NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Photo courtesy of Jody Ray. Building a good relationship with our partners is key to success.

Medical 116

Medical Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management Health 116

Candid

APRIL 22, 2025

Advocate: Emphasize the vital role of volunteering in driving broader societal change and community development. Encourage corporate partners to activate volunteer time off policies, demonstrating how employer-supported service strengthens workplaces while expanding community impact.

Nonprofit governance and management 72

Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Community Development Foundations 72

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Goodmon and community groups quickly realized that the plans, while increasing housing availability, were also actively undermining housing affordability; they needed to organize a response. Out of those sessions, one clear realization emerged: “We need to do something if we want to have a Black Los Angeles.”

Culture 66

Culture Law Energy Associations 66

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2025

In 2008, with $5 million in enterprise capital from the Ford Foundation and investments from four partner organizations, ROC USA created a sustainable model to help residents purchase their communities when they come up for sale.

Social Enterprise 97

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2025

Image credit: AmnajKhetsamtip on iStock Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have emerged as pivotal players in bridging financial gaps in underserved communities. They often operate as nonprofit loan funds, credit unions, or community-focused banks.

Finance 74

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 74

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This type of revenue provides flexibility in managing operational expenses, program development, and other essential activities. They can also indicate an effective volunteer management program. This could be a sign that your volunteer management practices arent as effective as before.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Retention Nonprofits Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 4, 2025

The Ongoing Costs of Colonialism It is, of course, no secret that even as Native American communities make gains, the ongoing effects of US colonialism are enormousespecially, the report emphasizes, dehumanization, invisibility, and erasure of Native peoples. The US education system is a primary culprit.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sister city relationships are partnerships meant to foster cultural, educational and economic exchanges. Darmstadt, a city of more than 168,000, is striving to balance the influx of newcomers while also managing the social and economic implications of diversifying populations. It is rarely straightforward.

Nonprofit governance and management 91

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Enter community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Health and educational disparities, food insecurity, broadband inaccessibility, and deteriorating infrastructure are among the urgent challenges facing rural communities. Small Business Administration loan programs. In addition to collecting key data, the T.L.L.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2025

Guests also discussed asset-based community development as an essential tool to building racial equity, particularly asset mapping an approach that systematically identifies the full spectrum of resources currently available within a specific community or region.

Public and Social Policy 61

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Law Public and Nonprofit Management 61

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2025

Detroiters did not widely know these numbers before, and their repetition over the past three years has changed the conversation on community development in Detroit. The research compiled by DPP and its allies was folded into community meetings and candidate forums for the 2021 municipal elections.

Public and Social Policy 68

Public and Social Policy Finance Community Development Homelessness 68

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Image Credit: Brian Koellish on iStock Nearly a third of US communities are CDFI deserts. In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Her situation led me to ask myself: How could the educational nonprofit that I lead effectively intervene in cases like hers? C ompassionate lending combines a CDFI with an on-the-ground community or faith-based partner. My younger sister had taken on several payday loans with staggering interest rates in excess of 300 percent.

Education 108

Education Education Community Development Homelessness 108

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 30, 2025

Virtually everyone I know is finding ways to supportand celebrate the successes ofthe vital struggles being led by federal workers , nonprofit workers , and community development financial institutions. Engage in an internal self-education program that engages folks to foster critical thinking, dialogue, and empowerment.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 142

Nonprofit Administration and Development Agriculture Food Production 142

Candid

MAY 8, 2025

From eastern Tennessee to Californias Central Valley, we at Save the Children have seen how community-led approaches deliver resultsfrom education to housing to community development. Here are some dos and donts for supporting community-led impact. positive change. Dont fund and then neglect.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Children Construction Collaborations 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

However, when managed wisely, overhead expenses, including capacity building, are vital investments that pave the way for a nonprofit’s growth and success. This transparency not only educates funders but also corrects misallocated “overhead” costs. Be upfront about the funds it will take to implement or run a program.

Public and Social Policy 247

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 247

Ann Green

APRIL 7, 2015

You spend hours in front of the monitor managing the campaign and responding to donors via email and social networks. Create community. Develop a community. Lori Finch is the Vice President of Community Giving, Kimbia and the General Manager of Give Local America. Don’t let that work go to waste.

Universities 189

Universities Finance Community Development Foundations 189

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Developing a sound approach to managing these assets is part of the fiduciary responsibility of nonprofit boards. A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits 127

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. It is too hot or cold.

Values 122

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 122

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 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. Example: “Do you have any experience with a budget for your family or managing money for a community project?”) Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

20+ years experience in B2B and B2c in varied industries across enterprise technology (hardware, software and services), beauty, education, risk management, real estate, manufacturing, ecommerce, franchising, hospitality and loads more. 1+ million connections across social, we walk the walk! million downloads to date.

Manufacturing 168

Manufacturing Advertising Marketing Marketing 168

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 17, 2024

Not only are we talking about public education awareness so that tenants know what their rights are, but we also need legal support so that they can navigate the real estate transaction. We’re so concerned…with saving the property in the first place that we often forget we need long-term support for building management and sustainability.”

Finance 128

Finance Construction Management Education 128

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 127

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 127

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

This question was front of mind when, in February 2020, right before the COVID lockdown began, the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative , co-hosted an “innovation encuentro.” But to build cooperative intelligence, cooperative education needs to start at a much earlier age. In Dare the School Build a New Social Order? ,

Curriculum and Teaching 106

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

But in 2016, a group of marine scientists and conservation managers collaborated with the community of Alligator Head to establish the East Portland Fishing Sanctuary , with the goal of restoring the island’s coast. So, in educating the youth, we’re also educating at a familial level.”

Education 111

Education Education Foundations Environmental 111

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.

Food 131

Food Community Development Medical Finance 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Most practitioners working in community development have accepted this as the reality of impact investing: The harder you drive for social impact in disadvantaged communities, the farther away you get from unbuffered full market return.

Marketing 122

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 122

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. I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers.

Food 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

As Eliya Imtiaz, former managing editor of the “Michigan in Color” section of the Michigan Daily , put it last year, “Similar to most ideals in this country, the current notion of DEI heightens the façade that everything occurs on an individual level.” Artists are essential to any vision that calls the future into question.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To find out, NPQ interviewed Malik Kenyatta Yakini, cofounder of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN); Lanay Gilbert-Williams, current co-op board president; and Akil Talley, the co-op’s first full-time permanent general manager. A Decade’s Journey “One of the biggest obstacles was obtaining the land.”

Food 134

Food Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 134

Getting Attention

AUGUST 3, 2012

2) Awareness and Community Relations Manager. 3) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX). 6) Manager, Community Development , Arthritis Foundation (Philadelphia, PA). 7) Marketing and Sales Intern and Media and Communications Intern. Website Manager.

Public and Nonprofit Management 61

Public and Nonprofit Management Food Energy Associations 61

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Resident associations, tenant unions, and surrounding communities play key roles in managing it and, in some cases, developing it. They mobilize and educate voters to envision and win social housing starting right in their backyards—and build infrastructure for future campaigns even when they don’t initially succeed.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 143

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Clarke argued that Black people had lost the internal capacity to manage our own economic affairs, which he called a sense of “nationhood.” Like Clarke, I believe that Black communities must work toward owning and controlling the institutions that produce and manage our food, telecommunications, and other vital functions.

Food 97

Food Community Development Management Universities 97

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

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 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 133

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2024

At the conference, organized by USFWC and its affiliated Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI)—a worker co-op education and research nonprofit founded by USFWC 11 years ago —worker co-op members and supporters reflected on movement growth to date and considered what steps to take next.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 128