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What Is a Community Development Corporation?

NonProfit Quarterly

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. That was part of the problem.

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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Children and youth – 10%. International development and relief – 6%. Community development – 3%. Latin America and the Caribbean – 9%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%.

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Building Tenant Power for the Long Haul: A Story from Long Beach, California

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Vyacheslav Dumchev on istock This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. It was frightening for families in our building, some with small children, to have the possibility of losing our homes weighing over our heads,” De León recalled.

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Nonprofit Marketing Jobs: March 23, 2012

Getting Attention

3) Communications Associate and Director of Development and Communications. National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington, D.C.). 4) Communications Coordinator , EMILY’S List (Washington, D.C.). 5) Communications Director , Progress Michigan (Lansing, MI). Project Vote Smart (Philipsburg, MT).

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Rambling or Relevant?

Getting Attention

Let me share some examples with you: We… Provide after school programs for children. House homeless individuals, veterans and others with special needs. Are a community development org in Trenton, and foster self-reliant families in sustainable communities.

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Seven Steps to Overcoming the Fear of Calling Potential Funders

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

In deciding, consciously or not, to skip the cultivation phase, you lose incredible opportunities to connect with people who can facilitate the funding you need to educate young children, house the homeless, or preserve the environment. The sad reality is that though things are slowly improving, most grant proposals will not be funded.

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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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.