NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Supported by five national foundations— JPB , Knight , Kresge , Rockefeller , and William Penn —each city received $4 million from the funder collaborative. Flora and fauna were thriving, and its water was as clean as other urban lakes. The initiative spread to four cities, including Akron, the next year.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

Production 104

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Historically, for example, Black public health leaders in Pittsburgh created Freedom House Ambulance Services after being neglected by police-staffed ambulances. The paramedic training and ambulance design standards pioneered in the Freedom House Ambulance Service helped set the national public health standard for emergency care.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 100

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Department of Housing and Urban Development) transitions threatened most aspects of our funding, I said “yes” to more than 12 local and state boards while serving as an executive director of an affordable housing nonprofit and vice president of our state coalition. Smith Reynolds Sabbatical Foundation (ZSR).

Urban development 60

Urban development Ethics Medical Leadership 60

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 20, 2023

One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth.

Curriculum and Teaching 59

Curriculum and Teaching Children Environmental Public and Social Policy 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

That could happen when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finalizes the long-awaited Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule (AFFH), which was published in February in the Federal Register for a period of public comment—but only if we seize the moment. Change the narrative.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Climate change is a major threat to public budgets, 8 which impacts public pensions; and the pension funds themselves have noted that climate change is one of the greatest risks to the health and stability of their portfolios—if not the number-one risk. 9 By shifting investments, we can free up capital to invest in things for the common good.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 132