NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 30, 2025

Virtually everyone I know is finding ways to supportand celebrate the successes ofthe vital struggles being led by federal workers , nonprofit workers , and community development financial institutions. Support community production employing both digital fabrication technologies and regenerative agriculture-based materials and energy.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 142

Nonprofit Administration and Development Agriculture Food Production 142

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One strategy for achieving that vision is to support urban agriculture and community agency, giving people the chance to produce their own food. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. VF enables large-scale agricultural production in environments where space and soil are limited. Food Justice Innovation Hub.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The delta is a largely rural, agricultural area with a troubled history of racial and economic disparities. Co-ops play a critical role in supporting Black farmers and communities across the state. This is particularly true for the Mississippi Delta region, comprised of 18 counties in Northwest Mississippi.

Food 127

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 127

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Image credit: TuiPhotoengineer on istock.com This is the fifth and final article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America , coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ).

Community Development 131

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

The island is vulnerable to changing climatic conditions, including unusually heavy rainfall; flood-induced erosion by the Brahmaputra River has destroyed half of the island, harming local agriculture and ways of life. However, locals and nonprofits are working to sustain their traditional livelihoods.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

As Nia Umoja, lead coordinator of the efforts, has explained , the goal is to mobilize residents’ untapped agricultural and construction backgrounds to transform abandoned property into urban farming and cultural spaces, including a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm, housing rehabilitation, guest house management, and an arts studio.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In 1979, I discovered financial cooperatives—namely, credit unions—and I joined the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions in 1980. Michael McCray: I was born into community development finance. Cliff Rosenthal: I abandoned a career as a Russian historian to be a co-op organizer starting in the 1970s.

Finance 126

Finance Insurance Community Development Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They develop rural and urban agriculture projects, offer leases for commercial spaces that serve local communities, support affordable rental and cooperative housing projects, conserve land for environmental preservation purposes, and maintain urban green spaces. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Community Development Governance Agriculture 116

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 127

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 127

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change.

Food 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 122

Food Finance Community Development Culture 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. This year’s event was easily the group’s largest since before the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an odd mix, but one that NCRC has managed for the past 33 years.

Finance 116

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 116

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. Department of Agriculture, not to mention public opinion, supported programs and services that would preserve small farms. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Foster, “A tale of two co-ops in two cities,” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development , 9.2 The work has just begun, but we are excited to take the next steps. Notes See also L. Halliday and M. 2020): 239–254, [link].

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Try to make grants available for nonprofit Research and Development into Compressed Agricultural Fiber and Cross-Laminated timber for carbon-sequestering construction materials. Try to make favorable long-term ground leases to nonprofits for Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives dedicated to providing expanded affordable housing.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

But that was a group of African American families who came together to own, co-govern, control land resources and have an agricultural cooperative and really come together to self-determine. 01:16:50] The other seats are nonprofits, religious institutions, community development corporations, and businesses.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 106

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta. What do you picture when you think of rural?

Poverty 116

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

These successes transformed our agricultural practices, so that rather than relying on large commercial farms, regenerative farming practices gained prominence, creating food sovereignty. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

President Roosevelt excluded jobs disproportionately held by Black workers, like domestic and agricultural work, from New Deal initiatives as part of his strategy to earn the support of segregationist Democrats in Congress. None of this was an accident.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

And folks drew on the knowledge of cooperatives in the Black community going back to the 19th century. My mom was part of what we’d now call a CSA (community-supported agriculture). That was always floating around. And I also grew up with cooperative practices.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 139

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Many agricultural and food policy groups engage with policy in a similar, though limited, fashion. For much of the past 40 years, movements for racial and economic justice have been behind when it comes to successfully engaging in advocacy, even when considering the notable presence of established labor unions.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

By partnering with community development financial institutions (CDFIs)mission-driven lenders focused on underserved communitiesand community banks, BND channels taxpayer dollars back to the neighborhoods theyre meant to uplift, not into shareholders pockets. percent return on investment in 2023.

Finance 142

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance Energy 142