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.

Poverty 102

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 102

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending. A Hierarchy of Nonprofit Facilities’ Needs After 30 years in community development, I have come to think of nonprofit facilities as existing on a continuum of need. The staff got a lounge.

Values 108

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 108

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. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? At Adelante Mujeres, the staff reflects the community served.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? The nonprofit sector, along with community-based mutual aid networks , stepped up to meet immediate needs. Who brought food to housebound elders? It wasn’t for-profit companies.

Governance 95

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

Despite challenges, including financing, the Alligator Head Foundation is spearheading mangrove education programs, restoring the livelihoods of fishers, and hoping for greater support from the recent launch of the Mangrove Breakthrough —a global call to action launched at last year’s COP27 aimed at protecting and restoring mangroves at scale.

Education 92

Education Education Foundations Environmental 92

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Combined with other forms of PTSD, such as the cultural PTSD that is a legacy of slavery (eg, distrust within the Black community, expectation of failure, constant belief that “the system” is against them), financial PTSD is a recipe for disaster. In rural areas, as in cities, people often reproduce the behavioral patterns they grow up with.

Poverty 84

Poverty Children Culture Food 84

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A young nonprofit, LACE is also learning to navigate private philanthropy, public funding, and public/private financing, as well as governance and operational matters. To facilitate volunteer recruitment, they developed a series of helpful tasks suitable for recurrent or one-off participation. Notes See also L. Halliday and M.

Food 105

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 105

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

JUNE 7, 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. But housing is much more than that.

Poverty 110

Poverty Community Development Construction Finance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

By the early 2010s, when we looked at the metrics produced by Healthy People , the federal government’s data-driven blueprint for public health goals, the numbers showed us that, for the first time in public health history, life expectancy for children had dropped; it was lower than when we were children. How did we have it so wrong?

Health 119

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 119

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Understanding who is having their water shut off and how this impacts a utility’s finances is necessary to create equitable, informed policy. “In The pilot also showed the importance of building staff capacity, which can look like hiring from and developing leadership in impacted communities.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 124

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Locals have started to migrate to neighboring communities in search of improved conditions. Let There Be Light “When children wake up at night, they have light to study,” says Ajimitale Johnson, a shop owner in Ajemitale-Odonla.” It enlisted the help of a community-based liaison officer to begin building relationships.

Energy 98

Energy Children Construction Insurance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

The experiences of Mondragón and of Emilia Romagna, a region in Northern Italy that is also known for robust worker co-op development , suggest that not only are workforce development and university education required to sustain regional cooperative economies at scale, but this education should begin at an early age.

Curriculum and Teaching 100

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 100

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 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

2020 found New Haven residents, organized by the coalition New Haven Rising, storming the city’s March 30th Zoom budget meeting to express their disgust at Yale University’s continued strain on the city’s finances. And the city’s residents were starting to push back.

Education 83

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 83

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

The idea behind it was to provide child care for a diverse population of children, both economically and racially. So we impact a larger community in just by providing the services that we do and we serve between the two centers, approximately 200 families. So that’s a lot of children that come to see us every day. But thanks.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 89

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

My wife, Carmen, and I believe strongly in giving back to the community and state that helped us succeed, and have been fortunate to support many outstanding Montana charities. Nonprofits are instrumental to our communities as they often fill the gap that the public and private sectors aren’t addressing.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits Nonprofits 98