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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). Winning the Lottery?

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

NonProfit Quarterly

DC’s landmark Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), well-funded Housing Production Trust Fund, and Small Building Program provide a framework to support buildings from acquisition through to renovation. This research was supported by the Small Buildings Collaborative with Mi Casa Inc.,

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration / Cancún Yucatán, (Int.) New ways to collaborate with each other. Oct 9 - 14.