NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
Herbalife Nutrition Foundation | June 21, 2022
The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families around the world, announced a new two-year partnership with The Power of Nutrition and the World Bank. The partnership will include a grant of $300,000 and will initially focus on the Stunting Reduction Program in Rwanda. These efforts are in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 to achieve zero hunger globally.
The effects of poor nutrition in children are alarming and we hope to elevate the transformative work done by The Power of Nutrition and the World Bank to ensure children and families receive a head start and a healthier quality of life.”
Alan Hoffman, President of the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation
Stunting affects 149 million children around the world and 33% of children under the age of five in Rwanda, limiting their physical and cognitive development. This preventable and reversible form of malnutrition also impacts Rwanda’s local economic growth, and the partnership will increase awareness of, and access to, quality nutrition, positively impacting more than one million women and children.
Funding for this program will support the provision of essential nutrition and health services to children and mothers and support the delivery of nutrition conditional cash transfers to enhance access to adequate and diverse diets and health services.
“We’re pleased to partner with the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation to support The Power of Nutrition’s goal of accelerating the pace and scale of improvements in nutrition provision globally,” said Simon Bishop, Chief Executive Officer, The Power of Nutrition. “Together, with the World Bank, we look forward to bringing about lasting improvements to people’s lives in Rwanda and continuing to highlight the importance of diets that are accessible, healthy and sustainable.”
This collaboration complements the Nutrition for Zero Hunger (NFZH) campaign, a global initiative started by Herbalife Nutrition. Through NFZH, Herbalife Nutrition and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation provide critical resources and expertise to communities around the world with the aim of bringing hunger down to zero – an issue which currently affects 1 in 9 people worldwide.
The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation has been committed to helping alleviate food shortages for more than 17 years. In 2021 alone, the Foundation donated more than $5 million to help support more than 167 organizations around the world so they may provide healthy meals, nutrition education and other support to children and families, including Asociación Mexicana de Bancos de Alimentos (BAMX) and the SOS Children's Villages of Europe, Africa and India.
About Herbalife Nutrition Foundation
Since 2005, the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), a global nonprofit foundation, has been devoted to improving lives of children and families around the world. HNF supports community-based Casa Herbalife Nutrition partners around the globe, that help bring good nutrition to socially vulnerable communities and aid to organizations focused on promoting access, education and empowerment of good nutrition, general wellness and disaster relief.
About The Power of Nutrition
The Power of Nutrition is a charitable foundation that raises money and creates partnerships to advance the fight against malnutrition in Africa and Asia. Our vision is a world where every child has the right nutrition to achieve their full potential.
Our innovative finance and partnership model multiplies nutrition investments to make resources go further than any organisation could achieve alone.
We currently have 19 programmes in countries with high rates of malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, reaching over 92 million women, children and adolescents. Each is aligned behind national government plans, carefully designed to deliver impact at scale, and is based around a core set of evidence-based, high-impact interventions known to improve child, adolescent, and maternal nutrition.
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NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY
Blackbaud | May 18, 2022
Blackbaud, the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, released its 2021 Social Responsibility Report, sharing how the company is growing and strengthening the entire social good community, empowering its people, stewarding the environment and expanding responsible business practices.
2021 was a year of perseverance and adopting a 'new normal,' despite the continued uncertainty of a global pandemic. Organizations and individuals didn't just accept the status quo—they re-imagined what was possible in a now-hybrid world. And Blackbaud was right there with them, enabling impact through our technology, expertise, partnership and people. We're proud to share our achievements and priorities, and how we drive powerful impact to help good take over."
Mike Gianoni, president and CEO, Blackbaud
Blackbaud's priorities and 2021 progress are categorized by several key commitments:
Commitment to the Social Good Community
Nearly 150,000 organizations across the globe receive funds thanks to a Blackbaud solution, and Blackbaud makes it a priority to support this community of nonprofits, K-12 schools, universities, companies, healthcare institutions, foundations, arts and cultural organizations, faith organizations and individual change agents.
Highlights of Blackbaud's investment in 2021 include:
Providing free resources and engaging in cross-sector initiatives to help strengthen the entire social good community, like providing cutting-edge philanthropic research from the Blackbaud Institute, supporting the Giving Institute and Giving USA and recruiting early-stage startups to the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program
Making donations in support of COVID-19 relief and disaster recovery, and announcing a new multi-year, six-figure gift to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry to build greater equity, social capital and a stronger, more diverse workforce
More than 70% of Blackbaud employees volunteering in 2021, and 20% serving on nonprofit boards
Growing the Blackbaud Partner Network by 43%, making it easier for customers to access leading technology and services firms, all focused on helping them make a bigger difference
Enabling customers through training and insights, which led to a 95% customer support satisfaction rating
Commitment to People, Culture, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Blackbaud believes success comes from prioritizing employees' personal and professional well-being and development, and it can only be realized by embracing diverse perspectives and experiences. Blackbaud's remote-first strategy provides opportunity for all regardless of location.
Highlights of Blackbaud's 2021 workplace progress include:
Attracting top talent—55% of all new hires in 2021 came from historically underrepresented groups, and 91% of employees said the fact that Blackbaud operates in a socially responsible manner was important to them
Investing in employee development—40% of employees experienced career progression in 2021, 99% of employees completed the Blackbaud Way interaction training, and 85% of people managers attended engagement labs and inclusive culture trainings
Caring for employee well-being through a global wellness program, bi-monthly education sessions and encouraging participation in employee affinity groups to enhance community and belonging in the virtual setting
Commitment to Climate
As part of its responsibility to act in the fight against climate change, Blackbaud is dedicated to proactively protecting the environment. Blackbaud has set out to achieve this through responsible operations, decarbonization, philanthropic partnerships and employee engagement. Since 2019, Blackbaud has reduced its global real estate footprint by 50%, reduced the emissions required to run its office space by 63% and reduced employee commuting emissions by 75%.
Highlights of Blackbaud's climate progress include:
Transitioning to a remote-first workforce approach, which fast-tracked the company's ability to minimize the environmental impact of its operations
Achieving carbon neutrality across its business operations and data centers by reducing emissions and investing in renewable energy credits and carbon offset projects
Passionate members of Blackbaud's sustainability employee affinity group educating and engaging their colleagues in environmental efforts and volunteer events
Commitment to Data Privacy and Protection
Blackbaud continues to make significant investments in its cybersecurity program to provide customers with confidence that their technology and data are secure. This is further strengthened by incorporating data privacy and protection education into the customer onboarding and implementation process, and providing ongoing resources such as webinars, best practices content and one-on-one consultations. Learn more about Blackbaud's commitment to data privacy and protection here.
ESG Progress and Metrics
Blackbaud seeks to drive long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders by living out its higher purpose of helping good take over, and by operating as a socially responsible business. In addition to these core commitments, Blackbaud transparently tracks and reports on its operations through a robust environmental, social and governance (ESG) program.
As part of its ESG program, Blackbaud has:
Joined the UN Global Compact and signed on to its 10 principles that outline the fundamental responsibilities of business for human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption
Developed a structure to guide and provide oversight of ESG initiatives, including CEO sponsorship, board oversight, an employee-led, cross functional steering committee, employee impact teams and affinity groups
Tracked impact through the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—particularly SDGs 3, 4 and 16
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG), school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than four decades, Blackbaud is a remote-first company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom.
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NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY
X4Impact | May 13, 2022
X4Impact, the leading Insights-as-a-Service company in the Nonprofit and Tech for Good sector honored by Fast Company as a World Changing Idea, is providing a new perspective for Next Level Social Impact on a mission to address persistent inequities in Greater Boston through impact-driven philanthropy.
Nine of every ten philanthropic dollars in Massachusetts goes to the largest one percent of nonprofits. This leaves many Commonwealth nonprofits doing exceptional work without access to needed resources. Next Level plays a vital role in addressing this gap by providing highly customized, easily accessible strategic guidance and financial support to a carefully selected portfolio of high-impact nonprofits.
Next Level Social Impact used a regional landscape analysis from X4Impact to understand the growth trajectory and sizing of 82,000 nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts. X4Impact detailed segmentation by the size of the nonprofit, tenure, geography, UN SDG, and focus area helped narrow down the target list to 2,200 organizations with a total of $2B in annual revenue, staffed by 15,900 employees and over 346,000 volunteers.
To further inform their strategy, an X4Impact Service Desert Map showcased the zip codes in Greater Boston with a scarcity of Human Services nonprofits and a large number of households in need of social assistance, so-called "Service Deserts."
There are over 30,000 grantmaking organiztions in the US working hard to make decisions about place-based philanthropy with limited resources. We are proud to partner with Next Level Social Impact to answer important questions about nonprofits in the Greater Boston area as a blueprint for other communities to follow."
Luis Salazar, co-founder X4Impact
Next Level Social Impact provides flexible, multi-year funding for Massachusetts nonprofit organizations, strategic guidance, customized resources, and social capital. Thanks to the landscape report from X4Impact, they saved months of data gathering work, combing through online forms and fragmented data sources to understand the landscape of opportunity. The organization's leadership team was able to validate their hypotheses related to nonprofit size and tenure as key characteristics to inform their giving strategy.
"We have spent a lot of time trying to find the right data to best inform our work supporting the local nonprofit sector," said Ranjini Govender, Chief Partnerships Officer, Next Level Social Impact. "We are fortunate to have found X4Impact! Their Landscape Analysis provided actionable data insights in a streamlined, easily digestible format."
The Next Level Social Impact team will use the X4Impact insights to partner with local funders in addressing the identified areas of need. A funder collaborative convening is in the works to bring shared understanding around the power of X4Impact insights to inform local impact-driven philanthropic strategies.
About X4Impact
X4Impact, Inc. is the leading Insights as a Service Platform for the US $2.9 Trillion per year Nonprofit Sector. Our technology processes billions of social impact data points to help foundations, tech companies, nonprofits, social innovators, academia, and investors build tomorrow's social impact organizations and initiatives. X4Impact was honored in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas 2022 Awards in two categories.
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