Environmental Non-Profits Public and Social Policy 
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Image Credit: Jaric Swart on Unsplash State of the Movements is a recurring NPQ column dedicated to tracking the pulse of social movements and the solidarity economy in 2025. The opportunity for a breakthrough amid crisis is real, even as social change movements today face increasing repression, fragmentation, and resource scarcity.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.
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NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 25, 2023
Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. Together, these smaller nonprofits have an estimated $22.1
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 22, 2023
By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. One sign of this is the rapid growth of what is variably called “socially responsible investment” or “impact investment.” But the phrase, “impact investing,” implies pursuing some positive social benefit.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 9, 2023
Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Net energy metering is a policy that compensates households with solar panels for the extra energy they give back to the grid and, in turn, helps lower their utility bills. This policy decision was complicated.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
For decades, nonprofits, governments, philanthropies, and corporations have been dogged by how to measure social impact. The only stakeholders who seem to be benefitting are the evaluation consultants, who profit greatly from what some refer to as an “evaluation-industrial complex.” A Registry for the Social Sector?
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
It’s not just digital news nonprofits that benefit from their giving; the Waltons also give to legacy newspapers, websites, magazines, radio stations, and trade journals covering such subjects as agriculture, water policy, fisheries, conservation, and climate. There’s more.
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