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Preserving Places of Belonging in Asian America: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Photo by Raychan on Unsplash This article introduces a new NPQ series, titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). What Is Comprehensive Community Development?

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How to Preserve Existing Affordable Housing: The Value of Human Scale

NonProfit Quarterly

In Washington, DC, the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development reports that 18,300 units of affordable housing of this kind became unaffordable between 2006 and 2017. This research was supported by the Small Buildings Collaborative with Mi Casa Inc., This is no small matter.

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

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).

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

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Local Solutions to Federal Problems: Moving Climate Dollars to Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

But some needed elements are clear: these include expertise; values-aligned capacity-building partners; relationships that are built on trust, accountability, and transparency; and flexible funding. The same elements [needed for] BIPOC communities to benefit from public funding are also the most promising approaches to address…climate change.

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Gumbo for the Struggle: Recipes of Liberation from the Cultural Kitchen

NonProfit Quarterly

So too is collaboration. BlacSpace is a cooperative that brings together expertise in real-estate ownership and development, cooperative structures, business systems, art making, activism, and cultural anchoring, stimulating conversations about cultural kitchens and a unique collaboration to cultivate them.

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Corporate Partnerships for Nonprofits: Win-Win Scenario

The Volunteer Hub

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.