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

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

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have a mission to counter redlining and support lending in low-income and BIPOC communities. We were putting together a small grantmaking fund called the Black Liberation Initiative to recognize the urgency of investing in Black leadership and Black power building.

Finance 114

Finance Leadership Associations Foundations 114

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. Ogunsalu spoke at the Purple Line Corridor Coalition ’s first “Annual Celebration of Community and Leadership.”

Construction 89

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 89

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

After the War on Poverty came Urban Renewal, Model Cities, the development of CDCs (Community Development Corporations) and LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation), an intermediary launched by the Ford Foundation to finance CDCs. 18 But this kind of political activity is exactly what the nonprofit designation discourages.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 104

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 107

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 107

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. If housing prices and rents are rising and neighborhood demographics are changing, what can community-based organizations, residents, and business owners do?

Culture 91

Culture Construction Community Development Education 91

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. LiBRE’s entire staff consists of renters with firsthand experience of the issues faced by the communities they serve.

Law 95

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 95

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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 community development opportunities.”

Nonprofit governance and management 132

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 132

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

They collectively pooled resources—such as skills, leadership, and knowledge—for the love of their communities and to advance social movements and uplift humankind. I joined labor movement organizations like Working Partnerships USA and the South Bay Labor Council , building my civic leadership along the way.

Philanthropy 107

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 107

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 99

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 99

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. These conversations turned into focus groups with aligned educators, organizers, and youth.

Curriculum and Teaching 95

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 95

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

MADRE funds community-based women’s organizations to meet urgent needs and achieve their long-term goals. They focus their partnerships on women-led organizations that prioritize the leadership of young women and girls, Indigenous women, Afro-descendant women, LGBTIQ people, and people with disabilities. Pride Foundation.

Foundations 124

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 124

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 87

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 87

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

They hold the power to drive change by filling critical gaps that other capital allocators do not, including: Moving money to more inclusive banks (such as minority depository institutions or community development financial institutions ), which can leverage the assets to increase lending and services to underserved communities.

Finance 70

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 70

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

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sara Razavi: Within the CDFI [ community development financial institution ] space, we are a nonprofit loan fund. There is a correlation absolutely with communities of color. When things don’t go right, it’s not because folks are actively trying to sabotage… If we can pause—and be compassionate…we can figure it out.

Nonprofit Management 102

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 102

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Worker testimony infuses texture by illustrating some of the ways Yvette’s co-op shored up her financial position while simultaneously sparking skills in leadership, service, and excellence in the healthcare sector. Building leadership through education and training is always a worthwhile investment in advancing social change.

Public Policy 68

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 68

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 91

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations 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 68

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 68

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

Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Is the business value worth the investment compared to other marketing and business activities you could be investing in? What will be the business value and benefit of you gaining the needed engagement on Facebook to win an honored news feed placement in the new Facebook algorithm?

Marketing 167

Marketing Marketing Values Advertising 167

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. But oh, wow. We can actually literally own this land. We can have the title to it.

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 82