Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG)
Explore the evolving landscape of ESG principles and practices, helping nonprofits align their missions with a broader commitment to environmental conservation, social responsibility, and ethical governance.
Beyond the Hype: Why ESG Frameworks Miss the Mark for Small Nonprofits
When we take a closer look at what Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks actually entail, it is often not worth the time and resources for most small nonprofits to go through such a process.
How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Embracing ESG Practices
By expanding ESG efforts and communicating them effectively, nonprofits can engage new audiences and achieve greater impact. This article discusses how nonprofits can document and communicate their ESG impact and provides five steps to get started.
ESG is Everywhere. Should It Matter to Nonprofits?
Nonprofits can learn from the for-profit sector’s efforts on ESG and begin to think about how these corporate strategies can apply to their work as well.
Nonprofits Have Been Right All Along: Community Benefit Models Can Solve Our Toughest Environmental Challenges
Nonprofits have been leaders in building sustainability for generations. Nonprofits can be the catalysts for the systemic change in consciousness we so desperately need by advocating for a community-benefit approach in our economic system.
The Importance of Self-Care as Self-Defense to Nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations are givers. Reframing self-care as self-defense can help us to prioritize our people and protect our organizations.
Disrupting the Space of Disaster Philanthropy: A View from the Front Lines
Recovering from a disaster is not a quick process. Here’s how philanthropy must help local communities rebuild.
How to Plan and Execute an Emergency Succession
Succession planning gets a bad rap. But in a pandemic, especially in the early days, an emergency succession plan becomes essential to a nonprofit.
Against the Current: Rudy Espinoza’s Request to President-elect Biden
Interview with Rudy Espinoza, Executive Director at Inclusive Action for the City (IAC) in Los Angeles.
Seeking Sustainability: How Can Nonprofits Survive the Pandemic?
A nonprofit is sustainable when it has built long-standing relationships with supporters that are fully committed to the mission.
Against the Current: Jose “Che” Ramirez
Activist Jose “Che” Ramirez shares some of his ideas about ending homelessness in America and taking on a system bent on holding folks down.