NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. These are home values, rent prices, median household income, percentage of residents who are college educated, and percentage of residents who are White.

Culture 94

Culture Construction Community Development Education 94

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fast forward to my family’s move to Portugal, where my mother was born, then to the United States, where, in 1998, I found a job with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) as an education and outreach coordinator. Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives. Preliminary Signs of Success.

Health 111

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. The UN recently warned that our efforts are insufficient to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 125

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. The 2018 effort fell short, but that was only the first attempt.

Construction 92

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 92

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education. However, we can actively try to build cross-community bridges in an attempt to understand our own locality from other points of view.

Leadership 106

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 106

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

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

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. KA: I had a good education in that movement about cooperatives. How do we do development? On both sides of my family, there are generations of political activists.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy. Artists are essential to any vision that calls the future into question.

Philanthropy 84

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 84

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

million active employee-owners. 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. Depending on the ownership structure, it can also bring democracy to the workplace.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 94

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Temple ) and a community development financial institution ( Communities Unlimited ) are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity. When we talk about economic development in East Texas, we often like to start with a the figure below, which comes from a T.L.L.

Entrepreneurship 104

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Foundations Public and Social Policy 104

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. One way that solidarity economy groups, such as worker cooperatives, have done this is through study groups and education and training programs.

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

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These inequities have had multigenerational impacts on the health, economic opportunity, education, and culture of millions of people. Working primarily with low-income women of color, Grameen helps them build businesses by providing access to affordable credit, resources, and financial education.

Finance 68

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 68

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There, they built wealth by purchasing land, establishing a small businesses, and engaging in philanthropic efforts, such as pooling financial resources to support local community development. Later, we received free higher education at California’s public universities.

Philanthropy 109

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 109

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Advocacy is a powerful tool in a nonprofit’s toolkit that can be used to mobilize the community, develop effective solutions, and educate those who have the authority to draft and enact legislation. Now imagine those programs with fewer activities, fewer staff, or fewer days of operation. This legislation matters.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Governance Recruitment Nonprofits 87

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. MEGA’s efforts have expanded to include youth leadership and mentorship, community engagement, and health education.

Food 109

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 109

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. Additionally, due to the activism of NCRC and its members, community groups have often successfully mobilized to obtain additional commitments, particularly in exchange for community support of mergers.

Finance 101

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 101

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Advocacy is a powerful tool in a nonprofit’s toolkit that can be used to mobilize the community, develop effective solutions, and educate those who have the authority to draft and enact legislation. Now imagine those programs with fewer activities, fewer staff, or fewer days of operation. This legislation matters.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Governance Recruitment Nonprofits 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

The foundation provides grants for projects and nonprofits that are positively impacting the Asian & Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ communities. They offer grants through three areas of funding: Community Grants Program, Crisis Community Care Fund, and the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative. Pride Foundation.

Foundations 122

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 122

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

This council served as our primary avenue for discussion, education, and mobilization about advocacy efforts. Building leadership through education and training is always a worthwhile investment in advancing social change. In the policy realm, we need to build the infrastructure to educate and empower advocates and co-op storytellers.

Public Policy 71

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 71

Ann Green

APRIL 7, 2015

Activate donors with stories about how your organization is impacting the local community. Build relationships through personalized newsletters and other forms of communication—the telephone and in-person chats are still valid tactics. Keep social channels active after a giving day. Create community. Share results.

Universities 73

Universities Finance Community Development Foundations 73

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Integrated into day-to-day NGO activities: Fundraising is often relegated to a “fundraising department” or “person,” however, in the future fundraising will soon be integrated into all operations and program activities. 81% of donors in Mexico volunteer. 40% attend fundraising events. 93% regularly vote.

Disaster Relief 77

Disaster Relief Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Social Enterprise 77

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

We can’t tell a history of a city or any place without nonprofits being key characters, but to think structurally about those funding relationships, about their ties to policy and government, to foundations and donors, to activism and political rhetoric, was a surprise to a lot of the people I was working with. Let’s have them actively.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

19 While the need to employ an intersectional lens in movement work is widely acknowledged at a theoretical level, 20 actual movement activity often falls into narrower silos. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 72

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We strive to promote a healthy work life balance, that’s why our team hosts things like “social fridays”, team yoga classes, company-wide bake-offs, and other activities to de-stress. It's really great to walk into work every day and know that you have coworkers who are actively making the world a better place.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Activism Food Culture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

We believe that the world that our planet and everyday people need is often within reach, waiting for us to take hold, take root, take action and to re-shape our everyday lives through radical collaboration, collective activism and a world of care. So that is part of community ownership and wealth and well-being. [00:15:58]

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 86

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