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Weathering the Storm: Disaster Philanthropy that Builds Stronger, More Equitable Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Low-income individuals live with higher rates of chronic disease , are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards , have substandard housing, and often lack access to nutritious foods and adequate medical care. Philanthropy can play a crucial role in supporting underserved and marginalized communities in their rebuilding process.

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Love Is the Key to Democracy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Doing so means transforming our governing institutions, laws, regulations, and customs in a more fundamental way than tinkering around the edges with policy and programs. When everyday people, institutions, and government act in service, out of love for the particular needs of particular people, the benefits flow outward.

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We, the Nonprofit Institutions: Transformation for Liberation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In this series thus far, our colleagues have explored what this future requires of each of us , and what it could begin to look like for governments. But what about the nonprofit sector? As a nonprofit sector, the first crucial step toward accelerating our progress toward this future is aiming for it. Still, it is necessary.

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Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, which points to dozens of breakthroughs where open Form 990 data enabled new insights and practices.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Historically, the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) has been used as a term to capture these important upstream, non-medical drivers of health. For example, a solution to help Elisa manage her diabetes might not work in her community because of the cultural or economic barriers that are present.

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Multisolving: Making Systems Whole, Healthy, and Sustainable

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Within a hospital system, medical providers are responsible for the delivery of care, while other departments steward the physical plant, and administrative departments are responsible for the bottom line. They work at the local to national level and in government, academia, NGOs, businesses, and philanthropy.

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Closing the Middle Skills Gap in Postsecondary Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

” But the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the flagship federal legislation governing job training, badly needs an update. For instance, medical assistants and nursing assistants, respectively WIOA’s most common and fourth most common career training pathways, can expect to earn less than $24,000 per year.

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