NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. From inception, the pool was centered on community development financing activities and emphasized racial, gender, and economic equity.

Community Development 74

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 74

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

Race and Ethnicity 109

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Most practitioners working in community development have accepted this as the reality of impact investing: The harder you drive for social impact in disadvantaged communities, the farther away you get from unbuffered full market return.

Marketing 122

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

What if the tens of thousands of churches currently projected to close in the next few years put their assets into trusts deeply aligned with community development, versus stranding those assets and real estate as they shutter?

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

ROC USA can make this work because it can extend financing via its community development financial institution (CDFI) subsidiary. It can also tap into philanthropic funds and an increasing number of public sources of low-cost debt and community development grants.

Manufacturing 102

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 102

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Although not open to the public yet, KCSKC has been renting the space that Apsara Palace will use for community programming, like technology workshops for elders and community engagement workshops for the Seattle Department of Transportation and the Office of Planning & Community Development.

Nonprofit governance and management 93

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 93

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