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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Extensive research shows that public policy can shape economic outcomes. The public can demand economic policies that benefit the broader population. A key question becomes: What kind of economic policies should the public demand? Wealth is a fundamental measure of stability and opportunity.

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How to Build a Just and Effective Public Sector Workforce System

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Desola Lanre-Ologun on Unsplash Recent worker polling confirms that even in a low-unemployment economy, workers feel vulnerableand they feel that public policy does not serve them, including the nations system of workforce development. At the foundations where we workthe Conrad N.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust

NonProfit Quarterly

Therefore, 501c3 organizations, whether public charities or private foundations, must navigate carefully to comply with regulations. Private foundations may provide general support to public charities that lobby, subject to certain requirements.

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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

But while the report makes various calls to action (for foundations, donors, donor-advised-fund sponsors, lawyers, and policymakers, among others), it also offers a snapshot of the state of the field today, highlighting initial successes and indicating where further change in the field is required.

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Boston Foundation Launches Racial Wealth Equity Center

NonProfit Quarterly

Now, a new initiative by the Boston Foundation and its research center, Boston Indicators , hopes to explore the racial wealth divide in Greater Boston, as well as more broadly, in the hopes of identifying new approaches to closing the persistent gap. The Boston Foundation’s new CEO, M.

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How Much Do Americans Trust Nonprofits? It’s Complicated.

NonProfit Quarterly

But the group’s latest report, released this June, contained some good news for the sector: the survey found a rise in trust in nonprofits for the first time in four years—and that nonprofits remain the most trusted of various American institutions surveyed, from corporations to local and state government to the news media to the federal government.

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Remaking the Economy: A Policy Vision from the Movement for Black Lives

NonProfit Quarterly

Bennett is co-CEO of iF, A Foundation of Radical Possibility , based in Washington, DC. Amara Enyia is director for policy and research at the Movement for Black Lives , based in Chicago. How can public policy compensate for the damage done? What policy changes are needed at the level of the federal government?