The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Government and philanthropic funding for the nonprofit social sector routinely fail to cover the full cost of providing services and restricts how nonprofits can use that funding by disallowing or limiting investments in necessary infrastructure, such as technology, marketing, and talent.

Retail 83

Retail Homelessness Poverty Health 83

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Neuroscience, broadly, deals with the nervous system and the brain, including mental health. 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1

Race and Ethnicity 70

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 70

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

As a physician and public health professional, these formative traditional values and beliefs have guided my personal journey toward promoting equity. In addition to differences in governance and leadership principles, the economies of Indigenous societies were distinct from those of Europeans.

Health 98

Health Poverty Public and Social Policy Culture 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 7, 2025

While it has, by far, the largest number of poor people in the world, India has arguably pulled more people out of poverty over the last 20 years than any other country in history (with the possible exception of China). Some may ask, why donate to India, the fifth largest economy in the world, which by 2030 will be the third?

Philanthropy 101

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Foundations 101

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

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Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Characterizing the relationship between these two complex problems is often challenging because the true tolls of the mental health and climate crises are inseparable.

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Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Yet in that year, the World Bank’s International Development Assistance alone had pledged about a third of that amount to governments affected by fragility and conflict. Paradoxically, some of these governments contributed to the violence against their people. Those controlling the taps need to readjust the plumbing.

Poverty 114

Poverty Finance Governance Non-Profits 114

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 133

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

Environmental 111

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 120

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line. Prioritizing East Boston’s Air Health One of the biggest air polluters in East Boston is Logan Airport, where drivers often idle, their fumes poisoning the surrounding area.

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. RP: A big one for this moment is how to relate to government and state power.

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Governance Education Education Values 70

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. MEGA’s efforts have expanded to include youth leadership and mentorship, community engagement, and health education.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

We wanted to make it clear to our followers the connection between our work and how that helps prevent the spread of disease and impacts the health of families around the world. We must remember the world is dealing with a global health pandemic and important social conversations.

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Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

Because we choose not to be under the government’s thumb by acquiescing to the 501(c)(3) status game, we are generally not permitted to apply for grant funding. We cannot achieve our mission of sustainability and creating opportunities to pull themselves from abject poverty. Help us help the world.

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Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 55

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Smith To achieve climate justice, biodiversity, and health equity goals, most societies need rapid change. Take the way that energy and health are often treated as separate issues. They are typically studied by different researchers, and policy choices on energy and health are usually made in isolation from each other.

Energy 143

Energy Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 143

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Two years ago, Raymond Foxworth of First Nations noted in NPQ that “Native people have long held a worldview that connects human and community health to the health of land and the environment. A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. Eric Henson et al.,

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The same year, an Australian court ruled its government had illegally used a faulty Automated Decision Making system as the basis for deciding citizens’ eligibility for various welfare benefits when around half a million Australians were ordered to repay years of government disability or unemployment support.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 143

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite living near Yale, an elite Ivy League university, the people I knew were working hardreally hardand still struggling to get by, often trapped in cycles of poverty. Even as we worked inside the halls of government to secure fundingit was vital to also build a broad coalition. Changing state policy is challenging.

Poverty 98

Poverty Public and Social Policy Children Governance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They don’t want to talk about poverty. They don’t want to talk about mental health. He pledged to invest in jobs and training, health and mental wellness, after-school programs, and wraparound services. “I think people have a misconception about Black communities that are sometimes having tough times and issues with crime.

Poverty 139

Poverty Health Education Education 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? Obviously, the only entity with the assets and power structure to move this needle is the national government.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2023

Innovative finance is based on the premise that there is not enough money from governments and philanthropic organizations alone to address pressing global issues like poverty, climate change, and access to electricity and clean water. Using existing grantmaking to establish tiered-evidence grant programs is one way to do this.

Finance 111

Finance Production Governance Poverty 111

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Health Governance Leadership 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When the legendary physician and advocate Paul Farmer unexpectedly passed away at the age of 62 in February, he was called a hero , a visionary , and a global health giant. ” This notion extends to many other fields of leadership in business, government, and the nonprofit sectors.

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Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Medical 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

But despite how prominent this assumption is, actual examples of a significant transition away from private donor support (for doers committed to rapid growth and a continued focus on people living in extreme poverty) are few and far between. Sometimes by momentarily slowing down, we can ultimately speed up to achieve our goals.

Finance 116

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 116

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management. The team is also working to generate enough earnings to provide health insurance, paid time off, and sick leave—a rare level of economic security for restaurant workers.

Non-Profits 137

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 137

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Korea presents a unique setting in which governments play an important role in realizing social impact. ARTICLE | Ending Period Shame and Poverty in Asia by Noriko Akiyama, Fan Li & Wenquian Xu. ARTICLE | What ‘Cash Plus” Programs Teach Us About Fighting Extreme Poverty by Imran Matin. SSIR En Español.

Poverty 105

Poverty Universities Health Technology 105

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

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Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Chan School of Public Health, 36 percent of adults in households with children reported “serious problems meeting both their work and family responsibilities in the past few months.” “In The federal government recommends at least one educator per three to four infants for safe, quality care. In 34 states and Washington, D.C.,

Insurance 105

Insurance Children Poverty Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

’s governance can be attributed to combining impatience about injustice with patience about strategy—and all the while keeping a relentless focus on securing voice and power for marginalized communities. These challenges are reflected in what’s meant by use of the terms governing power and co-governance.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Governance Non-Profits Foundations 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP) is an example of a systems designer that helps coordinate across employers, aspiring workers, recruiters, government agencies, and trainers to prioritize and direct the investments needed to establish “good labor mobility” in key corridors around the world.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This is especially relevant at a time when the planet is behind on several SDGs , including those related to poverty reduction and food security. The challenge is that carbon markets weren't designed to work for people in poverty.

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Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126