NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2024

If the target of your strategic philanthropy is neighborhood revitalization, for example, the community keepers might be those currently living in the neighborhood. If you are working on juvenile justice, the community keepers might be the children and families within the juvenile justice system. Community Gates.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Children Activism Leadership 129

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 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We also know that partnering with government and the public sector is critical to advance our missions and build thriving communities. 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.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

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 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

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 122

Food Finance Community Development Culture 122

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Black women who volunteered for the Black Panther Party—like Vanetta Molson-Turner , a registered nurse who contributed her time and expertise to the Black Panther Party’s Community Survival Programs —pooled their resources to serve their people in response to underinvestment and discrimination. What Black Liberationists Taught Me.

Philanthropy 133

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 133

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Our government is discussing providing free wifi throughout in Mexico City which is a very good sign for crowdfunding and even better for NGOs funding. 144 donors whose top 5 causes are animals and wildlife (19%), children and youth (15%), environment (12%), education (9%), and community development (8%).

Disaster Relief 79

Disaster Relief Nonprofit Administration and Development Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 79

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 105

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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. This work, however, cannot be done alone.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Community Development Nonprofit governance and management Leadership 52

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 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The hope that our children would enjoy a better life than ours seems shattered. Philanthropic and development organizations too often find themselves falling behind in a relentless and exhausting race to catch up. There is widespread apprehension about the accumulation of complex societal and environmental issues.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Image Credit: AndreyPopov on iStock The seeds of a financial system that works for the public are already all around us, from credit unions and loan funds to community bonds and Green Banks. The Bank of Rochester is poised to lead the way, demonstrating whats possible when governments put public money to work for the public good.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

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.

Community Development 135

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 135

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Mercy Ships is not the only medical NGO that offers medical care by boat, but it is one the largest.

Medical 116

Medical Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management Health 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 4, 2025

One involves the unfilled legal, moral, and economic obligations established by hundreds of treaties with the US government. And a third are limits on Native representation in the US government itself. One critical finding is that many non-Native people support Native language and cultural preservation.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 113

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Policymakers and advocates say: Government must expedite the redevelopment of underutilized church property for affordable housing. Churches should partner with developers and repurpose these properties. Data analysts say: Accelerating church closures are evidence that US Christianity is dying.

Community Development 130

Community Development Finance Production Homelessness 130

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.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Tangled titles disproportionately affect Black and Brown families due to inequitable access to legal services and persistent discrimination that has broken many families’ trust in the systems governing property ownership. Most often, this occurs when a parent dies without a will and their home goes automatically to multiple children.

Law 122

Law Insurance Philanthropy Community Development 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

A Brief History of US Welfare Welfare was first established in the United States by Illinois reformers in the early 1900s as a cash payment program for poor (almost exclusively White) widows who could not raise their children without help once their husbands died. Contained within it were two different kinds of policies.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

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 116

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

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 131

Poverty Community Development Finance Philanthropy 131

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

Rural communities, already with access to fewer resources , are experiencing increased climate disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. A racial equity portfolio that fails to factor in the effects of the climate change crisis is missing a critical opportunity to help build more prepared and resilient rural communities.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Poverty Environmental Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

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 8, 2025

At the end of 2019, the California Public Banking Act (AB 857) opened the doors for local governments to establish public banks. BND and DBL also helped a startup gym for children with disabilities and functional needs. In the East Bay , multiple city governments are working together to capitalize on a regional public bank.

Finance 142

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance Energy 142

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 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 23, 2025

The CDFI Fund is not just an economic programit is a mechanism by which the federal government fulfills its trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations. Lakota Vogel (Cheyenne River Sioux), who leads Four Bands Community Fund in Eagle Butte, SD, explains that the work is about economic development, but it is about more than that.

Governance 93

Governance Culture Community Development Finance 93

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

From Kyiv to Darmstadt Yulia Ihnatieva fled Ukraine with her dog, Bella, and her two children a month after Russia launched an invasion of her country. Not so long ago, Ihnatieva worked as a lawyer and realtor in Kyiv while raising two children as a single mother. Her son developed a hand tremor. Her daughter stopped talking.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 102

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Image Credit: edgeeffectmedia.com on unsplash.com Leah Rothstein has been a consultant to nonprofit housing developers, local government, and private firms. Leah Rothstein: My father, Richard Rothstein, wrote The Color of Law in 2017, a book that basically debunked the myth about why our communities are racially segregated.

Law 122

Law Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 122