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

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. These are home values, rent prices, median household income, percentage of residents who are college educated, and percentage of residents who are White.

Culture 94

Culture Construction Community Development Education 94

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 94

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. To integrate mission into an investment policy, some organizations create a separate Impact Investment Policy that broadly defines impact investment values and strategies.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Despite their shortcomings, these communities represent a major source of unsubsidized affordable housing for low-income people. The Value of Resident-Owned Communities (ROCs) Opportunities for landlord exploitation of manufactured housing residents remain high….There The short answer: it is—through resident land ownership.

Manufacturing 103

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 103

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 104

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 104

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 113

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

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. Some of the issues behind tenant unions arise in response to specific bad managers or issues of safety.

Law 97

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 97

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In other words, more and more we can expect giving to follow the volatility of the stock market—rising more in years when stock values rise, and falling more in years when stock values decline. One key takeaway message: the rise of the über-wealthy in US philanthropy continues.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 83

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Amartya Sen suggested we should measure social context based on its ability to give individuals and communities the freedom and capability to pursue the things they value in life. Developing Healthy Individuals “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes individuals and communities thrive.”—

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 125

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. Two years ago, the Washington Post analyzed some $49.5 Yet even among CDFIs, the track record is highly imperfect.

Finance 117

Finance Leadership Associations Foundations 117

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. These themes of relationship building, seeking coalition partners, linking to Black community values, and creating structures of support show up throughout the series. In Washington, DC, M.

Finance 84

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 84

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Con Edison then ascribes the value of that energy, which is what gets discounted. That ascribed value will be at least 15 percent less than a standard Con Edison electricity bill. As a subscriber, a household or business owns a small portion of the solar array. All the energy produced by the array will be sent to the Con Edison grid.

Energy 120

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 120

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. In 2022, tenants at 3661 19th Street, a 12-unit apartment building in San Francisco’s Mission District, not far from famed Dolores Park , faced imminent eviction.

Culture 77

Culture Cultural Diversity Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management 77

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion, a National Governors Association memo cites. Despite payment moratoriums, “the number of customers who continued to pay regularly suggests how strongly they value water services,” the Water Alliance report details. These solutions are: Price water to reflect its true value and the cost of service.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 119

Pam Moore

JUNE 12, 2019

With this power also comes much responsibility and associated risk. Sharing other people's content to provide value to your audience and followers. Social media presents tremendous opportunity for us to connect with people across the globe like we could never do before. Ever heard of the OPC? How to choose the right OPC.

Associations 101

Associations Values Marketing Marketing 101

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But while the DRA is a valued partner for community groups, food justice activism in the delta, particularly among Black farmers and community organizations, precedes the authority’s creation. In 2000, Congress created the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to address these issues.

Food 109

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 109

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

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With an emphasis on community building, it has provided hundreds of families with affordable produce. This organizing wave taught Louisville food activists the value of persistent, deep organization and informed co-op organizing as people began to gather at kitchen tables, public libraries, and churches in 2015. Notes See also L.

Food 101

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 101

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Owing to a healthy skepticism of a government and institutional structures that were designed to expropriate land, labor value, and even cultural capital from our communities, movement organizations are rightly set against reformist policies. Leadership isn’t just an organizational value.

Public Policy 72

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

Pam Moore

MARCH 7, 2017

Make a commitment to be part of the beating heartbeat that helps the social ecosystem thrive with value, empowerment, relationships and more. You can never go wrong by investing in human beings. Don’t waste another day on Twitter spamming, blasting noise. When you help them achieve their goals, you achieve yours by default.

Marketing 167

Marketing Marketing Technology Leadership 167