Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Corporations and institutional philanthropy began issuing passionate statements about “meeting the moment” and “showing up” in communities in ways that they hadn’t done before, making financial commitments that now total $340 billion. In its wake, momentum for change seemed to build.

Nonprofit governance and management 108

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 108

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The result of their work is more places for people to gather and experience nature, increased social cohesion, restored civic trust, and perhaps most importantly, community development that benefits all residents. In Akron, more than 20 public, nonprofit, and community groups came together to form the Civic Commons team.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

This more just and equitable approach to philanthropy has been practiced for decades and the ethos it is based in—that those closest to the problem are the closest to the solutions—has deep roots in community organizing, deliberative democracy, and even in philanthropy itself. .

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Community Development Foundations Collaborations 120

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

Culture 105

Culture Foundations Education Education 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 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. One way is by discouraging philanthropic investment.

Poverty 104

Poverty Agriculture Culture Community Development 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There are inequities in housing quality, stability, and access; and imbalances of power that favor markets, developers, and landlords. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. Recognizing residents as experts and engaging them in decision-making.

Health 101

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 101

Candid

JANUARY 21, 2022

Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and serves as a vital capital provider in low-income communities across California. the purchase of 10-, 15-, and 20-year senior unsecured notes. Century is a U.S. Wellcome, Gates pledge $300 million to prevent future epidemics. January 20, 2022.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Manufacturing Community Development Governance 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Elton John AIDS Foundation. Prism Foundation. Pride Foundation. PFund Foundation. Horizons Foundation. The Vermont Community Foundation. The New York Women’s Foundation. Stonewall Community Foundation. New York Foundation. Maine Community Foundation.

Foundations 121

Foundations Culture Health Charitable Contribution 121

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

How Current Capital Systems Reinforce Inequality Foundations, philanthropists, and impact investors can do better by bridging gaps in crucial areas with flexible and patient…capital. Foundations, philanthropists, and impact investors can do better by bridging gaps in crucial areas with flexible and patient (long-term and low-cost) capital.

Finance 74

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 74

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Strong communities need strong nonprofits. Government, philanthropy, and community members all relied on nonprofits during the COVID pandemic. While their presence drew promises of support from corporations and corporate philanthropy, many of those promises have yet to be delivered on.

Governance 98

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A young nonprofit, LACE is also learning to navigate private philanthropy, public funding, and public/private financing, as well as governance and operational matters. A one-acre parcel in Smoketown that LCG now owns, the long-vacant site, former home of the Louisville Slugger factory , is a gift from the Community Foundation of Louisville.

Food 106

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

Image Credit: Charlota Blunarova on unsplash.com Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking. However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants. At the most basic level, a guarantee is akin to automobile insurance.

Community Development 85

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 85

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

Finance 105

Finance Non-Profits Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Some leading emerging strategies that we found from across the nation include the following: Leveraging philanthropy to ensure community control of public dollars In Memphis, TN, the Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) cultivates “neighborhood democracies” through place-based organizing.

Governance 79

Governance Community Development Collaborations Environmental 79

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Building a Broad Coalition Colorado has harnessed and engaged a broad coalition of support from the business community, professional service providers, policymakers, banking, philanthropy, and community organizers. Impact investment and non-bank financing from community development financial institutions also remain limited.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The journey since then has been an adventure, offering important lessons for us that I believe are valuable for the community development field. Even the dynamic of a trio of organizations working together required foundations to stretch beyond what they’re used to. But the process should have been easier.

Culture 110

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 110

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 91

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 91

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 Seeded with an initial $5 million grant from a local foundation, the land trust acquired nine parcels between 2005 and 2011. percent poverty rate (as of 2001).

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 98

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, the National Council of Nonprofits offers a range of resources, including information on board diversity and inclusion , as well as leadership development programs. The Black Philanthropy Network is another organization that works to support Black leadership in the nonprofit sector.

Leadership 104

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 104

The Agitator

MARCH 25, 2013

Just got around to reading about the 13 organizations that recently won recognition (and $$) from the MacArthur Foundation for their creativity and effectiveness. million) enables peer learning and collaboration among more than 100 affordable housing and community development leaders. Here are the 13 winners for 2013.

Foundations 79

Foundations Nonprofits Law Energy 79

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. To date, discussion on mission-aligned investing has largely focused on wealthy foundations and endowed institutions, but over half of all charitable organizations have total assets of less than $1 million.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 110

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. I don’t want that just to stay in community development.

Civil Society 90

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 90

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Founded in 2008 with backing from the Ford Foundation, NeighborWorks America, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Capital Impact Partners, and Prosperity Now, ROC USA and its affiliates have assisted 22,000 residents in over 300 communities in 21 states to collectively purchase and manage their ROCs.

Manufacturing 109

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 109

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

First, we’re going to have like a little bit of an overview of what’s happening in the world of philanthropy. So what’s happening in philanthropy? There is a big difference between a federal application and then a private corporate foundation application. This is through the Kellogg Foundation.

Nonprofit governance and management 114

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 114

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Philanthropy comes in many forms. For over a decade, Black Philanthropy Month has been a time of reflection on Black philanthropists’ contributions—including the contributions of Black liberation movements. It also encourages me to rethink the definition of philanthropy itself. But to me, this is what philanthropy looks like.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 120

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

SD: At NPQ , we have long been interested in governance—how community groups make democratic decisions—and management, how you implement them. Could you talk more about what it means to approach community development as a producer and how that might lead you to approach the work differently? Governance is not my expertise.

Governance 120

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 120

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

One key takeaway message: the rise of the über-wealthy in US philanthropy continues. One key takeaway message: the rise of the über-wealthy in US philanthropy continues. We don’t know if they are coming out of a DAF, charitable LLC [limited liability company], or foundation.” We don’t know what that is yet,” she added.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 88

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 88

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

1 A version of this story was previously presented as part of remarks made at CHANGE Philanthropy, in 2021. The organization I worked with at the time, Justice Funders, 3 helped to build a democratic loan fund that was run by community leaders from across the country.” “Mom But how would they know what the community needs?”

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 116

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. Avner, and Romilda Justilien, “The Urgency of Now: Foundations’ Role in Ending Racial Inequity,” The Foundation Review 6, no. Two of them—Dr. Cunningham, Marcia L.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 123

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

So, I’m humbled that you see your professional trajectory in this book, because many of the questions came from working at the Boston Foundation. That when the foundation called, people took my call. And my colleagues certainly knew this at the foundation, but it seemed like this open question that I wanted to explore historically.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its $17 million in grants to policy advocacy and organizing.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 101

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

For, as the book outlines, the dictates of Requests for Proposals shaped the development of not only nonprofits, but urban governance. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way. How do social movements, nonprofits, and philanthropy align to realize this goal?

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Listen to the Cities@Tufts Podcast (or on the app of your choice): “The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Community Ownership” Transcript [The timestamps in the transcript correspond with the audio version of this lecture.] And so we did that through philanthropy. Totally community-aligned financial partner. complicated.

Public and Social Policy 93

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 93

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

But if we willfully exclude ourselves from Congressional processes, we leave money and resources on the table that will provide vital resources to our communities. We should not be naive about the resources of the government, which, like foundation endowments, are fueled by wealth that comes from our communities in the first place.

Public Policy 76

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 76