NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Additionally, the Johnson Amendment helps safeguard public trust in 501c3 organizations. To allow otherwise would lead to a loss of public confidence in the charitable sector and contribute to a polarized society shaped by dark money in elections funneled through charities. See Regan v.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Law Taxation Activism 97

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 124

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Established nonprofit organizations play a vital role in addressing social issues, driving positive change, and enriching communities. Reviewal of Values, Mission, and Beliefs Core values, mission, and beliefs serve as the foundation of every nonprofit organization.

Public and Social Policy 206

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 206

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Vital Strategies, the New York-based public health nonprofit I’ve led for the past two decades, employs nearly 400 people in 16 countries. At Vital Strategies, we consider our global diversity to be our strength, and a powerful asset in our mission to reimagine public health for everyone.

Health 239

Health Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Civil Society 239

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Despite the accolades, these artists were low-income and eligible for our program, which means they’d fallen through the severed US social safety net. Could a regular public program of guaranteed income, especially for artists, make a difference? That is the critical policy question that our pilot intended to explore.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Health 131

Candid

JUNE 29, 2021

Every year, Candid conducts the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, asking large U.S. foundations to share information about their philanthropic giving over the last two years as well as their plans for the year ahead. This year, we were especially interested in learning how foundation giving and payout might have shifted in 2020. .

Foundations 111

Foundations Public and Social Policy Activism Values 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

In the realm of social change, community-based leaders are skilled at influencing and using momentum to advance local solutions but often lack all the financial resources they need to push those solutions to their full potential. Of course, both require long-term funding and investment since they lay the foundation for new approaches.

Nonprofit governance and management 118

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 118

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

For example, I just read about a new pet insurance company that donates $25 every time a new customer signs up for a policy. 1 is paid social. Follow the above article with this one on the top 7 social trends of 2024. Event & Cause Marketing Manager, Kids In Need Foundation , Saint Paul, MN ($60k+) 2. Be vulnerable.

Public and Social Policy 147

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Insurance Food 147

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

To help you grow into a modern leader, we’ll explore these common nonprofit management skills you can (and should) develop at your own organization: Marketing Fundraising Public Speaking Interpersonal Communications Relationship-Building Strategic Planning Delegation Budget Allocation Problem-Solving Before training your team, invest in yourself.

Nonprofit Management 236

Nonprofit Management Management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 236

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

From climate catastrophe and forced migration to economic inequality to the erosion of democracy and the rise of political violence—these deep problems are also opportunities for major advances in progressive narratives and policies. Where does social justice philanthropy fit in? Some foundations are stepping up to this reality.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Review your communications and communications policies to ensure that they do not create unnecessary risks of copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, fraudulent misrepresentations, or political campaign intervention. Dissatisfied employees heighten legal risks. The factsheet What Is Lobbying Under the 501(h) Election?

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors? Some refer to this as the “ data divide ”—the increasing gap between the use of data to maximize profit and the use of data to solve social problems.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 121

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. Published by the Giving USA Foundation. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports. 4) 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report :: Download.

Technology 92

Technology Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising 92

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Walton…and individual family foundations have directed tens of millions of dollars to support journalists, newsrooms, and journalism organizations. The foundation board is legally independent of Walmart. Journalism is welcoming the new infusion of philanthropy. There’s more. And grants are promised with no strings attached.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 134

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 24, 2017

Will the way an arts organization approaches its communications work vary significantly from a social service agency? Over the seven years that we’ve done the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , we’ve seen few significant differences between nonprofits with different missions.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Food Philanthropy 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Jess Daggers , Alex Hannant & Jason Jay In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. Investors who think about social change tend to be rooted in a linear, reductionist form of logic.

Finance 134

Finance Public and Social Policy Environmental Food 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Yet despite these breakthroughs, the social sector has only begun to scratch the surface of open 990 data’s capabilities.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

By 1948 Cafritz had amassed such wealth from real estate development that he incorporated a foundation bearing his and his wife’s name. It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.”

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Advertising Universities 134

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. One sign of this is the rapid growth of what is variably called “socially responsible investment” or “impact investment.” But the phrase, “impact investing,” implies pursuing some positive social benefit.

Nonprofit governance and management 112

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 112

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: Rod Long on unsplash.com A recent report on climate justice funding finds that many foundation leaders are of two minds when it comes to the climate crisis—the crisis is “urgent” yet easily put off for another day. How many of those 29 leaders expect their foundations to begin acting on the “extremely urgent” crisis?

Philanthropy 127

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Universities 127

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine 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. The reparations landscape in the United States—and around the world—is evolving rapidly.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Getting our housing system to work better for all—especially for families of color who have long experienced discrimination and bias—will require a long-term concerted endeavor with coordinated efforts from a broad host of public, private, and community actors. By Funders for Housing and Opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

What little optimism remains to tackle such complex challenges is mostly placed in supranational schemes, such as the COP climate change conferences, or transformational national policy, such as the Green New Deal in the US. ” Scaling up social innovation takes time, but there are also varying ways it can be done.

Civil Society 118

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

If you invest significantly in social and behavioral science research, you might find innumerable ways to improve on the existing status quo of donations. Perhaps some of your favored policies are indeed good ideas (e.g., Moreover, there are some foundations with a significant commitment to research and development.

Psychology 140

Psychology Public and Social Policy Public Policy Philanthropy 140

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2023

What policies are further perpetuating inequities? We recognize that [institutions] shy away from centering racism [in discussions], and when we do that, we will not succeed in truly achieving a Culture of Health,” explained Rich Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are highly regulated,” she shared.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Race and Ethnicity 115

Pam Moore

MARCH 8, 2018

It’s everything from your privacy policy, social media policy to the amount of spam email you send. You may find them listening more than talking when it comes to social media. They don’t guess what to post or pin as they engage in social with confidence and pride. Your brand is what you say, do and think.

Non-Profits 167

Non-Profits Culture Values Marketing 167

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023.  foundation funding to HBCUs and exploring these schools’ relationship with institutional philanthropy. This report looks to fill that gap by examining U.S.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Education Education 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

On August 28, 2024, the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared parental stress a public health crisis. It is contingent on a social environment, which has the power to either help or hinder a persons developmental trajectory. An overhaul of the reproductive healthcare and family welfare policies are long overdue.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Children Psychology Education 113

Pam Moore

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Smart and savvy marketers know the days of throwing social spaghetti at the wall and hoping it sticks are over and done. The social web is getting noisier by the minute. Here is what this blog post and episode #242 of the Social Zoom Factor Podcast will provide to you: . 2018 content marketing trends, statistics and predictions.

Marketing 167

Marketing Marketing Public and Social Policy Values 167

Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It requires a long-term strategy so that an ecosystem of organizations—with specialists in communications, legal support, and policy research—can work together to build a broad base of support. Foundations across California have begun to work together in strategic alliances.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Foundations Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Imagine your outrage if you were a public school teacher and your pension fund invested in a company that supported and lobbied for vouchers and charter schools. Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Pension Funds: Whose Capital? Our Capital!

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 143

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

By Alex Ash Narratives are an essential prerequisite to social change. These stories are championed uncritically by the media , are present in nascent industrial policies , and are reinforced by a majority of business leaders. For example, a headline from Tech Policy Press reads Why Hasty AI Regulation Could Hurt Africa.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Technology Governance Production 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

There are areas of concern—none more prominent than the massive backlash against progress on social justice issues. These trends threaten trust in philanthropy at a time when public trust in institutions of all kinds is declining. We need to be public in two senses of the word: open and in the interests of the common good.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Activism 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, Independent Sector just filed an amicus brief with the Council on Foundations in support of the Fearless Fund, which is facing a baseless lawsuit filed by American Alliance for Equal Rights, an organization that has filed numerous anti-diversity lawsuits. We’ve also seen related lawsuits following the Court’s decision in June.

Nonprofit governance and management 129

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Foundations 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Built on a foundation of racism, discrimination, and exclusion, with roots stretching back to the birth of this nation, it has been used both intentionally and unintentionally to limit BIPOC living options and life opportunities. Housing Justice Through Policy, Narrative, and Local Change.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 118