The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health. An estimated 40% of Americans have medical debt with nearly half of those owing at least $2,500. Yet, there are also reasons for caution.”

Medical 78

Medical Philanthropy Healthcare Public Policy 78

MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s hard to pin down the cause of these perceptions, but as a group they threaten the health of our sector and the operability of your missions. Specific issues addressed by MNA Following is a recap of specific issues MNA addressed in the context of our Public Policy Agenda. If it seems long, well… it was a long session.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Taxation Public and Nonprofit Management Agriculture 98

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. Crucially, the CEO and board empowered the committee to recommend bold changes.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 124

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As the parents to four young children, it’s been important to us to improve pediatric health care and neonatal intensive care so every newborn baby in our state has the best chance at a healthy life. In 2020, Carmen and I were privileged to contribute $4 million to help bring the upgraded neonatal intensive care unit to Bozeman Health.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 18, 2024

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. But when advocating for policy changes, appealing solely to emotions might not be enough.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Homelessness 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Or consider if the retirement money of our prestigious public universities and their medical centers, where cleaners, cafeteria staff, and medical assistants care for students and patients, was invested in one of the largest corporate landlords in the country, and this landlord doubled their rent or evicted their families. Our Capital!

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 143

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

. “In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

Disaster Relief 55

Disaster Relief Poverty Children Medical 55

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

Public Policy 94

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Entering HLTH (pronounced “health”), an annual conference focused on the business of health—from healthcare startups to government agencies and insurance companies—feels as overwhelming as healthcare itself. Where we need to go as healthcare and where we need to go as a nation…we need a new story.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 115

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 121

Health Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Healthcare 121

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2024

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Though poor maternal mental health can affect all women, the rates are higher for Black and Indigenous women.

Health 116

Health Healthcare Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 116

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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He’s mostly associated with his contributions to the education and health of southern Black people, but within his Standard Oil monopoly, Black and Mexican workers were recruited to live near the environmentally precarious refineries and paid sub-wages to do some of the nation’s dirtiest and most dangerous work. 1 at the box office.

Manufacturing 122

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law 122

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

Health 52

Health Nonprofit governance and management Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Moreover, a study from the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy calls attention to other potential abuses of facial recognition technology within a school setting, pointing out that the tech can also be used to conduct contact tracing, and monitor school attendance and behavior in the classroom.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 123

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

22 Yet as racial justice movement leader Dedrick Asante-Muhammad has detailed, a race-neutral or “race-blind approach to addressing racial economic inequality has left the nation hobbled in public policy efforts to undo ongoing structural racism.” 23 William Gale, codirector of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, concurs.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 94

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

Education 52

Education Education Public and Social Policy Law 52

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2025

Indeed, Black Americans have led the way in reimagining a society that prioritizes human dignity, access to quality public goods, and systemic equity. Invest in Black Communities: Public policy must invest in public goods and services that benefit Black communities, such as education, healthcare, and affordable housing.

Public and Social Policy 73

Public and Social Policy Taxation Non-Profits Collaborations 73

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Through research over the years, the organization has shown how environmental harm impacts health, housing, jobs, education, and its persistence throughout communities of color along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor—also known as Cancer Alley, or sometimes Death Alley — and the broader Gulf Coast Region. According to Dr.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Environmental Energy Health 128

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 2, 2024

on Unsplash Most people in the United States who have health insurance obtain it through their employers. The study, Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? The authors found that between 2007 and 2014 a 10-percentage-point rise in the cost of health spending (above overall inflation) led to an unemployment rate that was 0.86

Health 132

Health Insurance Healthcare Governance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Racist public policy created it, and we will need bold structural solutions to fix it.” Wiping out current debts doesn’t eliminate the racist policies and systems that created the crisis, nor does it end the debt-financing of education, housing, and healthcare. Student debt cancellation doesn’t fix racial capitalism.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The “common sense” capitalist frame helps explain why the issue of universal healthcare coverage was absent from the presidential campaigns in 2024, despite a growing life expectancy gap between the United States and comparable countries, and even as Americans spend nearly $6,000 more per capita for worse healthcare than our counterparts.

Civil Society 87

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Healthcare Public Policy 87