Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. Households of color were significantly more likely to be evicted, foreclosed upon, or displaced from their homes by gentrification.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Often portrayed in Western feminist literature as the disempowered, the excluded, and needing rescue, India in fact continues to be reinvented by the heads, hands, and hearts of her women—from farmers, to craftswomen, to political leaders, to social reformers. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

Food 115

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 8, 2023

The group leading the effort is SAGE Development Authority , a public power authority owned by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which gained international recognition for its leadership in the non-violent protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Bain is both a product of and a driver of leadership development grounded in community wisdom.

Leadership 109

Leadership Culture Poverty Public and Social Policy 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. Revisit ESG and responsible investment policies and beliefs. Work with governments.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). They may lose their homes. The brief also called for adaptive interventions for climate change to factor in mental health.

Health 82

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 82

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2023

People with disabilities are leading policy change, technology development, and workplace evolution. People of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA people, and people with disabilities all experience social inequities that extend to technology and are less likely to be in the room when technology is developed. But space needs to be made.

Technology 118

Technology Public and Social Policy Governance Leadership 118

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Just this fall, in an interactive session designed to kick off October’s National Economics Education Month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell praised economics educators for helping the Fed conduct monetary policy by teaching economics. During his remarks, Powell referred to economics as “the science of public policy.”

Education 80

Education Education Curriculum and Teaching Public and Social Policy 80

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.” They also had access to forests where they could collect timber and non-timber forest products such as mushrooms. 2 (Spring 1998): 417–28.

Environmental 87

Environmental Race and Ethnicity Construction Nonprofit governance and management 87

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) during fiscal year 2023. The UN goals include climate change measures, increased access to quality education and healthcare, gender equality and the eradication of poverty. That amount constituted 8.3% In total, private philanthropy amounted to $15 billion during fiscal year 2023.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Retail Healthcare 52

Thunderhead Works

JUNE 20, 2019

After all, the program in the field worked great, helping people overcome hunger and poverty. Today many nonprofits turn to marketing for growth and use the approaches that businesses have developed over time, including direct mail, online marketing, branding, special campaigns and public relations. How is your product different?

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Public and Social Policy Production 52

The Charity CFO

APRIL 22, 2024

Burnout can cause decreased productivity and high turnover rates in staff. Offering wellness programs, family-friendly policies, or other mental health benefits for employees gives them the resources they need to proactively manage stress and stop burnout. Be sure to consider each employee’s personality when recognizing them.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Culture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Meanwhile, the Poor People’s Campaign’s efforts to secure a cut to US military spending calls for an end to systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism and the war economy. Abolishing the War on Terror, Building Communities of Care Grassroots Policy Agenda,” [link]. This history is important.

Construction 78

Construction Environmental Public and Social Policy Activism 78

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] 5] Group opinions and social “norms” become more powerful.[6] 6] People become more interested in social prestige,[7] fame,[8] a positive life story,[9] personal heroism,[10] or putting their name on something.[11]

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

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.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 133

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2024

It’s made recent and notable strides in advancing climate policies and innovations, but in a dramatic shift, Europeans are starting to vote against them. The Fall of Green Policies Historically, Europe has been one of the world’s top polluters. Farmers argued that the legislation would penalize animal products, such as wool.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Energy Law Food 108

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

PNW Production on pexels.com. Black women hold diverse and nuanced socioeconomic and political identities, and as such, our policies targeting racial and gender inequality must be flexible and adaptable. This is a core tenet of racially just policies and programs.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The report is just one of many clarion calls to act urgently, not just on climate change but also on climate justice: the process of finding solutions to climate change that also address social inequities due to gender, race, ethnicity, geography, income, and other factors. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Although tech companies tend to obscure the fact, and the public rarely realizes it, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are not the purely automated processes tech companies claim they are, but rather the product of human work. At the highest level, though, we need policy solutions. Workers in poorer countries fare even worse.

Non-Profits 117

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Production Food 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The long and continued practice of racist housing practices and policies in the United States means that Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color are the most likely to have insecure access to safe and affordable housing, to be unhoused— and to live in places that are disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 99

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

People affected by poverty, people of color, immigrants, folks who are two-spirit and LGBTQ+, and people who live in tribal and rural communities have struggled to access abortion care long before this Supreme Court decision came down. Invest in the Agency and Power of Those Most Impacted by Reproductive Oppression.

Health 100

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 100

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 116

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

7 Although women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, national climate policies rarely consider their unique needs. 15 UNICEF also underscores that climate change impacts adolescent girls by limiting their access to vital social services, which further entrenches cycles of poverty and vulnerability.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income. Without access, these communities become isolated and, as a result, experience reduced economic, educational, and social opportunities.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colclough & Kate Lappin In 2018 in the Netherlands, the public learned that Dutch tax authorities had for years been using an AI-driven system to incorrectly accuse people of committing child welfare fraud. By Christina J. At least three people killed themselves over the stress caused by the “ Robodebt ” scandal.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 142

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series examines the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. These racist stories then shape our policies for years and years.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 99

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. The project is increasing yields by employing hydroponic farming and high tunnel production methods. They come with their own challenges.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

This article profiles three organizations from which we hail—the Center for Biological Diversity, Marbleseed (formerly the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service), and Wellspring Cooperative—that have grown to focus on addressing the many social, political, economic, and environmental ills that are a direct outcome of capitalism.

Agriculture 73

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 73

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 we knew that poverty and racism were deeply entrenched, and that takes more than three years. And why did we rely on private ones to solve what felt like public problems?

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 90

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

7 Legislators and regulators often allocate public dollars for clean energy technologies through partial incentives, rebates, or tax incentives. The result is that public funding will largely benefit wealthier households. 8 This system of publicly regulated monopoly utilities is still with us today.

Energy 88

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 88

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Yet despite these challenges, global philanthropy has much to learn from South Africa on democracy, development practice, and social justice. percent of the country’s 63 million people living in poverty, gross domestic product growth that slowed to 0.6 With an estimated 55.5 Meanwhile, voter turnout was only 59 percent.

Philanthropy 66

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 66

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum. Fortunately, existing policy tools can address this.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Finance Nonprofit governance and management 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis, and the country’s recent racial reckoning has heightened awareness of the need for racially equitable housing policies to support healthier communities.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Since it isn’t, the public sector steps in to nudge the market. Mission 300 aims to address these challenges by leveraging both public and private capital to invest in renewable-energy infrastructure. Subordinated debt, where public lenders agree to be repaid after private lenders. Why hasn’t electrification happened already?

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Energy Participation and motivation 128

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

He launched the Grameen Bank , and a generation later microfinance—a system of providing small loans to people who otherwise do not have access to conventional banking—has reached every corner of the world, lifting millions out of poverty. Employee-owned businesses are more profitable and productive. Let’s start with the money.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Finance Non-Profits 119

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Saujani has taken up the charge to socialize young girls to take risks and learn to program — two skills they need to move society forward. This concept spans various aspects of life, from economic independence and political representation to education and social justice. Why is Women Empowerment Important?

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Education Education Health 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. The growth of these efforts required more access to nonextractive investment capital, creating a demand for public banks and democratic loan funds across the country.” With more local resources, child care became free, along with public school–provided breakfasts and lunches.” “How

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 109

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

All told, CDFIs—including not just loan funds, but also community development credit unions, banks, bank holding companies, and venture funds —have $266 billion in assets, according to a 2020 study from the US Social Investment Forum. Where are consumer product companies? OFN’s strategic plan speaks to the extraordinary pace of change.

Finance 92

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 92