NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Image credit: Downside Up by Rene Lapris Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s fall 2024 issue, Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement. I was accepted and enrolled in a program, at the (now defunct) School for International Training, titled Amazon Resource Management and Human Ecology.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 98

The Charity CFO

MARCH 24, 2022

Nonprofit fraud makes for great headlines— like the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future accused this year of squandering $48 million of federal funding on luxurious trips, fancy mansions, and other personal costs. . According to The New York Times , the value of nonprofit fraud is approximately $40-50 Billion each year.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you’re like most nonprofit leaders, you’re not researching nonprofit accounting basics to satisfy your curiosity. with this overview of nonprofit accounting basics. . What is nonprofit accounting? The basic accounting principles for nonprofit organizations are the same as accounting for for-profit companies. .

Nonprofit Accountability 98

Nonprofit Accountability Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Image: “Color My World” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.”

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Production 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. The local organization could identify someone working at the intersection of food and legal advocacy.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

While ROC has always been a nonprofit organization, its signature restaurant, Colors, was an LLC, created as a co-op and run by former Windows on the World workers. With the help of our late friend, Bruce Herman , a dozen Windows workers traveled to Italy to learn how to manage a successful worker cooperative restaurant.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From vast riparian watersheds to fisheries to croplands, few corners of the nation’s ⎯ and the world’s ⎯ food systems have escaped the eyes of the Walton family. Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 136

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Well, those models have failed spectacularlyand routinelyin many different countries.

Nonprofit governance and management 65

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 65

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In early 2022, California’s Central Valley water district experienced theft by its own former general manager. Over the course of 23 years, former general manager Dennis Falaschi stole $25 million worth of water. These tankers supply non-potable water or water that cannot be used for drinking purposes.

Law 124

Law Non-Profits Governance Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Is it possible to organize private healthcare businesses in ways that don’t extract profits and instead share ownership and control with workers by design? A typical home care worker earns even less, just $18,100 per year, according to PHI , the nonprofit organization formerly known as the Paraprofessional Health Institute.

Health 98

Health Healthcare Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The structural and ideological limitations of 501(c)3 non-profits in terms of their subservience to funding sources and resulting incompatibility with power building. The elevation of leaders to their positions based on exceptional oratory and organizing ability rather than management skills. History can help us understand why.

Leadership 145

Leadership Culture Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 145

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This holiday season, give back by shopping for unique gifts from nonprofit online stores. In this gift guide, you’ll find selections from nonprofits that you won’t see in regular shops. What’s more, your purchases from nonprofit shops will support the essential work of these organizations and the individuals they help year-round.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

And in that story, federal government policies, such as the Homestead Act , had never helped them, even though of course they did. SD: In Bootstrapped, you describe key aspects of the nation’s social support system—or non-system, as the case may be—as a “dystopian social safety net.” A lot of nonprofits fall into that category.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 114

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Ever wondered why so many nonprofits are stuck in their financial struggles that they end up failing their communities? Want to make sure your nonprofit doesn’t suffer the same fate? She helps nonprofits get financially established so they can achieve their goals. And why nonprofits need to learn to put themselves first. (2:47).

Non-Profits 90

Non-Profits Nonprofits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 90

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Image: “Through the Fire” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” And those machines are being sold to city governments for millions of dollars, even though their accuracy rate is less than 10 percent.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Production 118

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Leaders moving work through nonprofit organizations are also contending with the “great resignation” and major shifts in the workforce; 3 unprocessed grief from the pandemic and years of escalating racial violence; and short-lived performative responses by philanthropy to the events of 2020.

Leadership 110

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 110

The Agitator

JULY 13, 2011

the longest time at the same charity or nonprofit. Marilyn Borchardt — Food First/Institute for Food & Development Policy — 26 years. Bruce Donnelly — Atlanta Community Food Bank — 23 years. The organization is the international development nonprofit ActionAid, formed in 1972.

Fundraising 75

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit governance and management Food 75

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

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Non-Profits 44

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 44

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? Nonprofits often play quasi-governmental roles.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 95

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 27, 2022

These huge organizations, apart from making big profits by advertising and selling their product, these companies also work on social and environmental issues that are occurring in the world. Let’s discuss some of the globally occurring problems and how marketing resources can help in their management by raising awareness.

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy 52

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are a provider of donor management software. So I always like to take a step back and say, “Okay, before we start to talk about writing, and management, and all of these other things, I think it’s really important to think about how do we get here?

Nonprofit governance and management 114

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 114

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond our webinars, I would invite you to check us out because we are a provider of donor-management software, that’s what Bloomerang is. And if you’re in the room today, chances are you are part of a nonprofit organization or, what I like to call, a purpose-driven organization.

Children 105

Children Curriculum and Teaching Education Education 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. We decided early on to incorporate NeedsList as a for-profit, purpose-driven company. Our reasoning was straightforward: We didn’t want to be seen as competing for funding with the nonprofits using our software. We weren’t alone.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? are exploring ways to help individuals manage and monetize personal data. 18 Platforms like Nebula Genomics and Hu-manity.co

Race and Ethnicity 69

Race and Ethnicity Health Ethics Public and Social Policy 69

The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For over 20 years, nonprofits struggled to take data privacy seriously. This week on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast we discuss today’s biggest cybersecurity threat and how nonprofits can use technology without putting themselves at risk. How nonprofits can use technology to work smarter without putting themselves at greater risk.

Non-Profits 98

Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Nonprofit governance and management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school. We know these solutions have a great impact.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

With the WORK Act, tens of millions of dollars in government resources will be disbursed to employee-ownership centers around the country, fundamentally changing the playing field for worker-owners, freelancers, and cooperative innovators. What we have here is the kernel of a potent agenda for “non-reformist reforms.”

Public Policy 95

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 95

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It encompasses practices and organizations that prioritize people and the planet over profit, aiming to build an economy that is equitable, sustainable, and inclusive. CLTs decommodify land—in other words, take land out of the market—through collective ownership to support community needs such as housing and food.

Nonprofit governance and management 118

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Food Public and Social Policy 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

That share ownership comes with two core bundles of rights for shareholders: economic rights, which provide monetary value, and governance rights, which grant control over the enterprise. Well-known examples include home care agency CHCA and fair trade food and beverage company Equal Exchange. There are many different models of AOEs.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 139