Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nonprofit leadership and boards are growing more diverse. It takes courage to talk explicitly about racial equity; to ethically disaggregate data that reveals disparities; and to educate policymakers, boards, and trustees about racial equity. The Supreme Court’s decision threatens this progress.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 130

Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 28, 2024

Despite how many nonprofit boards are struggling, board leadership and management does not have to be complicated. Note that this is for US 501(c)(3) public charities, not private foundations. Responsibility 1: Nonprofit Boards Set and Enforce Policy At the most basic level, boards are the governing body of the nonprofit organization.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 111

Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices. They built a public API and released a public data set.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Ethics Collaborations Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population. We need only look back one generation to understand the uniquely Black history of midwifery in the United States and the racialized policies that undermined it.

Health 131

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 19, 2023

Editor’s note: In Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power: The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration (2022) , sociologist Tasseli McKay offers a “cradle-to-grave accounting” of mass incarceration’s harms by tallying its social and economic costs. They furnish their own transport, often traveling for hours on public trains and buses.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Associations Children 140

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. The growth of these efforts required more access to nonextractive investment capital, creating a demand for public banks and democratic loan funds across the country.” With more local resources, child care became free, along with public school–provided breakfasts and lunches.” “How

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 131

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. Another piece of this painting would look like a landscape of advocacy and policy change institutions that prioritize racial and economic justice to level the playing field. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

The conversations remain small and overdue, but recent momentum is notable with new organizations , publications, resources, and frameworks exploring how philanthropy can—and, in the eyes of many, should—engage the movement for reparations in the United States. That remains true even if that wealth was donated to promote a public good.

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 134

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Plus, it’s responsible for ensuring that you meet goals and keep promises to the public, donors, and beneficiaries. They don’t understand their fiscal or legal responsibility nor their ethical responsibility. Encourage them to leverage their professional and social relationships to bring new supporters to the table.

Nonprofit governance and management 116

Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 116

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Autism Speaks funds programs that provide people with autism with social and educational experiences through their Norma and Malcolm Baker Recreation Grant programs. The Daniels Fund focuses on supporting highly effective and ethical nonprofit organizations that achieve significant results in the community. Areas served: US.

Health 117

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

We both have worked across a variety of disciplines, including teaching, ethics, economics, architecture, and design. Gender Inequity in Latin America Gender inequalities have deep and complex roots in economic, social, and political structures around the world. By Luz María Velázquez & Patricia Torres We are Lumi and Paty.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 126

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

The Black Leader’s Burden In the past three years, many of us who have been advancing justice initiatives have either questioned or outright criticized traditional top-down leadership as one root cause of the perpetuation of structural racism. The Aspen Institute’s definition of the term is instructive here. They seek to unionize.

Nonprofit governance and management 110

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If families reflect deeply in this moment on their philanthropic purpose, pace, power, and practices, and carefully choose their future path in this rapidly changing world, they will not only expand their impact but can fundamentally change the norms of our entire sector and help catalyze broader social transformation. Many already are.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 5, 2023

Image Credit: dimitrisvetsikas1969 on pixabay.com The world changes too much for anyone who is invested in social change work to imagine that this work is linear and predictable. This much most social movement leaders and activists intuitively understand. They often struggled to get public attention on Congressional corruption.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Technology Governance Ethics 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 22, 2024

Indeed, the lack of public leadership and financial incentives has positioned investors as not only economic but also political actors whose investment priorities speak to quality questions of the entire ed-tech ecosystem. Hence, achieving balance across these pathways is preferable to excelling in just one aspect.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Finance Education Education 72

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Philanthropies like ours—the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Brooklyn Community Foundation— that are funding work to address social, economic, and racial injustice must reckon with this contradiction and support the work of reparations. We believe that we are working in a liminal time and space.

Philanthropy 121

Philanthropy Foundations Culture Public and Social Policy 121

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 31, 2024

Not only are we a part of that industry, but it is an industry that is changing rapidly—and the implications of those changes are significant for journalism, the social justice fields we cover, and the future of democracy. Social change movements—we wanted to know more about how we serve them. MB: I think it is the only future.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Advertising Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 121

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

In today’s tumultuous climate—global political turmoil; emboldened White supremacists; mass gun violence; environmental degradation; pandemics; lack of access to quality, affordable healthcare; and counting—we need leadership that can grapple with the challenges. 5 ) The ability to hold infinite complexities.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture 109

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own? We think it can. We think it can.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 92

Anedot

AUGUST 27, 2024

In every sphere of influence, the Director, Individual Giving ensures compliance with relevant ethical guidelines, laws, policies, and procedures, and continually researches and implements best practices. Leadership Team Expectations • Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement organizational strategies.

Public and Social Policy 40

Public and Social Policy Ethics Leadership Construction 40

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

“Land Back as a movement, as a political and legal movement by Tribal nations across Turtle Island, has focused on the return of things that have been taken from us through colonial policies. These are things that were purposely taken from us through colonial policies and forced assimilation—that sort of thing. CS: Thank you.

Nonprofit governance and management 104

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 104

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 7, 2023

Nonprofit organizations, with their focus on social causes and community welfare, play a crucial role in shaping society. They are responsible for ensuring that the organization is fulfilling its mission, meeting legal and ethical standards, and managing its resources effectively.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 52

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 30, 2023

Start social then follow up. Start social then follow up Starting with simple, social language often works best. Social, emotional language encourages sharing. 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] These show we care.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Psychology Insurance Ethics 52

iMarketSmart

MARCH 27, 2022

The social-emotional content is the same. Starting with the statistical explanation reduced the social emotion.[6] 7] One system is: Social. The social-emotion system motivates charitable giving.[8] 8] Social-emotional story is the engine that drives giving. It blocked the social emotion from individual story.

Organizational Behavior 52

Organizational Behavior Public and Social Policy Charitable Contribution Finance 52

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

You did a webinar for us last year, had to have you back, check her out over at Leadership Savvy, does a lot of good work helping folks with strategic planning, which you’re going to talk about obviously, and just an awesome person. It’s multiple stakeholders, maybe it’s cross-sector, public, private. Will do it.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture Management 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

The idea is this: Suppose we ask a person to do some pro-social act. People are less likely to act pro-socially than to predict they will act pro-socially. Asking for the prediction first increases pro-social behavior. The question begins with a “social norm” statement. 33] This uses social-emotional language.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2025

Ito resigned just a few months later, the first of several tactics MIT leadership used to restore public trust in the university. Rafael Reif, issued public statements of apology along with promises of how they would make amends. However, the vetting process could mean turning down critical funding, posing an ethical dilemma.

Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Universities Leadership 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

But by “weaponizing” this technology, we’ve made it much harder to regulate, as it has undoubtedly led to policies aimed at stockpiling resources to achieve national supremacy over the tech. In fact, many of the ideas around what AI can achieve has been influenced by the notion that it’s as powerful as a nuclear weapon.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

Fundraising Leadership

MARCH 22, 2024

Using social media to promote your work can be positive, but you need to be careful. due to its Chinese ownership and use of data from its 170 million users, it is prime time to take a look at your own social media use. Contentious political and cultural issues are off limits from public sharing. Some posts can get you fired.

Public and Social Policy 77

Public and Social Policy Ethics Culture Leadership 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Ethical egoism posits that fulfilling one’s duty to act out of self-interest is the highest moral calling.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

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.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

One impactful innovation in building political power has been integrated voter engagement (IVE), a strategy in which grassroots organizing groups combine their on-going, multi-year policy campaigns with cyclical, high-intensity electoral campaigns. Building a new narrative for social change is a complex and long-term endeavor.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Governance Non-Profits Foundations 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 4, 2024

But putting unchecked development in the hands of (primarily) male tech executives who espouse a particular Silicon Valley ethos oriented toward profit and dominance above all else, will only intensify threats to our social systems and vulnerable communities. We need a new roadmap.

Governance 142

Governance Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A 2020 report from Stanford Law School and NYU School of Law researchers documented that nearly half of the 142 federal agencies surveyed had already experimented with AI applications, including to adjudicate disability benefits and communicate with the public. The future is now. Due this summer, it is now several months behind.

Civil Society 128

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2024

Libraries, universities, cultural centers, public parks and outdoor spaces, and other institutions that helped shape the nation and powered the rise of a thriving white middle class in the mid-20th century were not created by the market or a single sector. Moreover, the public wants meaningful and lasting change. But they never have.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Public Policy 131

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Governance is based on communal participation and consent, and seven principles of…servant leadership. The Zapatistas have an ethical core and an openness.” Compared to his predecessors, AMLO has taken a less confrontational approach toward the country’s drug cartels, a policy that he’s called abrazos, no balazos —hugs, not bullets.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Governance Construction Leadership 118