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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

These farmers also successfully advocated for a system of federally backed cooperative banks and joined together to form farmer-owned insurance pools, allowing agriculture cooperatives to form, including prominent brands like Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

For many nonprofit workers—especially those who work in social assistance, the arts, or the religious sector—wages just can’t keep up with rising costs. In 2022, 48% owned their homes, only 4% had any investment income, 25% were covered by public health insurance, and 10% had no coverage at all.

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How Mobile Health Clinics Advance Health Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

This in turn improves healthcare access and helps address social determinants of health by opening the door to referring patients to specialists, enrolling patients in assistance programs, and connecting those in need to other available resources within the community.

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Newsletter: Why Aren't You Targeting Startups for Partnerships? ; Seven Top B2B Social Trends for 2024 ; How to Do Partner Surveys Right ?

Selfish Giving

For example, I just read about a new pet insurance company that donates $25 every time a new customer signs up for a policy. 1 is paid social. Follow the above article with this one on the top 7 social trends of 2024. I subscribe to this publication and am "gifting" you the article.) Maybe it was the nonprofit's.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

Without insurance coverage, the devices typically cost between $100 and $300 and require replacement every 10 to 14 days, adding up to a significant recurring expense. Advocating for Change Public policy solutions are necessary to narrow the healthcare gap.

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How to Align Assets with Mission: Small Steps That Nonprofits Can Take

NonProfit Quarterly

Thanks to prison privatization, corporations, many of whom, like CoreCivic , are publicly listed companies, have a perverse incentive to boost their stock prices and keep prisons full by lobbying for policies like harsher policing, longer sentencing, and incarceration for non-violent crimes.