NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. Other surveys used tighter definitions and produced smaller percentages; there is no universally accepted number.)

Nonprofit governance and management 115

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Recruitment 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Image Credit: Reneé Thompson on unsplash.com COVID-19 impacted the physical health of millions across the country, hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Less visible was the pandemic’s impact on behavioral health, an umbrella term for mental health, substance use disorders, and life stressors.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 115

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the first half of the 20th century, the crisis of rural electrification ended when the government enabled neighbors to access loans for building their own electric co-ops. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance. Today, such collective efforts are often stymied. Rather, policy prevents it.

Associations 137

Associations Public and Social Policy Insurance Agriculture 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2024

By Christian Seelos , Miki Sofer , Caitlin Burton & Johanna Mair According to the United States Mission to the African Union, the US alone has invested more than $100 billion in African health over the last 20 years. We see several strategies that could help overcome these barriers to executing and scaling effective health solutions.

Health 105

Health Governance Technology Foundations 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). And as the climate crisis continues, whose mental health is most at risk? Why are children most in jeopardy?

Health 113

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 113

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Image Credit: Wesley Davi on pexels.com How interlinked are climate change and mental health? The Overlapping Impacts of Climate Health and Mental Health Mental health is a global crisis; in 2020, almost a billion people were reported as living with a mental health condition.

Health 122

Health Healthcare Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 122

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Meet Erika Manuel, CNP , a Navy and Coast Guard veteran who earned her CNP ( Certified Nonprofit Professional ) in 2012 from Tennessee State University. The Power of Volunteering Erika began her journey at Tennessee State University, a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee. Erika’s dedication isn’t just talk.

Environmental 246

Environmental Nonprofit Leadership Universities Nonprofits 246

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How does the field of public health—given its role in making decisions that impact entire populations—define ethics? How can it be used to advance health equity and social justice? Chan School of Public Health. Nancy Krieger , a professor of social epidemiology at Harvard T.H. But why is this approach necessary?

Ethics 119

Ethics Health Public and Social Policy Values 119

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 72

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 72

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

The Letter to the Donors of America suggests that a more holistic approach is needed when evaluating an organization’s health and impact. F actors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and transparency offer a more comprehensive view. What can I do?

Public and Social Policy 234

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 234

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 4, 2024

Advancing innovations that lead to equitable and sustainable solutions in the healthcare system requires interrogating the inequities embedded within research, design, and testing processes for novel health solutions, as well as diversifying the people involved at each stage.

Health 95

Health Ethics Race and Ethnicity Medical 95

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last year's 2022 fellows reported a 52% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program. This program is an opportunity to immerse myself in comprehensive board governance training, allowing me to be more impactful while doing so in a nonprofit board setting.”

Nonprofit governance and management 244

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Race and Ethnicity 244

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

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

Melissa Morin Director, University of South Florida Foundation Melissa Morin, director at the University of South Florida Foundation, is one of 23 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship. ” Elizabeth J.

Participation and motivation 264

Participation and motivation Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 264

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Being an “anchor” refers to a framework for making business decisions around hiring, purchasing, and investing that consider the impact on the health of an institution’s local community. If you add “health”—listed as a separate category, which, alas, is perhaps a telling distinction—that number climbs another $211 billion.

Universities 126

Universities Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2025

Eventually, during a visit to a nearby pharmacy, the family discovered they could consult with a gastroenterologist via a digital health platform, Jiyyo. Difficulty accessing specialist health care isnt unique to India; the problem is common in other South Asian, most African countries, and elsewhere.

Medical 52

Medical Health Production Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Father and son Kurt and Byron Kominek —along with researchers from the US Department of Energy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University, and University of Arizona—have converted the farm to an agrivoltaic endeavor, utilizing solar energy to cultivate crops and plants.

Health 119

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.

Nonprofit governance and management 144

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 144

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Candia-Bailey took her life on January 8, 2024, less than nine months after the university announced that she had been appointed to serve as the vice president of student affairs at the Missouri HBCU. In the wake of her death, it was revealed that leading up to her suicide, she had felt depressed and unsupported at work.

Universities 124

Universities Health Leadership Culture 124

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Additionally, it reflects practical considerations such as the greater availability of local data and the development of programs that foster collaboration between classroom educators and local government or business entities that utilize GIS. In “The Pedagogical Benefits of Participatory GIS for Geographic Education,” Gaurav Sinha et al.

Race and Ethnicity 111

Race and Ethnicity Environmental Education Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

These workers are often forced to choose between risking their health or their income, especially as climate change only increases the likelihood of wildfires, which in turn drives up the number of airborne toxins. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pollution can also increase the risk of respiratory infection and lung cancer.

Nonprofit governance and management 131

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 20, 2024

Doing so means transforming our governing institutions, laws, regulations, and customs in a more fundamental way than tinkering around the edges with policy and programs. When everyday people, institutions, and government act in service, out of love for the particular needs of particular people, the benefits flow outward.

Nonprofit governance and management 141

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Law Philanthropy 141

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 17, 2024

The relationship between AI and health, environmental sustainability, and humanitarian efforts is complex. Their partners include the United Nations, American Red Cross, The Nature Conservancy Group, PATH, Seattle’s Children’s Hospital, Harvard University, Stanford University, and Johns Hopkins University.

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Medical Health Universities 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But the release of landmark research in 2013, combined with a concerted campaign by the Aspen Institute and partners such as Candid and the nonprofit research centers at the Urban Institute, Indiana University and Johns Hopkins University, made a strong case for greater transparency and efficiency. A Key to New Insights and Practices.

Public and Social Policy 126

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

DPI rose to prominence globally during the COVID-19 pandemic enabling digital government-to-person payments through cash transfers. This was the start of the Aadhaar project, which offered a universally accessible ID, a foundational form of digital identification. By 2022, around 1.3

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 145

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

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market. .”

Public and Social Policy 111

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. On any given day, advocates for the unhoused might interact with police, mental health professionals, job training centers, real estate experts, and immigration attorneys.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 22, 2022

is the vice president of behavioral health at GuideWell-Florida Blue. In his more than 30 years of experience as an accomplished physician and health care executive, Dr. Dewan has been an innovator in behavioral health and academic medicine. As an award-winning leader, her P.R.A.I.S.E. Culture and P.R.A.I.S.E.

Nonprofit Leadership 130

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Culture Nonprofit governance and management 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to the AP , based on research from the University of San Diego, in more than 70 percent of countries, “the poorest areas and those with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations were significantly hotter.” For that city’s Black households? The rate climbs to 15 percent. But all those measures still cost money.

Poverty 136

Poverty Energy Health Manufacturing 136

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scott served seven years in prison after being arrested on federal drug charges shortly after obtaining his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1994. 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.

Poverty 139

Poverty Health Education Education 139

Candid

JULY 20, 2022

We spoke with Ingrid Srinath, founder and director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy ( CSIP ) at Ashoka University, to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on India’s social sector, the role philanthropy and nonprofits played in disaster relief, and her hopes for the future. .

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Civil Society Disaster Relief Retail 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

They are also partnering with Boston University to map reparations projects. While popular narratives suggest that Black people lack wealth because of individual choices, it is the 404 years of collective harm by federal, state, and local governments, private industry, and individuals that has created the wealth gap. We are committed.

Philanthropy 134

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 134

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As NPQ reported in May 2023, “young people and environmental groups are increasingly turning to the courts as a means of indicting governments and corporations for their role in exacerbating the problem” of climate change. We can’t solve it through the other branches of government. Montanans can’t be blamed for changing the climate.”

Environmental 136

Environmental Governance Law Energy 136

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The central thesis I operate with is that the more we learn to love ourselves and to express this love in our relationships with one another, the greater the health, vitality, authentic care, and wellbeing we will all experience. A central aspect of cultivating this love I am speaking of—in the way that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Activism 124

Activism Health Psychology Political Science 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These systems govern our entire societies, including our tax system, prison system, education system, banking and financial system, and more. It asserts that the federal government is responsible for ensuring everyone has access to employment or a guaranteed income. Community control is a critical component of economic justice.

Universities 137

Universities Governance Health Education 137