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How to Preserve Existing Affordable Housing: The Value of Human Scale

NonProfit Quarterly

In Washington, DC, the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development reports that 18,300 units of affordable housing of this kind became unaffordable between 2006 and 2017. This is no small matter. This loss of affordability is related to other challenges that DC renters and the city have been facing.

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. The lack of access to financing [meant that the grant] nearly destroyed the organization. An ally had reached out separately to Seed Commons , a cooperative network of funds that finance worker cooperatives across the United States.

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Connecting Faith Institutions to Capital

NonProfit Quarterly

Aisha Benson , CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund , emphasized the long-term impact of redlining , a policy of legalized housing lending discrimination backed by the federal government from the 1930s until the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The potential structure and uses of concessionary capital are clear.

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Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises—and Beyond

NonProfit Quarterly

If we want nonprofits to support us in the next crisis, they must have sufficient resources. And to know what nonprofits need to do their jobs effectively, we must ask them directly. Additionally, the Paycheck Protection Program offered forgivable loans (de facto grants) that helped nonprofits shore up finances damaged by the pandemic.

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Meeting Your Fundraising Goal - This Year and Next

Lets Talk Nonprofit

I work with many nonprofit groups that could be deeply impacted by the proposed cuts. Programs like 21st Century Community Learning Centers, those funded by Community Development Block Grants, and many more. Do you know where things stand with your nonprofit's finances?