NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , the authors highlight efforts to address multigenerational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta. Most residents have low credit scores.

Poverty 116

Poverty Finance Community Development Philanthropy 116

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. But not surprisingly, racist assumptions about risk made their way into red lines on maps, creating in the process de facto “do not lend” zones in low-income communities and communities of color.

Finance 99

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 99

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

APRIL 12, 2023

In so doing, this early childhood education provides the basis for young people to develop later in life into the active decision makers and co-creators that cooperative enterprises require. They imagined creating clubs that would integrate community and social action with learning about economic democracy.

Curriculum and Teaching 95

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 95