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Can Employee Ownership Meet Its “Silver Tsunami” Moment?

NonProfit Quarterly

Policy gains have been significant, especially at the state level. Understanding the Role of the SBA The leading source of small business financing nationally is federally guaranteed small business loans through the US Small Business Administration. New investment funds to support transitions to employee ownership have formed.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Over the last year, she had to visit the emergency room at the local hospital three times when she and members of her family developed severe respiratory symptoms. Historically, the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) has been used as a term to capture these important upstream, non-medical drivers of health. Elisa isn’t alone.

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Inside Oklahoma’s Innovation Rush

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Part of the American Rescue Plan Act passed in early 2021, BBBRC is one of the largest economic development grant competitions in history, with a billion dollars of funding at stake. Run by the US Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Challenge received 529 proposals, named 60 finalists, and selected 21 winners.

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Child Care Is a National Emergency

NonProfit Quarterly

As those who work with philanthropists committed to improving child and family wellbeing, we add our voices to call for federal action knowing that no amount of private investment to create innovative strategies can replace a stronger federal commitment to public support that makes access to quality child care more equitable.

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Corporate Economic Blackmail and What to Do about It

NonProfit Quarterly

Image: “ Hiding From My Shadow” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” 6 If the Kansas City story sounds all too familiar, welcome to the land of economic development subsidies.

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Can Public Power Advance Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.