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Law Management Public and Social Policy 
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 20, 2025
Its board actions might be reversed because they were not taken pursuant to the organizations bylaws or applicable corporate laws. Ensure activities are operated consistent with all applicable laws , including Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and any licensing, registration, zoning, and contractual requirements.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Such forms of living, however, have huge economic and social costs, as over-stressed and under-supported parents must attend to their children and aging parents from their isolated apartments or homes. That means transforming the zoning regulations, financial structures, and social patterns that separated them, just over a century ago.
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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them
The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis
What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
But it is past time to move from programs to policy. Drawing from our evaluations and other research and best practices in the field, we offer the following recommendations to create a social safety net that works for all people. Most government policy wonks have little to no experience with families living in poverty.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Policy bodies like the National Governor’s Association are calling for more tailored mental health planning. Only 10 percent of organizations reported community engagement as a core activity of their policy support strategies. Current mental health policymaking tends to be insufficiently sensitive to these differences.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
First and foremost, food systems leadership offers opportunities for new relationships, connecting groups as diverse as farmers, emergency food providers, food waste management companies, and environmental justice advocates. Learn new structures Food Policy Councils take different forms.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 2, 2024
By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. Understanding how social innovation directly affects people’s lives is essential.
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
3 Built on the Sesan River, the dam was part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” which sought to expand its “foreign policy interests.” These villagers were part of what we came to call the “hopeful holdouts”—a small but mighty group who have managed to remain on their native land. 2 (Spring 1998): 417–28.
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Anedot
APRIL 8, 2025
Organization Overview With over 40 years of service, West Marin Community Services (WMCS) provides essential assistance such as food distribution, emergency financial aid, referrals to social services, and equity-driven community engagement to residents in West Marin. Thrift Store: Generating funds for community programs.
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 23, 2024
In Chicago, speakers surveyed the growth of the past 20 years while setting forth goals to bring worker co-ops fully into the economic mainstream through movement infrastructure, public policy, and culture building. Increasingly, worker co-ops are making public policy gains.
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
It calls for AI that is designed explicitly to dismantle systemic inequities and address the social ills caused by historical and present-day injustices. For those impacted by AIcommunities, workers, everyday peoplesuch policies serve as essential protective barriers. Workers deserve to benefit from the productivity gains AI offers.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 22, 2023
By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. One sign of this is the rapid growth of what is variably called “socially responsible investment” or “impact investment.” But the phrase, “impact investing,” implies pursuing some positive social benefit.
NonProfit Quarterly
JULY 31, 2024
Imagine your outrage if you were a public school teacher and your pension fund invested in a company that supported and lobbied for vouchers and charter schools. Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Pension Funds: Whose Capital? Our Capital!
Nonprofit Fixer
AUGUST 28, 2024
Despite how many nonprofit boards are struggling, board leadership and management does not have to be complicated. Note that this is for US 501(c)(3) public charities, not private foundations. Responsibility 1: Nonprofit Boards Set and Enforce Policy At the most basic level, boards are the governing body of the nonprofit organization.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. The IRS is currently completing its rollout of the new law. Generate groundbreaking findings on fundraising, volunteers, equity, and management.
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Similar laws have already rapidly spread across Europe and Central Asia , yet South Africa has avoided them so far. Today, that democracy is fraying. With an estimated 55.5
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NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Image credit: Ridofranz on istock.com A new US Department of Labor rule restores protections for misclassified workers and could help reduce the precarious status of freelance journalists, according to Samantha Sanders of the Economic Policy Institute. We are dispersed and face anti-worker laws,” Higgins said in an interview.
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 2, 2024
To qualify under the new Canadian law, sellers must sell a majority (minimum of 51 percent) of the company to workers, and the trust must hold shares on behalf of all employees—current and future. Jon Shell of Toronto-based Social Capital Partners walked through the ups and downs of passing the legislation over two years.
Anedot
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The ideal candidate is an effective dynamic leader with a strong background in nonprofit management, project coordination, and a deep commitment to wildlife conservation. o Oversee internal and external communications, including development of written and verbal content for publication through organizational channels and the media.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 20, 2023
But I always had a sense of those organizations when I worked there, an internal critique of what kind of social change were we really bringing about. And why did we rely on private ones to solve what felt like public problems? But I wrote an op-ed saying…this is not a policy-based response to the affordable housing crisis in JP.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
MARCH 3, 2023
The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. Our speakers Xavier Ramey is the CEO of Justice Informed, a social impact consulting firm based in Chicago, IL.
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Image credit: EyeEm Mobile GmbH on iStock This article is the final contribution in a three-part series Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds a coproduction of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. Changing state policy is challenging.
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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.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 6, 2022
It’s been this way for centuries , beginning with the displacement of Native People in the 1800s and continuing with the use of eminent domain laws to take desirable land away from thriving Black communities. Housing Justice Through Policy, Narrative, and Local Change. Shift more power to those who have been most disadvantaged.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. million studies.
Bloomerang
JANUARY 18, 2023
Gathering data is of vital importance and in this effort you may also wish to use data management tools available through your donor database. . Get social. Research how social media and effective storytelling is used the world over to create engagement and drive donations. . Lack of public awareness.
Getting Attention
JANUARY 20, 2015
Communications And Campaigns Manager Waterkeepers Chesapeake. Communications Director Western Environmental Law Center (Eugene, OR or Taos, NM). Communications Manager US Human Rights Network (New York, NY). Communications and Social Media Manager Yosemite Conservancy (San Francisco, CA). Takoma Park, MD).
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Getting Attention
JANUARY 25, 2013
Communications and Technology Manager , Association of Small Foundations (Washington DC). Communications Manager , Communities Creating Opportunity (Kansas City, MO). Editor/Publications Manager , Migration Policy Institute (Washington DC). Digital Marketing Manager , New York City Ballet (New York, NY).
Ken Goldstein
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
In these contentious political times, those of us in the social services field may feel the need to be more vocal about policies that effect our clients and our missions, while simultaneously facing pressure to "not rock the boat" or be controversial. Please feel free to borrow and adapt this policy for use in your organization.
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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. ” during check-in meetings.
Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Plus, it’s responsible for ensuring that you meet goals and keep promises to the public, donors, and beneficiaries. The Executive Director is responsible for managing staff and volunteers and running day-to-day operations. Encourage them to leverage their professional and social relationships to bring new supporters to the table.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 3, 2022
Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Staff the organization’s social media account inboxes and repeat the above. Help the organization apply for, qualify for, and manage its Google for Nonprofits. Be Informed. Cultivation.
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NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 19, 2023
Private equity—that is, investor groups that operate outside of the stock market, thus being largely shielded from public investor scrutiny—plays a leading role. The community also benefits as public and community institutions keep earnings in their local economies rather than passing profits to investors.
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Getting Attention
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Communications and Events Coordinator , Youth Policy Institute (Los Angeles, CA). Communications and Social Media Specialist , ANCOR (Alexandria, VA). Communications Manager , Rachel’s Network (Washington, D.C.). Communications Manager , Williams Institute-UCLA School of Law (Los Angeles, CA). New York, NY).
Bloomerang
JANUARY 22, 2024
the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit?
Getting Attention
DECEMBER 14, 2012
1) Communications/Policy Project Manager. 1) Communications/Policy Project Manager, Robert M. Work involves public policy research, drafting written material (issue briefs, press releases, op-eds, etc.) The successful candidate will be creative, public-interest minded, and detail-oriented.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MAY 29, 2024
Nonprofits will need to build from a past rooted in charity and move toward a model of liberation—a future where our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions are structured so all people can thrive. We look at whether we are supporting enabling conditions—like public opinion—to advance a flourishing multiracial democracy.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 12, 2024
Image credit: Christopher Jolly on Unsplash With publisher permission, this article was adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ Recover, Explore, Practice: The Transformative Potential of Sabbaticals , ” published in December 2023 by the Academy of Management Discoveries. Policies also vary in length and accessibility.
Anedot
OCTOBER 8, 2024
SUPERVISES : Facilities, IT and Administrative Manager SUPERVISED BY : Chief Executive Officer STATUS/SALARY Exempt/$100k Annual Salary CRITICAL JOB FUNCTIONS Possesses the professional skills and abilities specific to the technical aspects of the position.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Public schools, charter schools and universities would be prohibited from doing contact tracing. This Session gives very little opportunity for public input. This legislation represents unnecessary government intrusion into nonprofits' ability to manage their organizations and continue to protect those they serve.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Unlike public clouds, which are shared among multiple users, private clouds offer a more tailored and secure environment. Private clouds offer a unique blend of the scalability and efficiency of public clouds with the control and security of on-premises infrastructure.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JUNE 20, 2023
By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. We publicize our salaries in job listings, of course. That may seem obvious, but we have all had our experiences with less-than-stellar situations.
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