Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

Review by Lydia Burleson In Poverty, by America, sociologist Matthew Desmond argues that America’s welfare state doesn’t help those who need it the most.

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Poverty 86

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 17, 2023

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation In his annual letter, Gates chief executive Mark Suzman wrote that the increased grants were spurred by global failures to adequately respond to the spread of infectious diseases, reduce poverty, promote gender equality, and address the effects of climate change.

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Foundations Poverty 279

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

About 40 percent live below the poverty line. By Jim Rendon Ivy Vainio In South Dakota, Native Americans living on the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Reservation face tough economic odds. Unemployment is as high as 80 percent. On a reservation nearly the size of Rhode Island, grocery stores are scarce, and a trip to the only…

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Poverty 246

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

After 10 years of dedicated service to their mission to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad, Share Our Strength’s President and CEO Tom Nelson will retire effective June 30, 2022.

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Poverty 245

NonProfit PRO

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofit professionals tackle poverty, hunger, homelessness, environmental justice, etc. Nonprofit staff need their imaginations. problems that defy technical solutions. If the sector is to go beyond Band-Aid solutions, nonprofits need ample doses of creativity and innovation for finding new solutions.

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Homelessness Poverty Environmental Nonprofits 243

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

As part of Share Our Strength’s executive team, Singh will lead the organization’s initiative to engage structural inequities that create, sustain, and perpetuate food insecurity and persistent poverty for families. .

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

India’s first giving day, March 2, will raise money to improve education, health care, and gender equality and meet other important needs in a country with nearly 230 million people living in poverty.

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Poverty Health Education Education 246

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

True Charity, a conservative-leaning group of more than 200 nonprofits and churches devoted to poverty reduction, requires recipients to stick to a detailed work and self-sufficiency plan.

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Poverty Nonprofits 173

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

GiveDirectly is using a Google-developed artificial intelligence tool to pinpoint areas with high concentrations of poverty and storm damage. GiveDirectly is using a Google-developed artificial intelligence tool to pinpoint areas with high concentrations of poverty and storm damage.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 2, 2021

So, if donors care about a mission, such as the eradication of cancer, ending poverty or high-quality education, they realize the source of fundamental change occurs with the partnership between technology and humans. Donors understand that data and technology are game-changers.

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Poverty Technology Education Education 173

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 26, 2021

They found hunger and poverty groups had a 173% increase in online revenue and nonprofits that provided COVID relief had 40% increase in online revenue. Unless you are in the hunger and poverty sector which reported a 946% increase in Facebook Fundraisers revenue.). Instagram Stories. Facebook Group.

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Poverty Marketing Marketing Communication 206

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 136

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In a preliminary statement to the complaint, the plaintiffs cite Thomas Sowell’s 1998 poem, “The Poverty Pimps’ Poem,” ( Let us celebrate the poor, Let us hawk them door to door. There’s a market for their pain, Votes and glory and money to gain. Let us celebrate the poor. The total of expenditures listed was more than $490 million.

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Poverty Public and Social Policy Education Education 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2024

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Construction Law 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Public funding programs often include conditions that exceed the capabilities of high-poverty areas, such as requiring matching funds that these areas do not have. A different approach that centers community voice is sorely needed.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Metaphor of the Month. This month’s metaphor is Sports. Think about teams, teaming up, scoring, winning, losing, competition, practice, game face, slam dunk, heavy hitting, goal, touchdown, three strikes, penalty, take aim, best shot, marathon, sore loser, pros, A-game.

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Health Poverty Food Culture 273

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

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Poverty Ethics Philanthropy Culture 126

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 18, 2023

In these reaction videos, Jackson talks about the real policy issues and situations referenced in the hit sitcom Abbott Elementary. This includes having children fundraise for school needs by selling things and the duality of teachers being superheroes who are just ordinary people.

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Culture Poverty Children Nonprofits 203

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 23, 2024

By Eboo Patel AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Harvard University Professor Robert Putnam and President Barack Obama participate in the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on May 12, 2015.

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Poverty Universities Leadership Nonprofits 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 29, 2024

By Marianne Dhenin A global consortium is creating opportunities for local organizations to manufacture plant-based menstrual pads.

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Poverty Manufacturing 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

This article concludes the series : Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. For decades, the United States has focused on what are called “place-based” strategies and policies to address poverty, housing access, and affordability. Studies show that secure housing is critical to reducing generational poverty.

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Poverty Community Development Construction Finance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. As many other leaders did across the country, Martin noted the sobering fact that in America, poverty is the fourth leading cause of death. New York City is home to the most millionaires in the world.

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Poverty Public and Social Policy Healthcare Homelessness 119

Big Duck

APRIL 18, 2024

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Poverty Finance Law 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A job that pays less than childcare costs, imposes schedules on short notice, and doesn’t offer benefits cannot help people escape poverty. But because of narratives about what poor people and people of color deserve, they are relegated to jobs that perpetuate cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement. They’re effective.

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 129

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 27, 2016

If you’re working on anti-poverty initiatives, for instance, consider writing about the root causes of poverty or effective programs. Think about your mission and what you’re trying to accomplish and develop topics that build off of your mission. Find Creative Ways to Position Your Point of View.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Philanthropy Leadership 196

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Southern Poverty Law Center. You have a great chance at keeping those people on your email list if you give them the right choices and do it in a way that is EASY and QUICK for them to process. Nothing hard to wade through belongs on this page! Here are three examples of nonprofit email unsubscribe pages that I think do a great job.

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Poverty Law Nonprofits Management 161

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ability to cover three months’ worth of bills: This is what is known as an “asset poverty” measure. Income poverty: In Atlanta, 28 percent of Black households live below the federal poverty line; only seven percent of White households do.

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Poverty Culture Energy Values 133

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Age, poverty, ethnicity, and marginalization exacerbate existing gender inequalities and pose particular threats to women’s livelihoods, health, and safety. According to data from the organization UN Women , approximately 20 million more women live in poverty than men, significantly affecting their health and wellbeing.

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Health Environmental 136

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ. As Hoopes pointed out, the federal poverty measure is outdated, based on a 1960s formula that assumed food was the largest household expense—an assumption that no longer holds true today.

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Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. However, in America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. This disproportionality demands systemic solutions.

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Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

When they do not have access to funds, families in poverty depend on getting the water they need through temporary, charitable fixes, or they walk hours to find it from natural sources, or they may pay up to 20% of their income to buy it. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty.

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Non-Profits Poverty Finance Health 133

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The First Baby Bond Baby Addressing immediate needs alone will never break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Its hard to ignore the prevalence of poverty and near poverty in the United States, with many living paycheck to paycheck , forced to make choices like paying rent or buying foodor covering medical expenses and childcare.

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Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Universities 93

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Angela fights homelessness and poverty by day through powerful storytelling and strategic fundraising. Having them on hand makes your next fun little idea come to life much easier. What we did not learn: Where to get cute burrowing owls. Maybe next time ? Angela Crist is the CEO Findlay Hope House.

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Homelessness Poverty Technology Children 185

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. Beyond the four areas outlined above, addressing social determinants of health —which include poverty, hunger, quality education, health, and wellbeing—is key to the Camden Food Hub initiative.

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Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Conversely, states with higher poverty levels receive less, raising important questions about how equitable current methods of philanthropic distribution are. How can philanthropy better support states with higher poverty levels and lower household incomes? economy and the amount of money flowing into the nonprofit sector.

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Poverty Education Education Health 124

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Just as Roosevelt envisioned a future where no American would face poverty, hunger, or insecurity, baby bonds offer a way to help achieve that promise by providing the financial tools necessary to overcome systemic barriers to wealth and opportunity. As more children are born into poverty each year, the need for baby bonds grows more urgent.

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Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 126

NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I was assigned to Starting Right Now for my project,” Erin says, “which is an organization that exists to solve generational poverty by ending homelessness for students. Throughout the program, my group and I worked to build a business plan for the nonprofit, including everything from the marketing plan to the budget.”

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