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. Protecting Community Businesses When external changes impact a commercial corridor, nearby longstanding small businesses are often disrupted, displaced, and closed.

Construction 92

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 92

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. Our group recognized that the first and most important task was to document what was happening and to develop a plan the community could get behind. Then the pandemic hit.

Community Development 86

Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Cultural Diversity 86

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. Liquidity policies help organizations understand the resources needed to carry out ongoing operating activities, but even liquid assets can be managed with an eye towards mission.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

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. To be effective, it is critical to employ an equity lens in all our business development work. 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

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to the National Association of Realtors , as of March 2023, while 72.7 A Community Finance Solution While barriers to homeownership persist for households of color, these barriers are possible to overcome. percent and for Asian Americans 62.8 This is known as the secondary market.

Finance 115

Finance Production Insurance Values 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Image Credit: Vyacheslav Dumchev on istock This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. But the community is not taking these threats lying down. In Long Beach, CA, Latinx renters face increasing threats of gentrification and displacement.

Law 97

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

With roots in the civil rights movement , nonprofit CLTs promote local control and ownership of land while creating pathways to homeownership for Black and other households that have been excluded from the wealth creation opportunities associated with owning a home in this country. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 104

The Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to Nonprofit Source, 90% of company executives indicated that partnering with a reputable nonprofit organization enhanced their brand and 89% believe partnering leverages their ability to improve the community. Developing partnerships presents a win-win-win scenario for your nonprofit, the community, and your corporate partner.

Volunteerism 86

Volunteerism Volunteerism Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 86

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. The proposed work would integrate fundamental changes in programs and policies to transform driver education, active and latent safety measures, and the built environment.

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 125

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

v] He described cooperative business as the variety of ways in which Black people shared the costs, risks, and benefits of economic activity. The goal of collective business was to help Black families and communities. Du Bois referred to the collective work of Black people through the avenue of cooperative business. [v]

Insurance 119

Insurance Universities Finance Foundations 119

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). Winning the Lottery?

Finance 94

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have a mission to counter redlining and support lending in low-income and BIPOC communities. At present, the association consists of 76 CDFI members. Two years ago, the Washington Post analyzed some $49.5 Yet even among CDFIs, the track record is highly imperfect.

Finance 117

Finance Leadership Associations Foundations 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But while the DRA is a valued partner for community groups, food justice activism in the delta, particularly among Black farmers and community organizations, precedes the authority’s creation. Advancing Food Justice in the Delta: The Central Role of Black Co-ops.

Food 109

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 109

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. The Latinx community successfully organized and resisted this. MEDA, a community organization formed in 1973, was a product of this activism.

Culture 77

Culture Cultural Diversity Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management 77

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Wind energy comes to New York City New York State is continuing to meet its renewable energy targets by issuing offshore wind energy and contracts to developers. Currently, there are five active wind development projects in the state.

Energy 120

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 120

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The diffusion of new and innovative models of community-owned commercial real estate is enhancing resident power and self-determination. The strongest co-ops offered or required trainings and courses in cooperative economics and management.

Finance 84

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 84

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Two White women and one Black woman, who shared a history of food and farm activism, led the initial campaign to form Louisville Community Grocery. The current Louisville co-op organizing effort is committed to BIPOC leadership, a departure from earlier food activism practices. Notes See also L. Halliday and M.

Food 101

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

My parents were both very active in the Black power movement. So, I grew up with this kind of focus and emphasis on concentrating on activism in the South. But it was through this kind of collective association, largely of women, in Los Angeles that we got fresh produce. That movement had a particular focus on the South.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 132

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In cases where bills do benefit the latter groups, those provisions are directly tied to the presence of unions, cooperatives, and other labor associations that have “connected” relationships and some sort of presence on the Hill.

Public Policy 72

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Robust research demonstrates that high-quality housing in a thriving community is associated with improved physical and mental health, educational and developmental outcomes for children, and financial security and economic mobility for families. AFFH has been revised several times since it was created in 1968.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100