NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The result of their work is more places for people to gather and experience nature, increased social cohesion, restored civic trust, and perhaps most importantly, community development that benefits all residents. In Akron, more than 20 public, nonprofit, and community groups came together to form the Civic Commons team.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

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

Poverty 124

Poverty Finance Community Development Philanthropy 124

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. Neighborhood groups can advocate for essential safeguards such as the right to counsel, an important protection for tenants facing eviction, or community benefits agreements to ensure affordable rents.

Culture 96

Culture Construction Community Development Education 96

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. Developing Community Leadership Entrepreneurs play a critical role as community builders. But aligning economic development with community development requires more.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

With roots in the civil rights movement , nonprofit CLTs promote local control and ownership of land while creating pathways to homeownership for Black and other households that have been excluded from the wealth creation opportunities associated with owning a home in this country. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to the National Association of Realtors , as of March 2023, while 72.7 A Community Finance Solution While barriers to homeownership persist for households of color, these barriers are possible to overcome. percent and for Asian Americans 62.8

Finance 122

Finance Production Insurance Values 122

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).

Finance 102

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 102

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2023

At the same time, Dr. Janelle Burke , associate professor of biology and director of Howard’s environmental studies program, was in talks with Ed Equity. Students also engaged in community asset mapping, an approach to community development that focuses on existing resources and strengths.

Environmental 115

Environmental Education Education Community Development 115

The Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to Nonprofit Source, 90% of company executives indicated that partnering with a reputable nonprofit organization enhanced their brand and 89% believe partnering leverages their ability to improve the community. Developing partnerships presents a win-win-win scenario for your nonprofit, the community, and your corporate partner.

Volunteerism 86

Volunteerism Volunteerism Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 86

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. At present, the association consists of 76 CDFI members. Long said when Community Vision approached the Alliance, his team was enthusiastic. billion in assets in 2022.

Finance 124

Finance Leadership Associations Foundations 124

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.

Law 97

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 97

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Used to build many of the institutions in Black communities across the country, Black collective action and cooperation have been the driving force behind the building of our churches, Boy Scout troops, alumni associations, and even textbooks, school supplies, and teacher salaries.

Insurance 126

Insurance Universities Finance Foundations 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Developing Healthy Individuals “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes individuals and communities thrive.”— International Positive Psychology Association When focusing on a healthy context, there is a risk of falling into naïve holism, an ineffective mindset commonly seen in system perspectives.

Philanthropy 127

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 127

Getting Attention

MARCH 22, 2012

1) Business Development Manager and. 2) Communications Associate. 3) Communications Associate and Director of Development and Communications. 4) Communications Coordinator , EMILY’S List (Washington, D.C.). 5) Communications Director , Progress Michigan (Lansing, MI).

Marketing 58

Marketing Marketing Homelessness Associations 58

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

One of these projects, which is in Sunset Park’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, prompted UPROSE to step into the wind-energy space to ensure that principles of racial justice and equity are implemented by wind developers and associated corporations that have a history of extracting from communities like Sunset Park.

Energy 126

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 126

Getting Attention

AUGUST 3, 2012

3) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX). 6) Manager, Community Development , Arthritis Foundation (Philadelphia, PA). 7) Marketing and Sales Intern and Media and Communications Intern. 14) Web and Publications Manager , Sea Education Association (Woods Hole, MA).

Public and Nonprofit Management 61

Public and Nonprofit Management Food Energy Associations 61

Pam Moore

JUNE 12, 2019

With this power also comes much responsibility and associated risk. Social media presents tremendous opportunity for us to connect with people across the globe like we could never do before. The power is at our fingertips to ignite relationships and business results. Ever heard of the OPC?

Associations 101

Associations Values Marketing Marketing 101

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 20, 2017

While working at a small loan fund in Chicago, she became interested in alternative community development financing approaches. SMIF’s ability to make loans as well as grants and its focus on rural economic development made it a great fit for Kallie’s interests in rural revitalization, community development finance, and placemaking.

Communication 42

Communication Finance Community Development Foundations 42

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The composition of leadership shifted soon after the grocery’s formal incorporation in mid-2019, with the first LCG and LACE (Louisville Association for Community Economics, the nonprofit developer of the grocery store) board elections seeing candidates of color chosen for a majority of seats. Notes See also L. Halliday and M.

Food 104

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 104

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

AUGUST 16, 2023

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Our group recognized that the first and most important task was to document what was happening and to develop a plan the community could get behind. Then the pandemic hit.

Community Development 88

Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Cultural Diversity 88

Pam Moore

MARCH 7, 2017

“Why can’t we just skip the social media strategy stuff and create some buzz for this amazing offer we have?” ” I can’t count the number of times I have been asked this question by clients, students of our social media workshops, attendees at events where I speak, loyal blog readers & even neighbors!

Marketing 167

Marketing Marketing Technology Leadership 167

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. However, along with academic and industry research to the contrary, this line of thinking ignores the fact that you may be undermining your mission through your investments.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 107

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

ROC USA can make this work because it can extend financing via its community development financial institution (CDFI) subsidiary. It can also tap into philanthropic funds and an increasing number of public sources of low-cost debt and community development grants.

Manufacturing 108

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 108

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities.

Culture 80

Culture Cultural Diversity Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management 80

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion, a National Governors Association memo cites. Although bill moratoriums offered some protections against utility disconnections and late fee add-ons, many people still struggled to pay their utility bills—including their water bills. Water utilities suffered revenue losses totaling $13.9

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 125

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And just some areas I wanted to share with you just so that you know the kind of funding that’s going to be out there is that 65 billion is going to be directed towards counties, and many of them are going to be in the form of community development block grants.

Nonprofit governance and management 114

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 114

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. Leveraging the power of numbers and mobilizing collective action are long-standing applications of the nonprofit form to exert influence, especially through associations and membership organizations.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 121

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2020, however, while education remained in first place, there was a major increase in DAF grants being directed to “public sector benefit” organizations, a category that includes civil rights, voting rights, and community development finance. One key takeaway message: the rise of the über-wealthy in US philanthropy continues.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 86

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 86

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A key moment in Mississippi’s food justice movement occurred 50 years ago, with the founding of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives (MAC), a coalition of Black farmers who formed 10 worker-owned cooperative farms to gain economic security and improve their quality of life.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The diffusion of new and innovative models of community-owned commercial real estate is enhancing resident power and self-determination. The strongest co-ops offered or required trainings and courses in cooperative economics and management.

Finance 92

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 92

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Last month, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading community development financial institution (CDFI) trade association, held its first in-person national conference in three years in New York City. “It’s our job somehow to graft a conscience on the capitalist.”. Chuck Matthei, CDFI movement cofounder, 1985.

Finance 96

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

But it was through this kind of collective association, largely of women, in Los Angeles that we got fresh produce. When we were growing up, she would put in a little labor, put in a little money, and we would get groceries, a hefty amount, once a month.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Robust research demonstrates that high-quality housing in a thriving community is associated with improved physical and mental health, educational and developmental outcomes for children, and financial security and economic mobility for families.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 101

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In cases where bills do benefit the latter groups, those provisions are directly tied to the presence of unions, cooperatives, and other labor associations that have “connected” relationships and some sort of presence on the Hill.

Public Policy 74

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 74