article thumbnail

What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in the South US researcher and agricultural law expert Nathan Rosenberg has said , “If you want to understand wealth and inequality in this country, you have to understand Black land loss.” We must collaborate on ways to work together and co-conspire to build collective power.

article thumbnail

Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

Borrowing language from recent findings on rural entrepreneurship, rural philanthropy should be understood as “a distinct phenomenon worthy of distinct focus.” So how can rural philanthropy meet this moment? These managers are skilled generalists who live and are rooted in each defined region across East Texas.

article thumbnail

Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

They support organizations that are leaders in what they do, demonstrate innovation, and align and collaborate with others to achieve workable solutions to community issues. The foundation focuses its grant making on community education programs, arts-in-education programs, and agricultural and environmental programs. Areas served: US.