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They connected into networks with leadership that can organize multiple groups around common purposes, such as local economic development. The left has often undercut a notion of a mutualist future by insisting that every problem needs a large centralized government solution. It isnt charity, it isnt selfishness.
This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. Today, our communities face multiple challengesranging from accelerating climate change to growing income inequality, from refugee crises to housing crises, and from basic food access to self-serving financial systems. It turns out, quite a lot.
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That money must be complemented by foundations or donors (or possibly government programs) that offer matching grants and technical assistance to the investment fund and/or the supported businesses. Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible.
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A salient example is of organizations that are focused on communitydevelopment 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.
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Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ED represents WMCS to funders, government agencies, external partners, and the wider community while ensuring that services evolve to meet changing needs. Be involved in ongoing cultivation of new donors, stewardship of existing donors and actively participate in all fundraising activities.
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We know it’s a story of extraction, [of] government reliance on the nonprofit world, but that felt like a whole lot bigger than TBF. And there’s a way that that language gets co-opted as anti-government. It’s structurally incentivized—foundations and government funders are keeping this inadequate system churning.
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The resources involved were modest ($240,000 total) but the ambition was large—namely, to assist Native nations to “regain control of their land and natural resources, revitalize traditional stewardship practices, and build sustainable stewardship initiatives that contribute to tribal economic and communitydevelopment opportunities.”
Is it the identity of its leadership, its governance structure, or the strength of its connections to communities and culture? He introduced us to an Indigenous philanthropy and communitydevelopment advisor, David Turner, who helped us develop a grantmaking strategy and terms of reference for the grant program’s operation.
Gilbert-Williams joined the co-op shortly after it incorporated in 2014, became an active member in 2020, and then joined the board the next year. In her position, she has sought to transition it from a “working board” to a “governing board” as the co-op opened and hired full-time staff. This was a surprise.
The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank communitydevelopment 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.
Another examplethis one involving the government rather than the university per seillustrates how different partners, even when aligned, may have very different expectations. A key activity was holding monthly potlucks to build trust among community members. Programs would come later.
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we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. However, we can actively try to build cross-community bridges in an attempt to understand our own locality from other points of view.
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