Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

By Jim Bildner In 2012, more than a decade ago, in response to a growing wave of impact investing obsession, Kevin Starr warned that impact investing was doomed to fail: “Few solutions that meet the fundamental needs of the poor will get you your money back,” he observed, and “overcoming market failure requires subsidy.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

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Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth 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 ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 128

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.

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Food Community Development Medical Finance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Today, our communities face multiple challengesranging from accelerating climate change to growing income inequality, from refugee crises to housing crises, and from basic food access to self-serving financial systems. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

A few years later, many of the largest real estate developments in the city were happening in communities that had never seen such projects before, such as Inglewood, Boyle Heights, South Central, and Crenshaw—all neighborhoods with a predominant Black population. The plan was ambitious.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

To transform our economy, we need to network, learn, ideate, iterate, and resource the work together as nonprofits, for-profits, community leaders and members, philanthropic institutions, governments, donors, and investors. At the same time, one of us, Lizzy Baskerville, managed a community garden for elder Asian neighbors.

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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. But that is completely wrong.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Image credit: Matthew Moloney on unsplash.com This is the third 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 ). What does gentrification look like?

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Getting Attention

MARCH 22, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 1) Business Development Manager and. Marketing Campaigns Manager. 2) Communications Associate. 3) Communications Associate and Director of Development and Communications.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. The addition of these asset classes to ECLF’s investment policy optimizes the impact of our balance sheet assets to be mission-aligned while still earning market-rate returns.

Public and Social Policy 126

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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. Relying on institutions outside Black communities perpetuates the structure of colonial subjugation and subordination. But cash is insufficient.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If investors were coming into a community to buy land, we thought, why couldn’t we assemble a new approach to take properties off the speculative market first? For many immigrants, entrepreneurialism is the sole way to make a decent living in the United States due to the structures designed to lock them out of the job market.

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Getting Attention

AUGUST 3, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 1) Assistant Director of Communications. 2) Awareness and Community Relations Manager. 3) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX). NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

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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. Black Lives Matter or Pride Month marketing campaigns might lead us to believe these movements are attracting all the funding they need, but they are not.

Public and Social Policy 132

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

Honoring the memory of our ancestors, BlacSpace is cooking up a savory dish with the intention of feeding communities for generations. Our food is not scarcity-based stone soup but rather a rich, sumptuous, and nourishing gumbo for transforming struggle into an open, connected, and creative way of being—into livity.

Culture 128

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Regardless of their original vision, ACCEL founders—like many who seek venture capital financing—changed their ideas (or pivoted) so that their ventures could reach a national, if not global, market in three to five years, following a typical venture capital timeframe. A How-to Guide for Scaling Deep.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Image credit: “ Nature, food, landscape, travel ” on istock.com Creating and preserving quality affordable housing is notoriously difficult, with the number of available units declining each year as landlords raise rents ever higher. How are ROCs Created? But this increases the cost of servicing the resultant larger loans.

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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. Latinx and other immigrant community commercial corridors allow residents to access foods and products native to their country of origin and, therefore, help preserve their cultural identity.

Culture 98

Culture Construction Community Development Education 98

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In towns like Big Sandy, nonprofits like our health centers, food pantries, and Rotary clubs are a big part of the fabric of our communities. Make sure there are no roadblocks in place preventing non-profits from acquiring services or setting up systems in financial markets, including the insurance markets.

Public and Social Policy 98

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

“From Owing to Owning,” reads a sign at the entrance of Plaza 122, a 29,000-square-foot strip mall near the corner of SE 122nd Avenue and SE Market Street in Portland, OR. What makes the strip mall unique is its community ownership. This farm supports 20 immigrant and refugee farmers and emerging food entrepreneurs.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Whether through donations, volunteerism, or cause-related marketing, these companies are making a difference—and there’s a lot that businesses and nonprofits alike can learn from their efforts. The company sells red noses in its stores, with proceeds supporting programs that provide food, shelter, and healthcare for children.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Neighborhood Initiativ e, a community-led housing and land trust in Boston. And we’ll also hear from Amaha Selassie of Gem City , a food cooperative in Dayton, Ohio. 00:01:38] We’ll be hearing from Minnie McMahon of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a community-led Housing and land trust in Boston.

Public and Social Policy 105

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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? Looking to expand and develop a permanent storefront, they participated in the food business course.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Community Development Nonprofit governance and management Leadership 52

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. Department of Treasury.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We asked ourselves, “What else can we do if indeed we fundamentally believe that positive health outcomes—positive life outcomes—result from good jobs, good education, safe housing, healthy, affordable foods, and safe, prosperous communities? Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“In cities like Richmond, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, which had experienced ‘food apartheid,’ the need for locally grown, healthy food supported the rise of urban farms that employed returning citizens. And over time, instead of starting new foundations, wealth was given over to democratic loan funds to redistribute.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

It was something that I knew existed, but I didn’t know how dependent I was on it until I got to college and started to pay my own food bills. Rather than waiting in a generalized sense for the market to “create jobs,” we had to create the means of taking care of our basic sustenance on our own. It has its positives and negatives.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home. Creating a Learning Community.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 105

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And just some areas I wanted to share with you just so that you know the kind of funding that’s going to be out there is that 65 billion is going to be directed towards counties, and many of them are going to be in the form of community development block grants. And it’s also just centrally located in the community.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Over the past 10 years, several large employers have closed, leaving thousands of long-time employees with unique skill sets without jobs and adding pressure to an already challenging job market. His grandfather owned a soul food restaurant in Houston for over 50 years. The Impact of Financial Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

15 Today’s economy places a premium on being able to access social networks to jump from job to job, which reinforces existing privilege, because the very definition of social networks in the job market depends on having connections in high places. Robert Frank, “Soaring markets helped the richest 1% gain $6.5

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 7, 2025

As NPQ has previously covered , Neighborhood Economics brings together faith-based organizations and impact investors to support local community wealth building, which the conference reflected in its usual range of sessions on the topics of leveraging faith-based institutions to support housing and community development.

Insurance 116

Insurance Community Development Food Manufacturing 116

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 21, 2025

Capped low-income housing tax credits and gap financing sourced through the US Department of Housing and Urban Developments HOME Investment Partnerships program and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program , as well as local tax revenue, mean that only a limited number of projects will move forward in any year.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 70

Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance Urban development Construction 70

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. Support community production employing both digital fabrication technologies and regenerative agriculture-based materials and energy.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 142

Nonprofit Administration and Development Agriculture Food Production 142

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 87

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