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

JANUARY 16, 2024

The interview that follows explores the history of the Clayborn Temple, the project to restore it, and the vision of Troutman and her colleagues to use the temple as a hub for developing a community-based economy in Memphis that i s Black-owned, Black-governed, and which sustains a thriving culture rooted in the Black imagination.

Governance 108

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 108

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These inequities have had multigenerational impacts on the health, economic opportunity, education, and culture of millions of people. Financial institutions deepen economic inclusion when they infuse their work with cultural competency that builds trust among stakeholders. Philanthropy and impact investors can make a difference.

Finance 69

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 69

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Building a Broad Coalition Colorado has harnessed and engaged a broad coalition of support from the business community, professional service providers, policymakers, banking, philanthropy, and community organizers. OEDIT has successfully incorporated community wealth building as a pillar of its economic development toolkit.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 93

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Activists directly confronted new art galleries with protests and headline-grabbing disputes over who has the right to live and work in a community that has been the center of Mexican-American history and culture for generations. We encountered five challenges along the way: Patchwork fundraising. Traditional views of “risk.”

Culture 97

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 97

Candid

JANUARY 21, 2022

Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and serves as a vital capital provider in low-income communities across California. New York Life has announced investments totaling $50 million in long-term capital in Century Housing Corporation for?the Century is a U.S. January 20, 2022. Read more.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Manufacturing Community Development Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Image credit: Matthew Moloney on unsplash.com This is the third 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 ). What does gentrification look like?

Community Development 105

Community Development Leadership Food Governance 105

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

However, grant funding must specifically serve the bi+ community. Launched in 2020, the Black Trans Fund (BTF) seeks to change culture by shifting the narrative about Black trans communities towards joy and resilience, and away from violence and despair. Stonewall Community Foundation. Areas served: United States.

Foundations 121

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 121

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. This impact investing handbook , developed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is one helpful guide. If your mission is based in arts and culture, your “why” could be to support new makers or artists.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 97

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Some leading emerging strategies that we found from across the nation include the following: Leveraging philanthropy to ensure community control of public dollars In Memphis, TN, the Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) cultivates “neighborhood democracies” through place-based organizing.

Governance 71

Governance Community Development Collaborations Environmental 71

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

Leadership 104

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 104

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A related report, In the Red: The US Failure to Deliver on a Promise of Racial Equality , indicates that white communities are receiving sustainable development education, resources, and opportunities at three times the rate of communities of color, leaving us behind. In short, communities must be able to tell their own stories.

Food 128

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home. Change comes from communities.

Health 93

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 93

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cargill Philanthropies. Two years ago, Raymond Foxworth of First Nations noted in NPQ that “Native people have long held a worldview that connects human and community health to the health of land and the environment. It shapes and perpetuates Native identities, cultures, and worldviews.” Overview of Stewardship Challenges.

Nonprofit governance and management 133

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 133

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. It prioritizes building personal, social, emotional, and cultural capacities of human beings—instead of irrational consumption. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 112

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Previously, he said, “for much of the field of community organizing, there was a lot more race neutrality.” A second role is “protector”—that is, folks in positions of power who shield those who advance transformative change; this might be a productive role that supporters in philanthropy could play.

Public and Social Policy 70

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 70

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

As Tom De Simone described for NPQ in a recent article, a central motivation of nonprofit commercial ownership in East Los Angeles is to “provide economic security to legacy business owners and neighborhood nonprofits and preserve the neighborhood’s commercial character and culture.”

Public and Nonprofit Management 92

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 92

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Owing to a healthy skepticism of a government and institutional structures that were designed to expropriate land, labor value, and even cultural capital from our communities, movement organizations are rightly set against reformist policies. Until it was.

Public Policy 70

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 70

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

So it’s going to banks for typical regular mortgages, it’s getting a certain amount of city subsidy, which we’re fortunate to have here in Bosto — and we’re trying to push to create a state level tool for this — it’s philanthropy, and it’s taking out costly loans and mortgage and piecing together lines of credit. [00:40:09] complicated.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 85