NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Image credit: Steve Dubb Food is the cover story. Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Up & Coming Food Co-op C onference panel September 15, 2023 There is a wave of food co-ops opening in majority-Black communities, as NPQ has covered. But organizing a food co-op is not easy. The first step was starting a monthly food-buying club.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 26, 2025

To create a successful fundraising store, focus on products such as: Popular, wide-appeal items , including discount cards for local businesses or chains and food like popcorn or cookie dough. Beyond raising funds, a peer-to-peer approach helps participants build valuable leadership skills. Did you enjoy this story?

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 26, 2025

A peek into your lifeyour dog, your favorite leadership lesson, your morning routinecan create meaningful connection without crossing boundaries. Write down small wins, leadership lessons, or daily observations. Use it to craft stories that connect, engage, and elevate your leadership voice. Its about leadership.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

According to expert Shabnam Mogharabi, keynote speaker at our recent Nonprofit Leadership Conference , gratitude is the most important element when it comes to creating more joy in our lives and at work. Countless research studies have revealed that showing gratitude can improve almost any aspect of our lives.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Nonprofit Leadership Center (NLC) is pleased to announce that Jamiel Maze, MA, has joined the organization as its new resource development coordinator. When I felt burned out, I still wanted to spend time with the Girl Scout troop I lead or distributing food in the community with local nonprofits,” Jamiel recalls. “I

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Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

And direct interactions through volunteering, donating, or participating in food drives, for example, is essential to building the public trust nonprofits need to do their work: 79% of respondents whod volunteered in recent years said it gave them a more favorable view of the sector, and 88% said they would volunteer again.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 6, 2023

All the while, they noticed signs of distress around them—including a stark rise in food insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic. “We We saw news reports which were showing people waiting in very long lines for food. They decided to start their own nonprofit, with the goal of getting food to those in their community who needed it.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Organizing hands-on volunteering events like community clean-ups, food drives, or shelter support days offers students the opportunity to make an immediate difference while connecting to the nonprofits mission. Pair food drives with storytelling sessions where students learn about local hunger challenges.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 31, 2024

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is excited to share the commencement of the April CNP Cohort for the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) Professional Track program. Effective leadership is crucial for these organizations to thrive and continue to serve their communities. Learn more here!

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 6, 2024

In this exclusive interview with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, Tracy shares her story and valuable advice for anyone dreaming of a career making a difference. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter. Did you enjoy this story?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Nonprofit Leadership Center’s Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide highlights gifts for everyone on your list, with some or all of the proceeds benefiting nonprofits. Gifts in this 2023 guide were curated by the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s nonprofit community through a submission process in November.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 12, 2025

And they get to choose causes they care about, from food banks to animal rescues. Engaged volunteers build deeper ties to your mission, making them prime candidates for long-term leadership and support. Employees get 16 paid volunteer hours per year. Volunteer events happen during work hours, not on personal time. The result?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

They intend to award $2 million to help provide basic needs to youth and their families in the following areas: Education Literacy Early Childhood Development High School Readiness + Graduation Health Care Preventative Care: for youth and their families Supportive Health Services: ensuring that youth and their families are supported if a child requires (..)

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Of course, qualities such as financial expertise, legal knowledge, and leadership are all welcomed and useful additions; however they are not in place of the most important quality — caring. For example, are you starting to consider purchasing a warehouse for your food bank? Will they make phone calls? Return emails?

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

With considerate leadership and thoughtful planning, though, these barriers are easy to dismantle—such as by using technology that allows staff to make presentations in their home language. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter. Did you enjoy this story?

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Health Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Civil Society 242

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 5, 2020

Now is a great time for your organization to focus on thought leadership content. Plus, who should and shouldn't be doing thought leadership content. Brain Food 1. Now he’s looking at food stamps. I love this point: Pitch all deals like you are pitching to a CFO. ?? Marketing Your Cause. There are five sources.??

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

Nonprofit Leadership Center trainer and communications coach, BeverlyAnn Foster , offers five tips for navigating team dynamics to communicate with confidence. Avoiding pet peeves: Refrain from cell phone use, interrupting, eating food during meetings, showing up unprepared, and veering into off-topic conversation. Practice M.I.

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Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

These inspiring quotes provide a little extra insight into how to find sustainability in nonprofit leadership and impact. Hilarious Quotes About the Reality of Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofit work tends to be intense. Motivational Quotes for Nonprofit Leaders These quotes are especially good if you’re having one of those tough days.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Deborah Bae & Kiernan Doherty The dominant narrative around leadership in many areas of the world centers individualism over solidarity. It suggests that there is one kind of leadership and that a single person—one who intervenes to solve a problem or envision a bold new reality—embodies it.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

in late 1967 with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which advocated for a revolution of values. The center also co-anchors the Poor Peoples Campaign (PPC): A National Call for Moral Revival , a movement started by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Homelessness Poverty Public and Social Policy Urban development 105

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Most nonprofits will ask for this type of gift for their beneficiaries, such as dog food for an animal shelter. If your cause is animal-related , you could accept pet food, toys, collars, leashes, and bedding. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 28, 2024

A Foundation in Nonprofit Management During her time at Rockhurst University, Maigan dove into the world of nonprofits, earning her CNP credential while completing her bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership Studies. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter.

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Anedot

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Organization Overview: Thirty-five percent of all food in the U.S. goes to waste, contributing significantly to environmental damage, with global food waste ranking as the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions behind the U.S. Meanwhile, more than 20% of people in the Bay Area face food insecurity.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Secretary of Homeland Security Jacob Wood Co-Founder & Executive Board Chairman Team Rubicon Team Rubicon became one of the most impactful nonprofits under Wood’s leadership. Here are a few suggestions. It has more than 125,000 volunteers, has responded to disasters in 700-plus communities, and raised nearly $250 million.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 21, 2020

Data tidbits are helpful, too: “Do you know that our food pantry use has gone up 4% in the last six months?”. “Do Their specialty is “improving the quality of life in Grundy County through leadership and philanthropy.” Do the friends have experience with that issue in our county?

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The gang at Rocket Social Impact shares five ways to use thought leadership to show your chops. Director Of Corporate Relations, Greater Chicago Food Depository , Chicago Do you have a partnership position you are trying to fill? Brain Food 1. Want to close more partnerships? Marketing Your Cause 1.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 7, 2025

Healing the Hood In 2021, Heal the Hood launched one of its first official initiatives, opening a free store that aimed to help lighten the financial burden on families by providing staples, like food and household goods, for free. But the first iteration needed tweaking. A call was put out requesting groceries.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pankey has more than 25 years of management and leadership experience, including in global humanitarian and development work. based nonprofit that works overseas to support food systems, support sustainable ecosystems and empowers women to serve in leadership roles.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 3, 2020

Prior her tenure at Arkansas Children’s, Jennifer held leadership roles in the niche publishing industry in Little Rock and at various nonprofits in Montgomery, Alabama. Maybe I should focus more on work and less on food, birds, teens and my husband’s client calls. White or red? Or do you wind down the day another way?

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Building a More Equitable Food System Through Organizational Change With new leadership in place, we are in an ideal space for new directional change and growth. Giving away food has never and will never end food insecurity, but we can move away from enshrouding marginalized people in victimhood.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It says a lot about your leadership and values. Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption , Columbus, Ohio Brain Food 1. This is how its done, folks! And guess what? She booked the meeting! This has been a fantastic relationship. I've enjoyed every single member of your team. Our impact could not have happened without you.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Studies show that roughly 20% of the world’s waste comes from offices with each worker contributing about two pounds of paper, plastic, and food waste each day. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter. Why should nonprofits prioritize sustainability?

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Learn how culturally responsive leadership can help bring out the best in your nonprofits team. When it comes to food insecurity, there are many myths and misconceptions that can get in the way of lasting solutions all while real people in the communities our nonprofits serve continue to suffer.

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