Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As a leader in the space, RRI plays a coordinating role as one of the fields system orchestrators , and the Skoll Foundation has deepened our understanding of land tenure by supporting and learning from their work. Engage government in collective action to create conditions for favorable tenure rights policies.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

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 122

Public and Social Policy Technology Production Governance 122

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2025

Nonprofits are no strangers to uncertaintywhether from economic downturns, environmental disasters, shifting donor priorities, or changes in government policy. The strategies in this article offer practical steps to strengthen your organizations financial foundation. What you can do: Identify grantmakers aligned with your mission.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Retention 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) (in this case, the “ India Stack ”) is at the heart of a revolution that is transforming the Indian economy. This was the start of the Aadhaar project, which offered a universally accessible ID, a foundational form of digital identification. It was easy enough to use it that she preferred it to cash.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 145

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 121

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 121

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock What does impact investingthat is, investing with social benefit in minddemand of investors? Many in the field have long held it demands virtually nothing, that an investor can have a social impact without sacrificing a penny of their own.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. Nonprofit leaders dedicated to social justice know that AIs power to shape lives will further entrench the biases weve fought for generations to dismantle if left unchallenged.

Ethics 98

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

We have seen in the JTICthe Just Transition Investment Communitythat many of the foundations, the funding members, actually trace back the origin of their wealth, and from there, move toward a sort of dreamlike state of asking: This was our past. And they write all of that in their investment policy statement, for example.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Culture Philanthropy Finance 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The multiracial, multiethnic group of about 50 people—including heads of family foundations, institutional philanthropy, funder collaboratives and intermediaries, donor organizers, and advisors to wealthy donors—nodded and snapped in support. We disagree. After all, there is no reason to push back so hard against a losing team. “One

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. Understanding how social innovation directly affects people’s lives is essential.

Social Entrepreneurship 130

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 130

Candid

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Working Students Success Network was designed to provide wraparound support—such as job placement, access to public benefits and financial coaching—to improve community college student retention and credential completion. Ensure community members lead and benefit from the research. Photo credit: Chiaki Kawajiri, courtesy of the Annie E.

Race and Ethnicity 98

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Retention Foundations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That changed when a team from Reimagining the Civic Commons decided to reinvigorate public spaces in Akron’s systemically disinvested neighborhoods, including Summit Lake. Moving at the Speed of Trust Employing deep listening, engaging in meetings, and building one-on-one relationships with neighbors…helped inform public space design.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Image credit: ROCKETMANN TEAM on Pexels The movement work to which I am called requires a multiracial, multigenerational coalition of organizers and advocates to shift policies and systems toward giving power and land back to Indigenous and Black people. I was raised as a Pentecostal Christian (COGIC) by a single, divorced mother.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Culture Medical Education 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

By Tiffany Manuel & Dana Bourland What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once? Public comment ended in April 2023, and HUD will likely release the final rule sometime later this year. But we’re not there quite yet.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 28, 2024

But when we look at philanthropy in the US and Europe, the list of private foundations that have a primary focus on SME growth is extremely small, just over a dozen. A clear opportunity exists for philanthropic capital to unlock this kind of private and public sector capital, through targeted investments. Where to Invest?

Philanthropy 113

Philanthropy Poverty Public and Social Policy Non-Profits 113

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 15, 2011

Tell us how to make (fill in the blank — storytelling, social media, etc.) These are often research or policy organizations, or those positioned as technical assistance or resource providers who are a few steps removed from the action on the ground. The Migraine Research Foundation Facebook Challenge.

Public and Social Policy 182

Public and Social Policy Foundations Activism Marketing 182

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 209

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 209

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 242

Health Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Civil Society 242

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Limited access to education is also a social vulnerability: the systemic barriers further exacerbate the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized communities. National Science Foundation, “Collectively, Hispanic, Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people made up 31% percent of the U.S. degrees Fahrenheit (1.30

Race and Ethnicity 111

Race and Ethnicity Environmental Education Education 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 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

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

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 238

Nonprofit Management Management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 238

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 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 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 126

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 95

Technology Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising 95

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 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CareQuest Institute collaborates with a wide range of partners to achieve its mission of improving the oral health of all through work in grantmaking, research, health improvement programs, policy and advocacy, and education, as well as leadership in dental benefits, care delivery, and innovation advancements.

Medical 59

Medical Public and Social Policy Health Volunteerism 59

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 122

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 122

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 121

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. Public schools, which serve about 40 percent of Lebanons 1.1 million students, have been particularly affected.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

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 135

Finance Public and Social Policy Environmental Food 135

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 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

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 137

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Universities 137

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It calls for AI that is designed explicitly to dismantle systemic inequities and address the social ills caused by historical and present-day injustices. For those impacted by AIcommunities, workers, everyday peoplesuch policies serve as essential protective barriers. Workers deserve to benefit from the productivity gains AI offers.

Public and Social Policy 70

Public and Social Policy Health Environmental Ethics 70

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

Candids Issue Lab is an open-access library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing reports, case studies, surveys, and toolkits published by social sector organizations. This report serves as a practical guide for two critical disciplines in one publication: futures and foresight. Kellogg Foundation.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Children Philanthropy Energy 52