NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“The organization I worked with at the time, Justice Funders, 3 helped to build a democratic loan fund that was run by community leaders from across the country.” “Mom But how would they know what the community needs?” And over time, instead of starting new foundations, wealth was given over to democratic loan funds to redistribute.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 102

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Not only is it possible to access federal funds, but the same elements that are needed for frontline and underinvested, predominantly BIPOC communities to benefit from public funding are also the most promising approaches to address more broadly the impacts of climate change at the local level.

Governance 69

Governance Community Development Collaborations Environmental 69

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

While we don’t believe philanthropy alone will be sufficient to address the many crises we face, we think there are many steps foundations can and must take to help even the odds for social movement organizations. As a result, the North Star for both organizing and giving needs to be enhancing governing power. Their main finding?

Philanthropy 127

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 127

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. To date, discussion on mission-aligned investing has largely focused on wealthy foundations and endowed institutions, but over half of all charitable organizations have total assets of less than $1 million.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

The interview that follows explores the history of the Clayborn Temple, the project to restore it, and the vision of Troutman and her colleagues to use the temple as a hub for developing a community-based economy in Memphis that i s Black-owned, Black-governed, and which sustains a thriving culture rooted in the Black imagination.

Governance 106

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Image Credit: Bruno Guerrero on unsplash.com This is the third article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Among the coalition participants is the organization I work for, the Latino Economic Development Corporation. Construction began in 2017.

Construction 89

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 89

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Strong communities need strong nonprofits. Government, philanthropy, and community members all relied on nonprofits during the COVID pandemic. In a sector that often must fight for a 10 to 15 percent indirect cost rate reimbursement from government, this was a wonderful change. Racial injustice persists in nonprofits .

Governance 86

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 86

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

So, I’m humbled that you see your professional trajectory in this book, because many of the questions came from working at the Boston Foundation. That when the foundation called, people took my call. And my colleagues certainly knew this at the foundation, but it seemed like this open question that I wanted to explore historically.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Poverty 92

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 92

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Last month, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading community development financial institution (CDFI) trade association, held its first in-person national conference in three years in New York City. In other words, is the phrase a call for government—and corporate donors and foundations—to invest in CDFIs?

Finance 87

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 87

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

After seven years of kitchen-table and Zoom organizing, a multi-stakeholder, cooperative, community-owned grocery store is taking shape in Louisville, KY. In October, the metro council of Louisville’s combined city-county government voted to allocate $3.5 million in grant funding for LCG to build a community-owned grocery.

Food 99

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 99

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? Two of them—Dr. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

To transform our economy, we need to network, learn, ideate, iterate, and resource the work together as nonprofits, for-profits, community leaders and members, philanthropic institutions, governments, donors, and investors. The Seattle Foundation has been a leader in a national movement to build Black funds.

Nonprofit governance and management 93

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 93

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

By Tiffany Manuel & Dana Bourland What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once?

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 111

Candid

JANUARY 21, 2022

Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and serves as a vital capital provider in low-income communities across California. the purchase of 10-, 15-, and 20-year senior unsecured notes. Century is a U.S. Wellcome, Gates pledge $300 million to prevent future epidemics. January 20, 2022.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Manufacturing Community Development Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Given this recent investment in outreach and education efforts, coupled with heightened interest from local governments, we expect to see many more employee-owned businesses statewide in the next five years. Impact investment and non-bank financing from community development financial institutions also remain limited.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 91

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Founded in 2008 with backing from the Ford Foundation, NeighborWorks America, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Capital Impact Partners, and Prosperity Now, ROC USA and its affiliates have assisted 22,000 residents in over 300 communities in 21 states to collectively purchase and manage their ROCs.

Manufacturing 102

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 102

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 10, 2024

Image credit: Drew Katz Black Bostonian communities citywide have more than just something to say for themselves: their economies are building institutions that prioritize asset-based community development and are creating the foundations for a local solidarity economy. After raising $4.5 million.

Food 107

Food Medical Community Development Finance 107

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 13, 2023

But a conference , hosted by Neighborhood Economics this past April, which brought over two hundred people to Jackson, MS—ranging from impact investors to foundation, nonprofit, and church leaders—purposefully sought to break the mold. Rhea Williams-Bishop of the Kellogg Foundation focused on disparities in education.

Finance 79

Finance Homelessness Healthcare Foundations 79

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

At a recent professional dinner, I struck up a fascinating conversation with a woman who has spent her legal career working in civil rights, housing, and community development. I once heard a CDFI leader remark that when the borrowers we need in the community don’t exist, we as CDFIs need to go out there and create them.

Finance 90

Finance Community Development Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 90

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Image Credit: edgeeffectmedia.com on unsplash.com Leah Rothstein has been a consultant to nonprofit housing developers, local government, and private firms. Leah Rothstein: My father, Richard Rothstein, wrote The Color of Law in 2017, a book that basically debunked the myth about why our communities are racially segregated.

Law 85

Law Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 85

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? Developing Community Leadership Entrepreneurs play a critical role as community builders.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. It also laid out the building blocks to achieving three key goals: Establish the infrastructure and processes to drive inclusive equitable community development. A falta de pan, casabe.

Community Development 81

Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Cultural Diversity 81

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

It was a smaller autonomous school called the School of Social Justice and Community Development. However, eight months after Lumumba was elected, he died of heart failure, and the anticipated alliance with the city government did not materialize. Akuno explained that 20 years ago, he was working in Oakland, California.

Education 132

Education Education Governance Food 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Separating people from who and what they need causes trauma not just individually, but at the community level, which has negative consequences for people’s health. Both the foundation and grantees participated in developing learning questions, sensemaking, and application of learning to practice.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its $17 million in grants to policy advocacy and organizing.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

Rural communities, already with access to fewer resources , are experiencing increased climate disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. Funders can work with their grantees to capture feedback directly from the affected communities. Help define impact.

Philanthropy 83

Philanthropy Poverty Governance Environmental 83

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 98

Food Finance Community Development Culture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. These ideals and beliefs are built into how EFAI works. million grant to LISC Indianapolis.

Food 82

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 82

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The journey since then has been an adventure, offering important lessons for us that I believe are valuable for the community development field. Even the dynamic of a trio of organizations working together required foundations to stretch beyond what they’re used to. But the process should have been easier.

Culture 95

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 95

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

With the WORK Act, tens of millions of dollars in government resources will be disbursed to employee-ownership centers around the country, fundamentally changing the playing field for worker-owners, freelancers, and cooperative innovators. What if that scale of resources flowed to our communities instead of to Wall Street?

Public Policy 68

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 68

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 80

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 80

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

Finance 91

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 91

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. Provide diversity and inclusion training for all staff and board members, to increase awareness and understanding of the issues faced by underserved communities.

Leadership 108

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

The city’s animal rights organizations and municipal government became channels through which the founder’s unique approach could reach all city residents by shaping city regulations to ban animal abuse. Neighborhood book clubs were repurposed as platforms with which to educate pet owners.

Entrepreneurship 110

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 110

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the Anchorage Community Land Trust , which began in 2003 and is the oldest example reviewed in the report, acquired land in a BIPOC neighborhood that had a 25.1 Seeded with an initial $5 million grant from a local foundation, the land trust acquired nine parcels between 2005 and 2011. percent poverty rate (as of 2001).

Public and Nonprofit Management 90

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 90

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As a result of the movements of the 1960s, the US government and nonprofit agencies strengthened social safety nets. This was especially true at the county and municipal levels, where community organizing resulted in policy wins that benefited the most vulnerable, despite a conservative backlash that eventually defunded many federal programs.

Philanthropy 107

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 107