Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 6, 2010

You know from reading my blog that I’m a local, transactional cause marketer. And through the years I’ve grappled with how nonprofits can shift to truly transformative cause marketing. But I knew I would read a book by Jocelyne Daw and Carol Cone. I’ve been learning from these two women for years.

Food 198

Food Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 198

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Image Credit: Jacob Culp on Unsplash Headlines about which cities have the most or least affordable housing markets often oversimplify the issue; the reality is that cities have a range of residential types with a range of social and economic implications for the people who live there. This point seems obvious but is worth stating explicitly.

Construction 73

Construction Public and Social Policy Finance Poverty 73

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 126

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 126

Candid

OCTOBER 2, 2024

These are vital elements of a well-functioning society which can only be ensured by a government that serves the people. But funders can play a key role in raising our collective expectations of government. Philanthropy doesn’t have the infrastructure or resources to guarantee a high quality of life for all.

Governance 116

Governance Poverty Philanthropy Foundations 116

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Government of National Unity As a response to the dwindling support, the ANC agreed to form a coalition government. So, what should we expect from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity? percent of the country’s 63 million people living in poverty, gross domestic product growth that slowed to 0.6

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 96

Anedot

MARCH 11, 2025

Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, volunteer recruitment/training, consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, marketing/communications, and systems. Marketing & Communications a. Deepen our communications: web presence, social media, events, email marketing and partner marketing.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Homelessness Finance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In Reimagining Nonprofit Boards , a three-part series based on the NPQ webinar, A New Framework for Boards, Ananda Valenzuela challenges traditional governance models and offers a new vision for boards that empower rather than constrain. This [collective governance] framing inherently challenges the top-down board knows best assumption.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Culture Poverty 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On the market side, many companies have come to understand the existential threat that climate change represents. As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. What Doesn’t Work—and What Does.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Deeply embedded racism and systemic inequality are clearly reflected in government budgets through the ways certain communities receive investment while others do not. In 1989, when the PB form was first developed in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the central aim was to reduce poverty by changing how budget decisions were made.

Governance 127

Governance Poverty Associations Marketing 127

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. Black Lives Matter or Pride Month marketing campaigns might lead us to believe these movements are attracting all the funding they need, but they are not. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 132

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

Getting Attention

JANUARY 25, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Digital Marketing Manager , New York City Ballet (New York, NY). Marketing Temp , Foundation Center (New York, NY). Online Marketing Manager , Friends of the National Zoo (Washington DC).

Public and Social Policy 69

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Marketing 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 29, 2024

In this series thus far, our colleagues have explored what this future requires of each of us , and what it could begin to look like for governments. 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.

Nonprofit governance and management 134

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofits 134

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

11 Unique barriers to care, including stigma vis--vis mental health, language discrepancies, and poverty, put Latinx people in the United States at higher risk of receiving inadequate treatment than the broader population. percent of Black Americans live below the poverty line (the number is 7.7 10 Only 35.1 Arnett et al.,

Race and Ethnicity 75

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 75

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

1 Philanthropy’s Conflicting Commitments Over the course of the last two and a half years, Marguerite Casey Foundation has supported efforts across the country to reimagine safety, increase access to public dollars, and seed in everyday people’s imagination the belief that our government dollars should be used to improve their lives.

Public and Social Policy 139

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

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. The effort has since grown to include a youth-led cooperative farm that helps supply the market, as well as additional markets in Bolivar County.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

By Susan Bornstein , Christina Barstow , Alisha Myers , Abbie Noriega & Christian Steiner In a small, rural village in Zambia, Ruth earns an income by collecting fresh vegetables from local community gardens and bringing them to market. “I became a health-care volunteer because I have a passion for helping people,” said Royce.

Public and Social Policy 130

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

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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. Even the federal government [was] pushing what they called self-help co-ops.

Food 89

Food Activism Poverty Leadership 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meanwhile, countries on the “sending” side are positioning themselves to seek greater access to foreign labor markets. For example, LaMP works with elderly care employers to understand workforce needs, and has designed a program in partnership with the Spanish government to train workers in Colombia to meet these needs in both countries.

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. The challenge is that carbon markets weren't designed to work for people in poverty.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

The current social media environment has caused non-profit marketers to re-evaluate their content aware of the acute conversations being had on every channel, at a global level. Posting without a mindfulness of the trending topics and conversations can cause organizations to appear insensitive and tone-deaf.

Non-Profits 134

Non-Profits Civil Society Health Poverty 134

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The new rules will prohibit: * Misrepresenting any material facts while using negative option marketing; * Require sellers to provide important information before obtaining consumers’ billing information and charging them; and, * Require sellers to get consumers’ informed consent to the negative option features before charging them.

Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Management 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

New private sector enterprises have a well-established conveyor belt, from angel investment to venture capital to private equity to public (stock) markets, rewarding the most successful with ever larger injections of capital. What is the next step?

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 6, 2023

Some point to large-scale, government-run rental housing, while others also explicitly include housing cooperatives and community land trusts. But in the end, governments dragged their feet and promised change stayed on the drawing board. But that hasn’t stopped movements from pushing. But 1920s Vienna is not 2023 United States.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 112

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Consider Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank (and leader of Bangladesh’s interim government ), who brought the idea for lending to the poor to mainstream banks in the early 1980s.The banks challenged Yunus to prove it could work, and he did —first in one town, then five. Why Employee Ownership So, what is employee ownership?

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Finance Non-Profits 138

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 20, 2022

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. Does it have societal benefits? Four Conditions for Impact.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Finance Participation and motivation Governance 119

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. Yet there is a limit to applying commercial finance thinking to the development sector.

Finance 111

Finance Production Governance Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

PURPA opened electricity markets to “Independent Power Producers,” or private utility companies, and incentivized public utilities to buy from them. As one portfolio manager put it , crises like the ones in Texas created a “Wild West market designed based only on short-run prices.” Electric utilities shut off households more than 3.5

Energy 122

Energy Non-Profits Poverty Environmental 122

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

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

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

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. We know it’s a story of extraction, [of] government reliance on the nonprofit world, but that felt like a whole lot bigger than TBF. We would hope and expect that nonprofits are reducing poverty and reducing inequality.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 106

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Our first donation came from Lexington Co-op Markets , a longstanding Buffalo grocery co-op whose workers have recently won a union contract. The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management.

Non-Profits 137

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. The cooperative’s goal was to rehabilitate landless refugees and increase access to markets. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In a nutshell, Kampani’s investment strategy is as follows: The social impact the investment unlocks (reducing poverty and vulnerability of smallholder farmers) is central to the decision-making. Active involvement in the governance of the investee. However, few have been successful to date, and important gaps remain.

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

From Consumption to Production We need to change our perspective on the problem: Seeing through a consumption lens orients us toward an arbitrary, and unacceptably-low-by-Western-standards poverty line. In the social enterprise and impact investment space, reliance on the “individual as consumer” frame can perhaps be traced back to C.K.

Production 130

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

While organizations like the China Disabled Persons’ Federation aim to support the rights and interests of disabled individuals through assistance obtaining welfare subsidies and other services, only the most severely disabled individuals qualify for government financial aid.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 119