NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The resources involved were modest ($240,000 total) but the ambition was large—namely, to assist Native nations to “regain control of their land and natural resources, revitalize traditional stewardship practices, and build sustainable stewardship initiatives that contribute to tribal economic and community development opportunities.”

Nonprofit governance and management 136

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 136

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 119

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

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.

Health 115

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 115

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Last month, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading community development financial institution (CDFI) trade association, held its first in-person national conference in three years in New York City. “It’s our job somehow to graft a conscience on the capitalist.”. Chuck Matthei, CDFI movement cofounder, 1985.

Finance 95

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 95

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of rural residents lived below the poverty line, compared to 11.9 It supports a population of over 380,000 residents, 21 percent of whom live in poverty, 15 percent of whom are Black, and 15 percent Latinx. Taking the Next Step: Developing Businesses that Build Community Wealth.

Poverty 85

Poverty Children Culture Food 85

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.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 111

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 104

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 104

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Business leaders, community organizers, and local policymakers in these places have attempted to replicate the success of Silicon Valley by attracting venture capital, creating business incubators and accelerators, and building an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Yet, these attempts have not significantly reverted economic decline.

Entrepreneurship 117

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 117

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the Anchorage Community Land Trust , which began in 2003 and is the oldest example reviewed in the report, acquired land in a BIPOC neighborhood that had a 25.1 percent poverty rate (as of 2001). This farm supports 20 immigrant and refugee farmers and emerging food entrepreneurs.

Public and Nonprofit Management 96

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black? 39 One is the “hospice worker”—many who are employed in human service nonprofits and help people survive the ravages of capitalism (such as by operating food banks) work in this lane. Steve Dubb, “What Does Community Development for Liberation Look Like?,”

Public and Social Policy 75

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 75