Fundraising Leadership

AUGUST 8, 2024

The gender gaps in healthcare range from access to diagnosis, data, leadership, representation and treatment. The need for parity in all aspects of health for women is a topic at Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert & Conference event on Women’s Equality Day in Washington, D.C. author and founder of Health Justice MD.

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Healthcare Health Medical Leadership 102

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

Understanding the role private equity is playing in health care is critical; only then can we begin to design solutions to the healthcare system that center public and community ownership. trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 trillion is spent on healthcare (18.3 A Growing Menace In the US, a staggering $4.3

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Health Healthcare Medical Insurance 126

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 5, 2024

With the theme, “Together We Lead,” the fourth annual Power Up Conference on Women’s Equality Day, offers speakers, presenters, panelists and advisors who will strategize with attendees and participants on specifically how to reach gender and racial parity in leadership sooner rather than later. “ “ Dr.

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Leadership Healthcare Health Non-Profits 120

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

According to The World Health Organization , of the 1 billion people around the world currently experiencing a mental disorder, more than 80% are without any form of quality, affordable care. And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. .

Health 122

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 122

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.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Image Credit: Accuray on unsplash.com Few would deny that healthcare in the United States needs transformation. Our country’s cost of healthcare is enormous compared to other high-income nations. Yet even analysis by race and income fails to get at the underlying cause of disparities in our health system.

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Leadership Healthcare Health Medical 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2023

The piece struck a chord with many NPQ readers, as it did for the Health Justice desk. Looking back on that time offline, I recognize how important it was to my work as a health justice practitioner to create space for play, creativity, and dreaming. million fund to enable sabbaticals for BIPOC leaders.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In Rochester, a nine-year-old girl suffering from a mental health crisis who verbalized suicidal thoughts was pepper sprayed by the police officers that responded to her family’s call to 911 for support. Four out of five girls in juvenile detention suffer from a mental health disorder. This data does not account for undiagnosed cases.

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Health Public and Social Policy Culture Law 127

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Minter-Jordan joins AARP from the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health in Boston, Massachusetts where she was president and CEO. Before joining CareQuest Institute, Myechia was chief medical officer and CEO of the Dimock Center, one of the largest community health centers in Massachusetts. Myechia Minter-Jordan, M.D.,

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Medical Public and Social Policy Health Volunteerism 59

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Image credit: nensuria on iStock Community health centers are vitally important within a healthcare landscape where a growing number of Americans can’t access care. The Commonwealth Fund defines FQHCs as “community-based outpatient clinics that provide primary medical, dental, behavioral, and other health care services.”

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Health Healthcare Medical Insurance 78

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Despite spending more than any other country on healthcare, Americans are significantly less healthy than people living in peer countries—profoundly so when it comes to Black Americans in particular. Even that whole notion of how systemic policies can impact health—that’s something that I never learned about in medical school.

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Healthcare Medical Health Education 93

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Eleven years ago, Gloria Feldt and Amy Litzenberger co-founded the organization with the bold mission of society reaching leadership gender parity across all sectors by 2025this year. For the past 11 years, Take The Lead has been working towards achieving gender and racial equity in leadership across all sectors and industries.

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Curriculum and Teaching Entrepreneurship Leadership Finance 70

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. Yet Paul Farmer was also a brilliant, original, and often iconoclastic thinker when it came to nonprofit leadership. Practice the “hermeneutic of generosity.”

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Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Medical 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Deborah Bae & Kiernan Doherty The dominant narrative around leadership in many areas of the world centers individualism over solidarity. It suggests that there is one kind of leadership and that a single person—one who intervenes to solve a problem or envision a bold new reality—embodies it.

Leadership 98

Leadership Curriculum and Teaching Health Culture 98

The NonProfit Times

MAY 15, 2024

“Higher education figured out, many years before healthcare did, that philanthropy was going to be an important and growing source of revenue for things like new buildings, programs, and research endowments,” according to Erin Lanahan, founder and president of Twin Point Insights, a healthcare consultancy in Los Angeles.

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Fundraising Leadership

MAY 12, 2024

as part of her mission to seek federal funding for the 2023 Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act. For the more than 11 million women in this country ages 35-60—plus the millions in perimenopause and post-menopause—addressing such a personal health fact might seem out of place in public or at work.

Culture 126

Culture Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management Medical 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. These are the things people brought to their healthcare providers. CS: You’ve been a leader in this work for a long time, probably even before people were really talking about health justice in quite this way. And there was no time for that.

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Health Medical Leadership Healthcare 118

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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

That’s the headline finding of a new report by Independent Sector , which advocates for the health of the nonprofit sector, and United for ALICE , a national research organization that focuses on understanding and addressing ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed) households.

Poverty 119

Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 119

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 12, 2020

I fully support both the organizations, their staff and leadership, and events themselves: NTC and Create Good are the two conferences I tell communications directors to attend, and that won’t change. It’s really irrelevant to the decision at hand when dealing with public health issues. We have to accept our new normal.

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Communication Health Healthcare Governance 221

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

NPQ health justice editors, Nineequa Blanding and Sonia Sarkar, share some of their favorite articles published in 2022. Read the selection below for critical insights on leadership perspectives and transformative efforts underway to imagine and create a world that enables everyone to thrive. How Can We Support Youth Mental Health? .

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Health Healthcare Leadership Food 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For example, a nonprofit working in healthcare could partner with artists to visualize patient data in ways that highlight patient stories, helping donors and policymakers better understand the human impact of health disparities. The future of AI in nonprofits depends on your leadership!

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Collaborations Ethics Technology Foundations 69

Anedot

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Relationship Building : Build strong partnerships with local senior centers, healthcare providers, and other community organizations to expand the reach and effectiveness of the Molly Cares! The post Program Manager first appeared on Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership.

Management 52

Management Healthcare Recruitment Nonprofit Leadership 52

The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

Optimal motivation of high performers occurs because of trustworthy leadership, plentiful career advancement opportunities, and a clear emphasis on the importance of employee happiness. In this time, you risk delaying and perhaps even ending the opportunity to close a major gift. Retention should also not be about money.

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Healthcare Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising 52

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 12, 2015

l look through Critical Mention, Google and Vocus alerts for any Goodwill Industries placements and alert GII leadership and local Goodwill staff about anything that might branch nationally or requires follow-up from our team. I send particular news articles to members of the team.

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Communication Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Social Enterprise 245

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 Leadership Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Dr. Brown shares insights from her work in maternal health research, highlighting how AI is being used to address critical health disparities and improve healthcare outcomes for mothers and infants in the U.S.

Medical 98

Medical Healthcare Health Associations 98

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 19, 2024

As parts of the world enter recovery and rebuilding in this new reality, the continued challenge will be to redefine post-coronavirus self-care for millions of professional helpers and skilled volunteers across critical healthcare, education, and social assistance programs. Recognize that burnout is real.

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Healthcare Health Production Culture 96

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

In this section, let’s explore how AI can revolutionize social work practices in three key areas: elder care, mental health support for veterans, and education for children on the autism spectrum. During this time, I gained valuable experience in operations management, sales, marketing, and leadership.

Ethics 130

Ethics Curriculum and Teaching Nonprofit Administration and Development Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2024

Image credit: Miriam Alonso on pexels.com Loneliness is “the most human of feelings,” Jeremy Nobel, faculty at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, said on the podcast Harvard Thinking. Along with feelings about climate change eroding mental health, climate events can contribute to loneliness.

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Public and Social Policy Sociology Health Medical 134

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Leadership, as it should, is likely to come from movement organizations and equity-oriented power builders directly. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), for example, has long focused on the social determinants of health, an academic model that stresses how much ill health happens before anyone gets to (or fails to get to) a doctor.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 139

Bloomerang

MAY 12, 2021

Florence Nightingale deserves recognition—an d not just as a healthcare pioneer. In the 1800s, Florence Nightingale effectively used data visualization (aka graphs) to make a significant impact in public health. Florence Nightingale and data. Lessons for today’s nonprofit. If you have, well done. If you haven’t, the time has come.

Public and Nonprofit Management 119

Public and Nonprofit Management Healthcare Recruitment Technology 119

Fundraising Leadership

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Turner, who was diagnosed 30 years ago with rheumatoid arthritis, is transparent about the need for fair access to healthcare treatment. Speaking openly about her health concerns, Turner said she recently turned 70 and also suffered a leg fracture. That service is part of my job,” Turner said. “I

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Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Leadership 120

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2020, iF , A Foundation for Radical Possibility (then the Consumer Health Foundation) hosted a retreat with our board and staff. The report focuses on four specific sectors that have caused past harm to Black people and their communities—the media, housing, employment, and healthcare. Why is this silence so troubling?

Foundations 119

Foundations Philanthropy Construction Healthcare 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 17, 2024

The relationship between AI and health, environmental sustainability, and humanitarian efforts is complex. Through irresponsible and biased models, AI has also exacerbated preexisting inequities in healthcare. Through irresponsible and biased models, AI has also exacerbated preexisting inequities in healthcare.

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Medical Health Universities 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

By Trevor Zimmer In May, the COVID-19 national public health emergency officially ended. But the COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last novel infectious disease in our lifetimes, and climate change will be a threat to human and planetary health without equal.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, I recall asking a health clinic with which we worked, “How big should the waiting room be?” If the space is a health clinic, it may have designated exam rooms, but perhaps these are curtained-off areas providing minimal privacy. Take the example of the healthcare clinic with which I began. It always has.”

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Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 122