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From Food Pantry to Urban Farming: Food Justice Lessons from Camden

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series 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. How can a community reduce food insecurity?

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Deaths from Climate Change are Poverty Deaths

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Max Winkler on Unsplash “When people die of heat, they are actually dying of poverty,” the New York Times wrote in 2023 about a devastating heat wave during which 10 people died in Texas. But around the world, the climate emergency underscores the ongoing emergency of poverty.

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Book Review: Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding

Selfish Giving

The prize is valued at $100,000. My two favorite causes profiled were UNICEF and the Food Bank For New York City because they both reminded me of my own organization in some way. The value proposition of your brand has to be simple and actionable. The prize is worth the visit. million readers. Now on to the review!

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One in Five Nonprofit Workers Can’t Afford Basic Expenses

NonProfit Quarterly

What’s more, says Watkins, the findings suggest that the nonprofit sector is, in many cases, operating in contradiction to widely held values of labor justice and equity. “We If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ.

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Newsletter: Tomorrow: How Sales Coaching Boosted This Nonprofit’s Partner Outreach ; How to Land a Partnership Deal Before Year-End ; Is SantaCon Just a Con?

Selfish Giving

Shopping Gives does an excellent job in this case study highlighting how hair care brand Olaplex saw a significant boost in customer lifetime value (CLTV) for customers who have created donations on purchases compared to those who haven’t. This year, they are back with an all-new holiday campaign to tackle period poverty. Brain Food 1.

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. A Dangerous Rise Local militia groups have a broad range of beliefs and values. The militia has two operation camps, one of which is in Sasabe.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.