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 110

Food Finance Community Development Culture 110

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. The food initiative’s resources have helped fund these efforts.

Food 92

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 92

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

After seven years of kitchen-table and Zoom organizing, a multi-stakeholder, cooperative, community-owned grocery store is taking shape in Louisville, KY. In October, the metro council of Louisville’s combined city-county government voted to allocate $3.5 million in grant funding for LCG to build a community-owned grocery.

Food 106

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 106

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 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 114

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 114

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 118

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 118

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. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

In 1935, the Social Security Act, introduced by the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, established an idea that expressed the value that (some) Americans deserve a government that will not allow them to slide into poverty if they fall on hard times, become ill, and/or age out of the workforce. None of this was an accident.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 103

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). Chokwe’s role was enlarged because we have a strong mayor type of government. A totally different orientation to government.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 137

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

The first Community Land Trust was and is in southwest Georgia, Albany, Georgia, founded in 1969 called New Communities Inc. 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.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 91

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

With the WORK Act, tens of millions of dollars in government resources will be disbursed to employee-ownership centers around the country, fundamentally changing the playing field for worker-owners, freelancers, and cooperative innovators. What if that scale of resources flowed to our communities instead of to Wall Street?

Public Policy 73

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 73