Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As close observers of the world of family giving, we are convinced this is an historic moment for families and the future of philanthropy as well. What makes this moment perhaps the most notable time in the history of family philanthropy is that it is a time of crucial choices—with huge potential consequences and opportunities.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For a long time, the conventional wisdom was that grantmaking should rely on professional staff to make expert decisions, reflecting philanthropy’s move from a values-based tradition to a more technocratic bent. But even a decade ago, the limitations of what came to be called “ strategic philanthropy ” were evident. Just Trust Whom?

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Governance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

Could you outline what some of those strategies and forms of power are, and talk about how philanthropy can support movement strategies and help build movement power? From my perspective, philanthropy has a pivotal role in supporting efforts to build the power of people who have been denied it. We can support efforts to engage.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Ethics 131

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.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

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

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. Philanthropy doesn’t have the infrastructure or resources to guarantee a high quality of life for all. But funders can play a key role in raising our collective expectations of government.

Governance 116

Governance Poverty Philanthropy Foundations 116

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

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

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. Philanthropy would do well to follow a similar strategy. Their success in transforming L.A.’s

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Governance Non-Profits Foundations 111

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. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. Two of them—Dr. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Because the social sector field is collectively capable of achieving bigger social change goals when more resources step up to the plate, we have, of course, welcomed the explosion in “big bet” philanthropy in the past decade. First, big bet philanthropists should work harder to build bridges to these alternative funding sources.

Finance 116

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 116

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Woodrow Rosebaum Tech for nonprofits has been overlooked for decades, lagging while governments and businesses found ways to streamline, coordinate and scale. The Philanthropy Data Commons is another example of sector-wide data sharing that could serve as a model for future collaboration.

Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 59

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cargill Philanthropies. It is jointly governed by members of the Nakoda and Aaniiih nations, and includes a 22,000- acre (over 34,000 square miles) bison reserve, home to a herd of over 500 buffalo. A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

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 131

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofits 131

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

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

Leadership 121

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 10, 2023

By Richard Healey Over the last few decades, philanthropy and other sectors of the progressive movement have made an enormous leap forward in setting dramatically more ambitious goals. ” However, over the past few years, a few organizations have explored a promising concept that can help fill these gaps: governing power.

Governance 105

Governance Collaborations Philanthropy Law 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

As funders at the Ford Foundation and Borealis Philanthropy, we seek to leverage our positions to advocate for greater support and funding for disabled leaders. Our interactions with technology are shaped and intermediated by the people who design them, the decisions made on how to deploy them, and the human-created rules that govern them.

Technology 122

Technology Public and Social Policy Governance Leadership 122

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

Philanthropy expenditures in India have grown by an average annual rate of 13% during the past five years, reaching the equivalent of $280 billion. The UN goals include climate change measures, increased access to quality education and healthcare, gender equality and the eradication of poverty. That amount constituted 8.3%

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Retail Healthcare 52

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And how can philanthropies fund it? In this sense, many international development philanthropies are neglecting the most powerful route to prosperity: productive employment in a thriving economy. Funding to Support Production Philanthropy can be catalytic in bringing the production-based lens to the fore.

Production 116

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 116

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Our minds and our collective governance systems would bog down if we had to always consider all the connections of everything to everything else. We often hear the sentiment, “I already work on poverty (or climate or health disparities, etc.) System boundaries divide the big, messy, interconnected world into smaller subsystems.

Energy 143

Energy Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 143

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 105

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

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 24, 2024

The other categories were high net worth individuals (-15%) nonprofits (-2%) and corporate philanthropy (-2%). in its report “Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Strengths and Challenges in a Time of Division.” in its report “Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Strengths and Challenges in a Time of Division.”

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Philanthropy Governance Homelessness 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Hard-wired into systems and programs at all levels of government and the private sector, these policies bolstered white Americans’ stability, wealth, and access to opportunity while concentrating the effects of segregation, displacement, destabilization, gentrification, and poverty on BIPOC populations.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Spade, it is fair to say, is skeptical that philanthropy will fund movements at scale to build a solidarity economy. Spade questions whether this method can achieve liberatory ends, arguing against the idea that change will occur if a “nonprofit report shows that poverty is bad, or cops are racist.”

Medical 122

Medical Universities Nonprofits Law 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But it has had such an outsize impact on partner organizations and the people they serve that we feel compelled to share what we learned in the hope that other philanthropies might consider similar programs. We requested this knowing that operating reserve initiatives worked best when they were championed and governed by the board.

Nonprofit governance and management 135

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Health Leadership 135

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

percent poverty rate (as of 2001). As Rudy Espinoza of Inclusive Action tells Duranti-Martinez, “If the community needs five years to figure out governance, we’ll get them five years, but first, we’ve got to get the buildings” (30). Purchasing land was, in a sense, the easiest step.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty. Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. Every community is unique.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Data to pinpoint needs in specific communities Unfortunately, government survey data does not accurately represent “hard-to-count” at-risk populations who are less likely to speak English or to trust the government—which includes many of the people nonprofits like CASL serve.

Governance 59

Governance Food Health Collaborations 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages. Then, because of the hyper-local nature of the work, local philanthropies and other place-based funders were engaged.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you—philanthropy—were strategic and open and trusted us, you would actually support us to work on all of those things because we are multi-dimensional people.” I think it’s the height of patriotism for philanthropy to invest in power building. I'm not going to choose between my voting rights and housing.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Health Foundations Philanthropy 90

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In 2014, six CDFIs located in regions of rural America beset by persistent poverty formed a coalition to remedy longstanding underinvestment. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

Poverty 131

Poverty Community Development Finance Philanthropy 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 129

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

Image Credit: Ankush (Yogletics) on pexels.com Philanthropy should fund climate mitigation in rural communities like lives depend on it—because they do. Late last month, a long-track tornado tore through Mississippi and Alabama, killing 26 people and decimating the entire town of Rolling Fork, MS. percent ($9.7

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Poverty Environmental Governance 105