NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Image Credit: Yassine Khalfalli on unsplash.com This is the sixth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Economic Issues 116

Anedot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Core Responsibilities: The OCD oversees three positions: Development Operations Coordinator (F/T); Social Media & Marketing Coordinator (P/T) and Public Engagement Coordinator (P/T). o Strengthen and expand donor, foundation, and supporter networks to drive organizational growth and funding. Learn more here.

Communication 40

Communication Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 40

Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 28, 2024

Note that this is for US 501(c)(3) public charities, not private foundations. Responsibility 1: Nonprofit Boards Set and Enforce Policy At the most basic level, boards are the governing body of the nonprofit organization. These policies may developed in committees or at the full board level. This includes managing risk.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

Image Credit: Charlota Blunarova on unsplash.com Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking. However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants. At the most basic level, a guarantee is akin to automobile insurance.

Community Development 109

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2024

Such a foundational change will require a concurrent shift in nonprofit institutions, which have evolved alongside the government and market-based economy in the United States. We look at whether we are supporting enabling conditions—like public opinion—to advance a flourishing multiracial democracy.

Nonprofit governance and management 134

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofits 134

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. The nonprofit sector is hugely important both economically and socially to this country. We are really excited about this.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

According to a Harvard University social scientist , 200 Black people die every day who would not have died if their health experiences matched those of White Americans. Due to physician shortages, medical deserts , and/or a lack of health insurance, many Americans cannot access healthcare.

Health 105

Health Education Education Healthcare 105

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” There are over 1.8 In the U.S., Look into: Your primary audience.

Nonprofit governance and management 110

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 110

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2023

Chronic illnesses, deep fatigue, hypervigilance, limited emotional bandwidth, and mental health stress—all are well-known phenomena to many who work on social change. As a public health scholar, I know the importance of rest, social connection, and a person’s ability to thrive and be healthy.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Medical 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com When your nonprofit’s mission is to ensure that the internet remains a public resource open and accessible to all, and most of your work takes place online, you might think the recent rise of remote work would make management and operations less complicated.

Management 98

Management Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 98

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And just some real gifts that I received when I was working in the trenches is a $10,000 gift from someone who named us the beneficiary of their life-insurance policy after their spouse died and they didn’t need it anymore. They can do the same thing by making you the beneficiary of their insurance policy.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Values Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management 134

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] 5] Group opinions and social “norms” become more powerful.[6] 6] People become more interested in social prestige,[7] fame,[8] a positive life story,[9] personal heroism,[10] or putting their name on something.[11]

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

The idea is this: Suppose we ask a person to do some pro-social act. People are less likely to act pro-socially than to predict they will act pro-socially. Asking for the prediction first increases pro-social behavior. The question begins with a “social norm” statement. 33] This uses social-emotional language.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This number is somewhat deceptive since it includes large public companies where the only employee benefit is stock ownership. Barriers to Capital: Many practices and policies limit potential employee-owners’ access to capital. According to NCEO , as of December 2021, the US was home to 6,482 ESOP companies with 10.2

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

But by “weaponizing” this technology, we’ve made it much harder to regulate, as it has undoubtedly led to policies aimed at stockpiling resources to achieve national supremacy over the tech. In fact, many of the ideas around what AI can achieve has been influenced by the notion that it’s as powerful as a nuclear weapon.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The report is just one of many clarion calls to act urgently, not just on climate change but also on climate justice: the process of finding solutions to climate change that also address social inequities due to gender, race, ethnicity, geography, income, and other factors. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 110

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I've been to the conferences and workshops, read the listservs, talked to the researchers and read some of the research, played with the public tools. Lots of executive orders and unfunded government mandates and policy proposals pushed by tech companies. Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash Ah, AI. Can't avoid it. Lots of press.

Public and Social Policy 59

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 59

Anedot

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Primary Duties Develop and implement comprehensive fund development and marketing/communications plans consisting of goals and strategies for fundraising, including individual, corporate, and foundation outreach, event planning, marketing, communications, and public relations to increase and diversify private support of NEWS.

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

While philanthropy has provided significant funding for policy, advocacy, and litigation, data shows that philanthropists have room to grow our investments to support equitable access to abortion care. Barriers to Abortion Persist All Throughout Our Nation. Abortion deserts, too, persist even in states where access is legally protected.

Health 111

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 111

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 30, 2023

Start social then follow up. Start social then follow up Starting with simple, social language often works best. Social, emotional language encourages sharing. 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] 11] Social phrasing also tends to elicit more information.[12] These show we care.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Psychology Insurance Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health justice advocacy groups adapted their strategies to the digital realm, leveraging social media platforms, virtual events, and other online resources to raise awareness and organize their efforts.1 In a CNN report/interview on AI, the reporter, Zachary B.

Health 108

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population. We need only look back one generation to understand the uniquely Black history of midwifery in the United States and the racialized policies that undermined it.

Health 131

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Advocates are utilizing care ethics to shape policies around gifts designed for public impact.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

Escaping this cycle requires stakeholders to discuss and reach mutual understanding about three core concepts foundational to progressive organizations. For staff, frustrations over the gaps between public rhetoric and internal operations can lead to public callouts of leadership, open letters, and work avoidance.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Values 111

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Some 100 million Americans—roughly one in three, and closer to 40 percent of adults, according to reporting by the Kaiser Family Foundation Health News and NPR—are saddled with some amount of medical debt, while the number of Americans who live just one unlucky medical bill away from accruing such debt is even larger. notes Levey.

Medical 126

Medical Non-Profits Healthcare Health 126

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Image credit: John Kevin on iStock In the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompsons murder, the public reacted with nearly universal frustration and anger with the US health insurance industry, and, in many cases, sympathy for the killers motivations. million individuals who need and expect health insurance from their employers.

Insurance 111

Insurance Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 7, 2025

In Western North America, as we grapple with the consequences of a century of policy and practice suppressing natural fire regimes and disturbing ecosystem function, and the removal of Indigenous land stewardship, we have to recognize and come to terms with the ways we have contributed to this crisis. billion in California alone.

Nonprofit governance and management 139

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 139

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

If you’re reading this, you probably already know about the problems that nonprofits like yours are facing with their insurance: Rising insurance premiums, poor coverage from commercial insurance carriers, and in some cases, the loss of coverage altogether. Why are insurance rates soaring for nonprofits?

Insurance 59

Insurance Public and Social Policy Nonprofits Nonprofit governance and management 59

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 3, 2025

million Americans sustain a TBI annually, underscoring the magnitude of this public health issue. Additionally, the often invisible nature of brain injury results in a lack of awareness and understanding in society, which leads to increased stigma, unemployment, and social isolation. In the United States alone, 2.85 As Dr. Mary G.

Health 86

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Medical 86

The Agitator

APRIL 9, 2018

is lodged in pockets of corporations, their foundations and the foundations of the super wealthy who founded them. Although business leaders would like us to believe these philanthropic contributions represent what The New York Times calls “the ringing voice of a company’s social conscience”, it ain’t always so.

Public and Social Policy 51

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Law Universities 51

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Over the course of our lecture series, we’ve talked a lot about the crucial role that community plays in building alternatives to capitalistic models of access, resource distribution and social equity. I’m a public sociologist, and we formed out of a need, right? All that kind of stuff. [00:08:15] Thankful to be here today.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Insurance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Data controls involve technical measures like encryption and organizational policies to protect data integrity and security. Ensuring data quality is a foundational aspect of effective data sharing, impacting everything from operational efficiency to legal compliance and user trust.

Health 70

Health Race and Ethnicity Ethics Public and Social Policy 70

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2024

3 As a result of this shift toward the financialization of the social safety net, household debt has become a key vector of economic, gender, and racial inequality in today’s asset economy. Together, debtors can wield leverage over the economic and political systems not only to abolish debts but also to demand reparative public goods.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Medical Public and Nonprofit Management 130

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. Montana’s nonprofit sector strengthens the foundation of our communities, making them stronger, healthier, and more vibrant. Nonprofit leaders play an important role in shaping public policy.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With this, I’m trying to get at the way insecurity is not just exacerbated but generated by our economic and social conditions. At the beginning of the book, I say that manufactured insecurity is a feature of any hierarchical social arrangement, not just capitalism. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber.

Manufacturing 144

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 144

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Many have incorrectly suggested—including, most recently, Steve Phillips, in his book How We Win the Civil War 6 —that Black people were betrayed by their supposed northern political allies in Congress when they began to roll back Reconstruction policy and to yield power to former southern Confederates, as if they had suddenly changed sides.

Manufacturing 122

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law 122