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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Supported by five national foundations— JPB , Knight , Kresge , Rockefeller , and William Penn —each city received $4 million from the funder collaborative.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. They reduce the administrative burden on both recipients and government agencies, leading to cost savings. They are administratively efficient.

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) provided $22 billion in official development assistance. Non-DAC government donors and multilateral organizations contributed an additional $2.8 webinar in collaboration with Candid on Thursday, Nov. billion. .

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) is a collaborative of 13 philanthropies, including The JPB Foundation where I serve as senior vice president of environment and strategic initiatives.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

After decades of urban disinvestment, many urbanites celebrate these schools as “anchor institutions” to help drive their area’s big comeback or renewal. Real estate developers like Wexford: Science + Technology have calculated the benefits of working on property-tax-exempt campus land.