NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Values 117

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 117

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

But to build cooperative intelligence, cooperative education needs to start at a much earlier age. Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. In Dare the School Build a New Social Order? ,

Curriculum and Teaching 100

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation , a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Poverty 107

Poverty Community Development Finance Construction 107

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Areas served: US. Knight Foundation. Areas served: Oregon. The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Culture 105

Culture Foundations Education Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. A childcare business incubator needs to combine small business start-up education with specific childcare business management and coaching. Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 88

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 88

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Image Credit: Bruno Guerrero on unsplash.com This is the third article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Among the coalition participants is the organization I work for, the Latino Economic Development Corporation. The 2018 effort fell short, but that was only the first attempt.

Construction 95

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 95

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending. A Hierarchy of Nonprofit Facilities’ Needs After 30 years in community development, I have come to think of nonprofit facilities as existing on a continuum of need.

Values 106

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. For example, when GirlVentures , an outdoor girl and gender non-conforming education adventure program, moved to Oakland, CA, they looked for a local bank with social responsibility as part of its mission.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. These are home values, rent prices, median household income, percentage of residents who are college educated, and percentage of residents who are White.

Culture 96

Culture Construction Community Development Education 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fast forward to my family’s move to Portugal, where my mother was born, then to the United States, where, in 1998, I found a job with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) as an education and outreach coordinator. Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives. Preliminary Signs of Success.

Health 115

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 115

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As in other cities, in Camden, dedicated community-based organizations are working to close these gaps through nutrition education, food assistance programs, and social services. The Food Justice Hub is designed to ensure that culturally relevant approaches engage our communities in sustainable development.

Food 134

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 134

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Position : Monitor Sector : Childcare Bill : SB1053 / HB1336 Bill Summary : As introduced, enacts the "Workers Need Child Care Act"; establishes the child care infrastructure fund from which the department of economic and community development disperses grants to nonprofit entities for establishing new licensed child care agencies in this state.

Children 52

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Education 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Education: 7.4%. International development: 6.2%. Community development: 5.2%. Education: 8.8%. Community development: 5.1%. International development: 4.2%. Education: 7.8%. International development: 4.9%. Community development: 4.8%. Animals: 9.2%.

Public Policy 89

Public Policy Volunteerism Volunteerism Children 89

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

The vehicle for the development of nonprofit infrastructure was government grants, beginning with President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, which “expanded individual benefits related to health, education, and welfare and doubled down on the idea of working with nonprofit organizations.”

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

KA: I had a good education in that movement about cooperatives. How do we do development? SD: You have spoken before about your experience working in public education prior to moving to Mississippi. On the political side, we wanted to launch an education campaign and a development campaign in the community.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 136

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? Developing Community Leadership Entrepreneurs play a critical role as community builders.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

Despite challenges, including financing, the Alligator Head Foundation is spearheading mangrove education programs, restoring the livelihoods of fishers, and hoping for greater support from the recent launch of the Mangrove Breakthrough —a global call to action launched at last year’s COP27 aimed at protecting and restoring mangroves at scale.

Education 92

Education Education Foundations Environmental 92

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Image credit: Chris Briggs on unsplash.com Dr. Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. I don’t want that just to stay in community development.

Civil Society 88

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 88

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

It was a smaller autonomous school called the School of Social Justice and Community Development. But at a certain point, Akuno realized that his education work was not effectively challenging relationships of power. I am an educator. We had to educate them. As Akuno put it, I am bringing in 110 kids.

Education 137

Education Education Governance Food 137

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Historically, Pruitt noted that education and religion were the most common categories, with education receiving by far the largest share of DAF dollars. In 2020, 16 percent of all DAF grants were made in this category, and voting-rights groups and others, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, benefitted from this shift.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 87

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. The proposed work would integrate fundamental changes in programs and policies to transform driver education, active and latent safety measures, and the built environment. No one wants to become homeless.

Philanthropy 124

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 124

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.

Food 91

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 91

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education. Provide education and training programs that are tailored to the needs of underserved communities.

Leadership 105

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 105

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

The base of every marketing education is learning how to define your target audience and deliver messages that will resonate with them, influencing them to complete some identified call to action. And, when you are in a space for crafting messages targeting a community that is not your own , you are not the expert.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Production Education Education 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

For instance, Art.coop and Grantmakers in the Arts are collaborating to educate funders about power-shifting and solidarity principles, creating shared language and frameworks that funders can draw on as they develop and implement funding strategies. Artists are essential to any vision that calls the future into question.

Philanthropy 90

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 90

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

Black Americans especially have faced pervasive discrimination in education, the workforce, and the ability to build wealth through property ownership. In the words of President John Kennedy, welfare payments should be directed “toward prevention and rehabilitation.” That’s not what happened, of course. President George W.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 100

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 13, 2023

I served as the Program Director for community development and microenterprise development at MIFA. For seven years, I served as the Senior Program Officer for a financial intermediary providing grant making, technical assistance, and training for community development corporations, and grassroots organizations.

Nonprofit governance and management 90

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Community Development Organizational Change 90

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The diffusion of new and innovative models of community-owned commercial real estate is enhancing resident power and self-determination. One way that solidarity economy groups, such as worker cooperatives, have done this is through study groups and education and training programs.

Finance 90

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 90

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Temple ) and a community development financial institution ( Communities Unlimited ) are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity. When we talk about economic development in East Texas, we often like to start with a the figure below, which comes from a T.L.L.

Entrepreneurship 110

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Foundations Public and Social Policy 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These inequities have had multigenerational impacts on the health, economic opportunity, education, and culture of millions of people. Working primarily with low-income women of color, Grameen helps them build businesses by providing access to affordable credit, resources, and financial education.

Finance 71

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 71

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 106

Food Finance Community Development Culture 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 17, 2024

Despite their best intentions, minority deposit institutions (MDIs) and community development financial institutions (CDFIs), like other small banks, simply lack the capital base to close the racial gap. The people of Massachusetts are also pushing for a public bank to benefit small businesses and community development.

Public and Social Policy 129

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Disaster Relief 129

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

International development and relief – 6%. Education and literacy – 5%. Community development – 3%. Environment and conservation – 7%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. Women and girls – 4%. Human and civil rights / racial justice – 3%. LGBTQIA+ – 1%.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Homelessness Charitable Organizations 145

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Given this recent investment in outreach and education efforts, coupled with heightened interest from local governments, we expect to see many more employee-owned businesses statewide in the next five years. Impact investment and non-bank financing from community development financial institutions also remain limited.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 13, 2023

They provide social services, healthcare screening, workforce development, and education.” Faith institutions, he noted, in many communities are often “the only game in town. They provide social services, healthcare screening, workforce development, and education. are often the only game in town.

Finance 88

Finance Homelessness Healthcare Foundations 88

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There, they built wealth by purchasing land, establishing a small businesses, and engaging in philanthropic efforts, such as pooling financial resources to support local community development. Later, we received free higher education at California’s public universities.

Philanthropy 116

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 116

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. In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 119