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US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?

NonProfit Quarterly

Since 1973, I have started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement sectors. I have been a managing director, a board member, a board president, a consultant to nonprofits, and taught college courses on nonprofit management and policy at several Chicago universities.

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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

In California, public banks are barred from competing with local financial institutions. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts. At PBEB, weve focused on educating our community about how a public bank differs from private commercial banks.

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A Political Roadmap to Social Housing: How Do We Win?

NonProfit Quarterly

Politicians are influenced by money as much as or, frankly, often much more than votes, and public policy is the product of calculating trade-offs between the two. This model offers political education opportunities that can produce lasting homeowner voter support. Housing justice coalitions such as Housing NOW!

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What Does Centering Native Justice Require? A New Report Has Answers

NonProfit Quarterly

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.

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What Does Finance for the People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Public bankscreated by governments and chartered to serve the public interestoffer a powerful model to advance racial equity, public accountability, and community self-determination. In New York, the public banking movement has taken root. Public engagement will be critical.

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How to Advance BIPOC Empowerment in the Renewable Energy Industry

NonProfit Quarterly

Typically, a one-megawatt solar array can power at least 400 homes for a year at a cost of about $4 million—making this cost-prohibitive to most community developers. What are some practical strategies for building local capacity and breaking a colonial mindset around community energy production?

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Beyond Dialogue: Igniting Racial Justice in a Shifting Political Landscape

NonProfit Quarterly

As was noted in NPQ back in 2018, FCPRs approach on power, community organization, civil society, and racial equity sets it apart from the more established philanthropic approach focusing on strengthening large, established institutions. REBIA emerged out of this institutional commitment to racial equity.