NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: coffeekai on istock.com Community is one of humanity’s great achievements. Yet community development corporations , a $28 billion sector of over 6,200 nonprofits that support local community economic development, are largely invisible in the national conversation. CDCs are dead.

Community Development 109

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 109

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

Public Policy 72

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 72

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That changed when a team from Reimagining the Civic Commons decided to reinvigorate public spaces in Akron’s systemically disinvested neighborhoods, including Summit Lake. Moving at the Speed of Trust Employing deep listening, engaging in meetings, and building one-on-one relationships with neighbors…helped inform public space design.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. Liquidity policies help organizations understand the resources needed to carry out ongoing operating activities, but even liquid assets can be managed with an eye towards mission.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The idea that land banks and community land trusts (CLT) might both benefit by working more closely with each other is more than a decade old. Public entities with unique governmental powers, land banks acquire vacant, tax-delinquent properties that are causing harm , improve them, then dispose of the properties to support community goals.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 104

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 113

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. SD: You have spoken before about your experience working in public education prior to moving to Mississippi. I was a teacher, a public high school teacher, working in the Oakland Unified School District.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 132