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Community Development Must Center Power Building: A San Francisco Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Matt Briney on unsplash.com This is the second 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 ).

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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Those who’ve managed to scratch out a way to stay are at risk every day of being erased. Boost cultural economic development with commercial district revitalization strategies.

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How to Align Assets with Mission: Small Steps That Nonprofits Can Take

NonProfit Quarterly

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Public policy and advocacy work, for most movement organizations, can feel like a luxury. Until it was.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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How Philanthropy Can Show Up for an Arts Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

The cultural sector is seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article introduces a new series, titled “Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change,” co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. Efforts to remedy historic race-based harms by prioritizing care for land, resources, people, and cultural expressions are flourishing.

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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? 2 It has been edited for publication here. 2 It has been edited for publication here. Two things changed how wealth was managed. The year is 2053.