The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Takiyah McCathern, an assistant principal at a high-poverty middle school in Wilkes County, N.C., By Drew Lindsay Logan Cyrus for The Chronicle Several new efforts aim to catalog grassroots efforts to strengthen democracy and close divides. raises money to pay for medical physicals required for students to play sports.

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Philanthropy Poverty Medical Health 311

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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Poverty Associations 144

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

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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 12, 2024

Prest BRAC USA Julia Roberts is set to lead BRAC USA, an organization that fights global poverty. Also, the Connecticut Community Foundation has named a new leader, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation will install its next president in the fall.

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Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Addressing childhood poverty in the U.S. is an enormous challenge, and for nonprofits working to improve children’s lives, understanding the impact of poverty is essential. Dr. Source Addressing childhood poverty in the U.S.

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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

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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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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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

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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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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Poverty Food Homelessness 245

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

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools.

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Poverty Children Medical Education 98

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 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The problem is not lack of potential impact; SMEs represent nine out of 10 firms, the biggest employers worldwide, and without helping these firms grow, we cannot create jobs, lift people from poverty, empower women, or innovate solutions for the climate crisis. There are 3.4 There are 3.4 Not philanthropy’s problem.

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Philanthropy Poverty Public and Social Policy Non-Profits 69

Big Duck

APRIL 18, 2024

Related Content CampaignsParent Project Muscular DystrophyEngaging the community to raise funds BrandsNew York City Campaign Finance BoardUsing research to bring out more voters BrandsBlue EngineBuilding a brand for change BrandsKeshetBuilding a brand for a thriving organization BrandsShriver Center on Poverty Law Shaping a unified voice for a national (..)

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Poverty Finance Law 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The African Development Bank for example, seeks to promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in Africa, while the International Red Cross focuses on protecting and assisting victims of armed conflict. These projects typically take place in peaceful and lower to middle-income countries where poverty remains prevalent.

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Poverty Finance Governance Health 114

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 124

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Whether you celebrate Lent or not, now is a good time to think about something you can afford to give up in your nonprofit – your poverty mindset. Poverty mindset stunts a nonprofit’s growth. So how about giving up the poverty mindset and small thinking for the next 40 days and see what happens?

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Poverty Nonprofits Food Nonprofit Organizations 60

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 133

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 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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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 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 114

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 122

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 111

Jeff Brooks

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If your fundraising is built around statistics — like the number of people living poverty, or the number of people diagnosed with a disease — you are actively priming people to ignore your message. The human mind is pre-set to tune out numbers (especially large ones) and to pay attention to stories.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Whether you celebrate Lent or not, now is a good time to think about something you can afford to give up in your nonprofit – your poverty mindset. Poverty mindset stunts a nonprofit’s growth. So how about giving up the poverty mindset and small thinking for the next 40 days and see what happens?

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Poverty Nonprofits Food Nonprofit Organizations 40

Tony Martignetti

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Trathen Heckman: Grameen Team Dream In his brand-spanking-new book, “Small Loans, Big Dreams,” Alex Counts recounts the story of Grameen Bank’s wild success moving millions of people out of poverty by elevating microfinancing for the poor. Alex tells the story and shares valuable lessons beyond economic development.

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Poverty Nonprofits 98

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 130

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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Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Below the ALICE Threshold” includes workers who live in poverty and those we call ALICE ® — A sset L imited, I ncome C onstrained, E mployed—who earn above the federal poverty level but still can’t afford the basics. One in five nonprofit workers struggle to afford the basics Of the 13.9

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Public and Social Policy Insurance Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 52

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 108

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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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2024

Among the lessons we learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that when we take bold steps to stave off financial catastrophe for families who face it, we can substantially reduce child poverty. million children out of poverty , including 716,000 Black children, nearly 1.2 The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7%

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Race and Ethnicity Poverty Children Education 59

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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