that have grown to focus on addressing the many social, political, economic, and environmental ills that are a direct outcome of capitalism.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. The current market economy fails to effectively distribute goods and services to large segments of the population, resulting in poverty and maldistribution of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2022

An environmental organization I know hired a former lieutenant governor as Executive Director. This is why many nonprofits often seek Board members who are CEOs of large companies, partners in law firms, and other high-profile executives. How long have you worked in the field and how well are you known? How about your Board members?

Fundraising 127

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 127

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Southern Poverty Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Lakota People's Law Project. National Immigration Law Center. Donate | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. NextGen Climate.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Law Education Education 76

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 15, 2023

Image Credit: AVNphotolab on istock.com This July, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a new state law banning the use of cash bail in the state’s criminal justice system can go into effect. The new law, passed by Democratic legislators and signed by Democratic Governor J.B. And the success is not going unnoticed.

Non-Profits 98

Non-Profits Law Poverty Environmental 98

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. This could leave nonprofits working on other critical issues, such as poverty alleviation and education, with limited funding and support. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Disaster Relief Ethics Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The late 1970s and 1980s would also bring a critical time of uprisings against war and US imperialism, the swell of Global South/Feminist of Color movements, environmental justice, reproductive health, and antiviolence movements led by Indigenous and Women of Color. A Nation of Law? We have us to rely on, to stand up and say, “No M *r!

Leadership 111

Leadership Health Law Culture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. We would hope and expect that nonprofits are reducing poverty and reducing inequality. It’s a really small program, but it makes it onto the federal write up of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

Impact investing, as defined by the Global Impact Investing Network , is an investment tool “made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.” The Geographies of Social Finance: Poverty Regulation through the ‘Invisible Heart’ of Markets.” We flesh out each below.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 111