NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? So, what keeps them alive today?

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2024

Image credit: Miriam Alonso on pexels.com Loneliness is “the most human of feelings,” Jeremy Nobel, faculty at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, said on the podcast Harvard Thinking. How many seasonal celebrations were deferred, and social connections interrupted or never even made?

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Sociology Health Medical 134

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. And in 2021, food insecurity among adult women rose to 31.9 million more women and girls into poverty by midcentury, outnumbering men and boys by at least 16 million.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 136

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ. As Hoopes pointed out, the federal poverty measure is outdated, based on a 1960s formula that assumed food was the largest household expense—an assumption that no longer holds true today.

Poverty 119

Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this interview with NPQ , The Sentencing Project’s codirector of research, Nazgol Ghandnoosh, discusses the series, particularly the last installment, which examines how mass incarceration deepens inequality and harms public safety. RB: The last installment of the report uplifts how mass incarceration exacerbates poverty.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Education 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

A third of the people in this country, nearly 100 million, live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level , where the loss of income from even a short-term illness can be insurmountable. To change peoples’ material reality, however, means rehauling the entire operating system of our democracy, not just tinkering with its policies.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. The situation for extremely low-income homeowners was no better. A Collaborative Approach to Housing Justice.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 126

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

First, you have to have the right story for the right publication. Or your food bank receiving dozens of 55-gallon barrels of peanut butter (that happened to me once!). Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News Here are the steps for getting coverage of your organization’s work in newspapers, TV news, and digital publications: .

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Food Poverty 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). They may lose their homes. The brief also called for adaptive interventions for climate change to factor in mental health.

Health 113

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

For Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, the creation of borders that have been imposed upon tribal nations has led to a tremendous loss of land, natural resources, culture, food systems, language, economies, and a thousand generations of traditional knowledge. Another measure of poverty and wealth is owning land or owning a home.

Health 98

Health Poverty Public and Social Policy Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. Revisit ESG and responsible investment policies and beliefs. Work with governments.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Finance Participation and motivation Governance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: venuestock on istock.com Nine years ago, the Economic Policy Institute reported that over $50 billion a year is stolen from workers nationally —that’s more than the cost of all robberies, burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts combined. This theft occurs daily and disproportionately affects immigrant workers.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the children most at risk of lead exposure are under six years of age and can come in contact with lead through chipping paint in older homes, imported food or cosmetics, drinking water from lead plumbing or pipes, and even the soil around older buildings or roads.

Curriculum and Teaching 75

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 75

Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

Employees might need alternative cash flow or live close to poverty, which is especially difficult for employees with lived experiences. What if, instead, we measured nonprofits by retention, their willingness to use reserves for salary increases (excluding bonuses), and the number of employees living above the poverty line?

Poverty 52

Poverty Values Health Nonprofit governance and management 52

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

poverty level, and another 17% qualified in the category of ALICE ® ( A sset L imited, I ncome C onstrained, E mployed). ALICE nonprofit employees live in households that earn more than the federal poverty level, but less than what it costs to survive in the counties where they live.

Poverty 97

Poverty Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Public and Social Policy 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2024

It’s made recent and notable strides in advancing climate policies and innovations, but in a dramatic shift, Europeans are starting to vote against them. The Fall of Green Policies Historically, Europe has been one of the world’s top polluters. A mere five years later, those gains were lost.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Energy Law Food 130

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Black women hold diverse and nuanced socioeconomic and political identities, and as such, our policies targeting racial and gender inequality must be flexible and adaptable. This is a core tenet of racially just policies and programs. They currently live in public housing, and the pathway to homeownership is filled with barriers.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 116

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We’re not talking about the lack of funding for our public health system. Providing historic context that was rare elsewhere at the conference, Dr. Adimika Arthur, Founding Executive Director of HealthTech4Medicaid, then led a discussion of the ways that public policy and convening intersect with these issues.

Health 117

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 117

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. EHRP is part of the dystopian social safety net.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Although tech companies tend to obscure the fact, and the public rarely realizes it, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are not the purely automated processes tech companies claim they are, but rather the product of human work. At the highest level, though, we need policy solutions. Workers in poorer countries fare even worse.

Non-Profits 142

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Production Technology 142

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

We are living through a syndemic—a time of multiple crises causing seismic economic, political, environmental, technological, and social shifts, which are long from being settled. In 2016, six women of color in the Colorado organizing and social justice movement ecosystem came together and formed Transformative Leadership for Change.

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Culture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

.” Against the will of many Ngāti Maru members, countless acres were opened for British settlement, which rendered the tribe nearly landless, led to generations of economic, cultural, social, and spiritual hardship. Finding a way through the resistance and doubt was worthwhile.

Governance 98

Governance Health Public and Social Policy Culture 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

We’ll also talk about the role of education, healthcare , development aid, and advocacy and policy efforts in managing population growth and encouraging sustainable practices. But population growth is more than just numbers; it’s about the strain those numbers put on food, water, and energy supplies.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Cultural Diversity Environmental 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

12 Its demands include freedom for all imprisoned and detained people; resistance to surveillance, policing, and militarized responses to COVID-19; access to quality healthcare now and in the future; access to housing, food, and economic security; and international efforts to end US imperialism and militarism. This history is important.

Construction 109

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 109

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

7 Although women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, national climate policies rarely consider their unique needs. Girls get taken out of school to care for siblings and/or help with locating food and water, disrupting their education and future opportunities. It empowers women and girls to become leaders.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

One key advantage of a CGM is its ability to help people understand how specific foods, ingredient combinations, and meal timing can impact blood sugar levels. For many people with diabetes, particularly those living below the poverty line, the cost of CGMs makes them unattainable.

Management 98

Management Healthcare Health Medical 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series examines the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. These racist stories then shape our policies for years and years.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

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.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

This article profiles three organizations from which we hail—the Center for Biological Diversity, Marbleseed (formerly the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service), and Wellspring Cooperative—that have grown to focus on addressing the many social, political, economic, and environmental ills that are a direct outcome of capitalism.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. In cities like Richmond, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, which had experienced ‘food apartheid,’ the need for locally grown, healthy food supported the rise of urban farms that employed returning citizens. The year is 2053. The buzzing of delivery drones fills the air.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Judith Bell: We have been a social justice funder, really, since our inception 75 years ago. If you're changing the rules, you're changing systems, and you're changing policies. described as “the beloved community” and that the policies and practices and funding and budgets would reflect that.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Health Foundations Philanthropy 90

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Since it isn’t, the public sector steps in to nudge the market. Mission 300 aims to address these challenges by leveraging both public and private capital to invest in renewable-energy infrastructure. Subordinated debt, where public lenders agree to be repaid after private lenders. Why hasn’t electrification happened already?

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Energy Participation and motivation 144

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

All told, CDFIs—including not just loan funds, but also community development credit unions, banks, bank holding companies, and venture funds —have $266 billion in assets, according to a 2020 study from the US Social Investment Forum. This number is sure to rise when new data are announced this December. Where are consumer product companies?

Finance 111

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In reality, more than 70 percent of children in foster care today are in foster care because of what the system calls neglect, which is largely related to poverty issues. Obviously, those are different scenarios—why do you feel it’s important and justifiable to make those comparisons?

Children 142

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 142

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Putting aside cell phones and automobiles—and the commodity fetishizing of consumerism overall—there are basic needs: food, clothing, shelter. So I think that broadening the public sector and having direct community control are some great examples. Another example is the movement for public banks. That’s a lot of mouths to feed.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Production 121