NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Image credit: AndreyPopov on istock.com Work requirements—or requiring people to find employment in order to access public benefits—force people to prove that they deserve a social safety net. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today?

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 106

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. Nonprofits excel at highlighting the human cost of social issues.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Homelessness 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

Although new to both housing and philanthropy, I knew that where and how we live is integral to our health, education, and economic mobility. Despite the intersectional social and economic challenges we address, philanthropy is typically organized by siloed programmatic areas. Impact on the Trust’s Funding Priorities.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As many people struggle to survive, homelessness increased last year by 12 percent. As Barber noted, a 2020 report by Robert Paul Hartley, an assistant professor of social work at Columbia University, found that 34 million eligible poor or low-income voters did not vote in 2016. “We Housing security is public health.

Poverty 96

Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Nonprofits Activism Leadership 141

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community. Or a billboard for an ad.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Food 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

Lesley-Ann Noel is using her design skills to tackle real-world problems like homelessness and environmental sustainability. Her approach addresses social problems, while also making design more inclusive and responsive to social change. I focus on social issues. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 105

Anedot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Hybrid schedule possible in accordance with NMCS policy and manager approval. This position includes working collaboratively with internal and external partners to ensure that program participants are connected with all available resources with a focus on housing and positive health outcomes. Schedule Mondays – Fridays.

Management 52

Management Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Collaborations 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.

Nonprofit governance and management 134

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. IC: Defining it as witnessing professional is really interesting because I think of journalists as griots and then as record keepers.

Psychology 119

Psychology Health Activism Public and Social Policy 119

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A success story came from Janeen Gingrich, interim chief executive officer at SHIFT NC , an organization that helps schools, healthcare providers, and other youth-serving agencies improve adolescent sexual health. Think about how LBGTQ donors and potential clients experience your agency’s website or social media channels.

Communication 149

Communication Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Culture 149

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%. Human and social services – 8%. Research and public policy – 1%. Public media and communications – 0%. Social media – 25%. Print -13%.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Homelessness Charitable Organizations 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Escaping the Deficiency Focus When the WHO and UNICEF co-organized the landmark health conference in Alma-Ata, USSR, in 1978, 134 countries and 67 international organizations endorsed the WHOs pioneering perspective on health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Health 88

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Trends across multiple indicators linked to SDG targets, such as maternal mortality, overdose and suicide rates, and proficiency in reading and math, suggest that the future health and well-being of American youth, women, and minority racial and ethnic groups are particularly at risk.

Collaborations 96

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Black women hold diverse and nuanced socioeconomic and political identities, and as such, our policies targeting racial and gender inequality must be flexible and adaptable. This is a core tenet of racially just policies and programs. Take for example, Shaquille, a mother in Jackson, MS, who has experienced homelessness.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 95

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Yet the quest for health equity has been stymied. The lack of meaningful health equity progress is due to business-as-usual approaches and interventions focused on getting quick results—which are often temporary, weak, and ineffective. While urgent services are necessary, they can never advance enduring health equity and wellbeing.

Health 69

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 69

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. Another piece of this painting would look like a landscape of advocacy and policy change institutions that prioritize racial and economic justice to level the playing field. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 118

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That created enough public outrage to lead to [a rule] that said that those unsuitability clauses could no longer be used. The idea is to build political will, to create some of the policy changes that we want to see, things like repealing mandatory reporting laws. Over 90 percent of those children were Black.

Children 132

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 132

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 8, 2024

Issue 265 — July 8, 2024 If Elizabeth Packard were alive today, she would be on our Panel “Together We Lead for Health” at Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference and Concert this August 25th evening and 26th all day, in Washington DC and accessible virtually. So, she set out to publicize and lobby for better sanity laws.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Law Health Children 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis, and the country’s recent racial reckoning has heightened awareness of the need for racially equitable housing policies to support healthier communities.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2023

And while sustained public critique has the power to change the field, it’s hard to know what will actually stick—a brief skim of the thousands of articles that assert “philanthropy must” or “philanthropy needs to” change shows that most critiques simply fade away over time.

Philanthropy 104

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Identity politics is everywhere—and so are its political critics, from white nationalists and their right-wing apologists to leftists who want to talk about class but not race, gender, or other social identities and differences. When this is the case, what, if anything, is worth salvaging from identity politics?

Construction 94

Construction Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Having more social housing, for example—more public housing, but also within the public housing having the communities who live in those houses determining the kinds of services they need and providing them. So I think that broadening the public sector and having direct community control are some great examples.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Production 90

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 13, 2023

And this tyranny has now spread to the federal level, as substantial public investment is now set to go toward large-scale renewable energy projects across the country. Well, the California Public Utilities Commission approved a settlement worked out by Governor Newsom and PG&E behind closed doors.

Energy 81

Energy Construction Environmental Governance 81

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Published by the Heritage Foundation and formally titled Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise , the nearly 900-page document, divided into 30 chapters, offers a host of right-wing policy recommendations. Of the 30 chapters, 25 have lead authors who held policy positions in the Trump administration.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 95