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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As discussions about ESG become more and more polarized—while progressive politicians push for aggressive regulations, billionaires like Elon Musk call it a “scam” and nonprofits accuse businesses of greenwashing—leaving consumers increasingly confused. ESG for Assurance. scores and find themselves in most big E.S.G.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We will share our experience, and those of our peers, to argue that this funding ecosystem needs to be reimagined to truly support social entrepreneurs and collectively address the global problems they are tackling. The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. There is, however, a way for nonprofits to gain greater access to “flexible” capital and for foundations to generate a financial return.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are also a provider of donor management software. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. So I’m a communication consultant, a communication strategist for nonprofits, mainly. We love doing them.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Governments and funders do not prioritize investing in rural access improvements due to a lack of data to make the case as well as competition from other development projects and a preference for urban investments. But the new infrastructure brought environmental benefits, too.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum. ESOPs also provide workers with important governance rights.

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How to Advance a Regenerative Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

In the nonprofit sector, it requires transcending the standard hierarchical funder-nonprofit dynamics and replacing them with norms of power sharing and reciprocity. Unlike many funding opportunities, qualifying projects did not need to have nonprofit tax status or be fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit.