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 98

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is a question animating much of our work in East Texas, where a local family foundation ( T.L.L. Temple ) and a community development financial institution ( Communities Unlimited ) are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity.

Entrepreneurship 108

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 108

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. But how would they know what the community needs?” Mom says that democratic loan funds used to be rare.” She’s right.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 108

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. We have a population of less than 400.We

Values 115

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 115

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 104

Food Finance Community Development Culture 104

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. These ideals and beliefs are built into how EFAI works. million grant to LISC Indianapolis.

Food 88

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 88

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A one-acre parcel in Smoketown that LCG now owns, the long-vacant site, former home of the Louisville Slugger factory , is a gift from the Community Foundation of Louisville. Such donations by foundations are not common. In 2015, Hillerich & Bradsby, owners of Louisville Slugger Company, donated the land to the foundation.

Food 103

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 103