NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 10, 2024

Image credit: Drew Katz Black Bostonian communities citywide have more than just something to say for themselves: their economies are building institutions that prioritize asset-based community development and are creating the foundations for a local solidarity economy. After raising $4.5 million.

Food 109

Food Medical Community Development Finance 109

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 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. One HEZ lead is a community health center with multiple sites.

Health 111

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 111

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 86

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 86

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. For decades, community development financial institutions have delivered capital into communities and regions that otherwise suffer from disinvestment.

Poverty 117

Poverty Finance Community Development Philanthropy 117

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? The main goal is to empower workers and consumers and improve the quality of community life.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

And then, over the course of the next couple of years, I was able to move out of the policy creation side into policy implementation and worked on creating a new small autonomous school called the School of Social Justice and Community Development. From New Orleans, I learned how to go about constructing a community land trust.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 132