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Elevate Conference 2025: Take Your Nonprofit Off Autopilot

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The world is changing, and the social sector must lead the charge. This track will help you: Influence public policy and make your voice heard. Why Elevate Matters Nonprofits are the backbone of social change, and 2025 is the year to reimagine how we lead. Build coalitions that strengthen your mission.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust

NonProfit Quarterly

Additionally, the Johnson Amendment helps safeguard public trust in 501c3 organizations. To allow otherwise would lead to a loss of public confidence in the charitable sector and contribute to a polarized society shaped by dark money in elections funneled through charities. See Regan v.

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NPO Leaders Walking An Advocacy Tightrope

The NonProfit Times

The 78-page report provides insight into how nonprofit leaders view their role in public policy advocacy and engagement. The Pursuit of Influence sheds light on what motivates or deters organizations from taking an active role in public policy advocacy. Advocacy efforts are mission-driven.

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Get to Know Our Public Policy Intern, Adiza Hamda!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Welcome Adiza Hamda, our new Public Policy Intern We’re excited to welcome Adiza Hamda our new public policy intern for Tennessee Nonprofit Network! Her long-term goal is to contribute her skills and knowledge towards ameliorating pervasive social challenges and improving the quality of life of the human race.

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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock What does impact investingthat is, investing with social benefit in minddemand of investors? Many in the field have long held it demands virtually nothing, that an investor can have a social impact without sacrificing a penny of their own.

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How the Facing Race Conference Is Meeting the Political Moment: A Conversation with Leslie Grant-Spann

NonProfit Quarterly

I’ve been doing social justice work for over 20 years now. When the organization first started convening people, the vehicle was a race and policy gathering that we did all over the country. Before that, it didn’t have a specific name or brand, but we had already begun to convene people, with the framework being race and policy.