Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It directly limits future growth and also makes it harder for the cooperative to borrow sufficiently to finance its day-to-day activities or operating expenses. Is external financing available? In other words, 70 percent of the global needs for rural finance are currently unmet. But how and where? Affordable?

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

Values 129

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. .” SD: In the book, you outline the hybrid public financing (33) of nursing home care.

Nonprofit governance and management 82

Nonprofit governance and management Medical Public and Nonprofit Management Healthcare 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The African Development Bank for example, seeks to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in Africa, while the International Red Cross focuses on protecting and assisting victims of armed conflict. These projects typically take place in peaceful and lower to middle-income countries where poverty remains prevalent.

Poverty 115

Poverty Finance Governance Non-Profits 115

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Age, poverty, ethnicity, and marginalization exacerbate existing gender inequalities and pose particular threats to women’s livelihoods, health, and safety. According to data from the organization UN Women , approximately 20 million more women live in poverty than men, significantly affecting their health and wellbeing.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 136

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

One of the major barriers for the billions of people who lack safe water and sanitation is access to financing to fund the solutions they need to survive. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty. Creating powerful solutions. The value of efficiency.

Non-Profits 133

Non-Profits Poverty Finance Health 133

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

1 The Dawn of the Nonprofit Sector Dunning begins the history of the nonprofit sector in the 1960s, when protests against discrimination prompted political leaders to look for solutions to persistent poverty. 9 The rents collected by CDCs strengthened market approaches to poverty, encouraging what we now may refer to as sustainability.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. However, in America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. This disproportionality demands systemic solutions.

Poverty 115

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 115

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

We wanted to make it clear to our followers the connection between our work and how that helps prevent the spread of disease and impacts the health of families around the world. We must remember the world is dealing with a global health pandemic and important social conversations.

Non-Profits 134

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

However, virtually none of the financing the global community has marshaled to fight climate change is directed toward them, and they feature in almost no high-level policy conversations about climate priorities. Despite the clear case for supporting them, smallholders are virtually excluded from global climate finance and policy.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

Environmental 110

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A job that pays less than childcare costs, imposes schedules on short notice, and doesn’t offer benefits cannot help people escape poverty. But because of narratives about what poor people and people of color deserve, they are relegated to jobs that perpetuate cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement. They’re effective.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 126

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 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, our organization, One Acre Fund , supplies over 4 million African smallholder farmers with the finance, supplies, and training to grow more food, plant more trees, and earn more money. percent of climate adaptation finance need of smallholders is currently being met by all actors combined.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meanwhile, youth activists and organizers continue to be outspoken, recognizing that the climate crisis continues to worsen, exacerbated by such concurring injustices as poverty and wealth inequality, authoritarianism, and genocide. 15 Philanthropy has added fuel to the fire that is saviorism disguised as progress.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

Specifically, we propose using federal tax credits, combined with Medicare and Medicaid dollars, to restructure the ownership and financing of the nursing care industry. Here, by social financing, we refer primarily to impact investing and social impact bonds (Geobey and Harji 2014; Han, Chen, and Toepler 2020; Rosenman 2019).

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 110

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

On its website, ILSR maintains a set of maps showing the overlay of poverty and store location in multiple metropolitan areas. Dollar stores also negatively impact public health. A second priority, the authors contend, is to support local finance. DeKalb County is not unique.

Retail 133

Retail Food Law Governance 133

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Health Governance Leadership 91

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

3 During and after climate disasters, access to such essential services as women’s and girls’ mental and physical healthcare overall is often severely constrained, 4 and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including maternal care, becomes limited or stops altogether. million girls from completing their education each year.”

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A minority of nonprofits have more than six months of cash in reserve, according to reports like the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s State of the Sector ; many have less than three months of operating reserves on hand. Financial health can help attract and retain donors and talent. They help advance mission.

Nonprofit governance and management 135

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Health Leadership 135

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management. The team is also working to generate enough earnings to provide health insurance, paid time off, and sick leave—a rare level of economic security for restaurant workers.

Non-Profits 137

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 137

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages. All are coached through the licensing process and learn how to secure financing.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Understanding who is having their water shut off and how this impacts a utility’s finances is necessary to create equitable, informed policy. “In Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. They fund nonprofit organizations that support Education, Family, and Health & Wellness.

Health 98

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of rural residents lived below the poverty line, compared to 11.9 It supports a population of over 380,000 residents, 21 percent of whom live in poverty, 15 percent of whom are Black, and 15 percent Latinx. As of 2019, an estimated 15.4 percent of urban and suburban residents.

Poverty 105

Poverty Children Culture Food 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. CS: You’ve been a leader in this work for a long time, probably even before people were really talking about health justice in quite this way.

Health 118

Health Medical Leadership Healthcare 118

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

From current discriminatory practices in the private lending market to historic exclusion from public home-buying programs, the effects of these inequitable practices and policies on Black women include a lack of wealth and an incalculable loss of mental and physical health.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Insurance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

The BPRA would create a public energy option in New York by expanding the ability of the New York Power Authority, the state’s public utility, to finance, build, and operate affordable, reliable renewable energy. Last week, the Build Public Renewables Act passed in the New York State Senate.

Energy 121

Energy Non-Profits Poverty Environmental 121

Candid

JUNE 4, 2021

As more than ten thousand people a day continue to die from COVID-19 around the world, a report from the Rockefeller Foundation calls for urgent action and proposes financing models for ensuring equitable global access to vaccines. No one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe, and that means being vaccinated.

Finance 59

Finance Manufacturing Poverty Health 59

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the 1930s and ’40s, banks and federal government officials redlined Summit Lake—a neighborhood named for its beautiful glacial lake—making it virtually impossible for anyone to qualify for a mortgage in the neighborhood or for any property owner, commercial or otherwise, to qualify for financing to make improvements.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. By Kevin Tan & Nadia Ahmad Samdin. Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. In the United States , private philanthropy totaled $176.7

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 124

Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Business Development Manager Nonprofit Finance Fund (New York, NY). Communications & Marketing Coordinator Riverside Community Health Foundation (Riverside, CA). Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Associate Project Editor Appalachian Mountain Club (Boston, MA). Tacoma, WA).

Communication 65

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Associations 65

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 21, 2024

million to advance health equity, strengthen communities and impact systemic change across its 74-county service area. The health care services MHM provides are a cornerstone of its charitable purpose of creating access to care. Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. (MHM) MHM) is investing $181.1

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In Cape Town, there was a modern apartment, a car, and a job in high-end finance. Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” We have slots for talking about health, talking about education, talking about youth issues.

Children 81

Children Poverty Leadership Education 81

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Education is promised as a path out of poverty—but it’s also a means of extraction under racial capitalism. Wiping out current debts doesn’t eliminate the racist policies and systems that created the crisis, nor does it end the debt-financing of education, housing, and healthcare.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 132