Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By Wouter Vandersypen , Chris Claes & Steven Serneels Imagine being in charge of a profitable vegetable cooperative in Benin. You know the cooperative can increase its income and improve its resilience if most of this year’s profit is set aside for investing in new hardware. You also know that your members are very poor.

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

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APRIL 2, 2023

We empower young adults to overcome poverty and build a brighter future for Haiti. For example, a food pantry might come up with sticky-note drafts such as: We provide emergency food boxes to people in need. We help seniors have access to fresh food. Food for thought! We provide food … how about we nourish ?

Food 105

Food Entrepreneurship Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I became the volunteer manager at a non-profit, FACETS , that works with people struggling with homelessness and poverty. FACETS staff had shared their frustration about having work interruptions when they needed to get supplies from the shared food pantry. Now FACETS has a “Pony Express” shuttle service!

Homelessness 69

Homelessness Poverty Non-Profits Food 69

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

In fact, the interruption of “normal” has allowed us to create this new space in which we can cultivate relationships, weigh cultural assets, and plot a path toward cultural sovereignty in a non-extractive framework centered on cooperation rather than competition. To inhabit a sustainable future requires we remember the shape of thrivability.

Culture 126

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 126

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

This includes strategies of community organizing, public policy and advocacy, civic engagement, cultural/arts organizing, land/food sovereignty, healing justice, and more. While we started with leaders serving in executive director roles, we have also led cohorts of non-ED senior staff and are planning a cohort for community organizers.

Leadership 110

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 110

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MAY 29, 2023

A word about inkind gifts: Of course you should always thank a donor who gives an inkind gift, such as a donation of bottled water, laundry detergent, pet food, or whatever. Because of you, one Haitian child has a brighter future and the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty. But the rules are a bit different around IRS language.

Food 98

Food Children Values Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? 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.” Alissa Quart: Definitely, it builds on Squeezed. What led you to come up with that term?

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 112

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Saqib Bhatti: Capitalism requires endless growth and profit for the capitalists, and it requires extraction in order to produce that endless growth and profit. That’s where you see these attempts at profit making and extraction. When Chicago closed dozens of schools, 90 percent of the impacted students were Black.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Production 115

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. These gifts would be perfect for a loved one passionate about sustainable farming, growing food, and farmer appreciation. Shop their online store to help promote their mission.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

but I was struck by the sheer poverty that most people faced. Couple that with the limited job opportunities, and the high poverty becomes understandable. I saw a note from Sophia recently where she said there is literally no food in the cupboards and the teachers haven’t been paid.

Poverty 45

Poverty Children Food Culture 45

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

If racism has left Black Americans with less capital than White Americans, then the solution is to help Black Americans eventually own businesses as large and profitable as those of White Americans.” Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black? Is substandard housing less dangerous because your landlord is Black?

Public and Social Policy 92

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In another instance, I was assigned a HIT of labeling aerial photographs of non-traditional border crossings—following tire tracks and footpaths in an unidentified desert—without explanation of what I was seeing or how my work would be used. This year, Time reported that Sama had paid workers in Kenya a take-home wage as low as $1.32

Non-Profits 142

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Production Technology 142

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Many find inspiration in the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American cancer patient whose tumor cells were taken without her consent in 1951leading to a multibillion dollar industry, while her family and descendants dealt with poverty. Companies are leveraging blockchain and AI to compensate individuals for their personal data.

Race and Ethnicity 69

Race and Ethnicity Health Ethics Public and Social Policy 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income.

Public and Social Policy 130

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