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 135

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 135

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 105

Food Finance Community Development Culture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

In addition, the framework emphasizes the importance of self-determination in the consultation process and the need for communities to be informed about and included in all stages of the process, such as permitting, leasing, and requests for proposals.

Energy 123

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

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 87

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 87

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I always like to point this out because I think mental health is extremely important, especially as the fact that you’re dealing with populations who might be they’re doing one of the most vulnerable parts of their lives, or maybe there’s a cause that is really, really necessary to focus on and requires all your mental energy.

Nonprofit governance and management 115

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

The interview that follows explores the history of the Clayborn Temple, the project to restore it, and the vision of Troutman and her colleagues to use the temple as a hub for developing a community-based economy in Memphis that i s Black-owned, Black-governed, and which sustains a thriving culture rooted in the Black imagination.

Governance 113

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 113

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. After a few months, they added regular and dedicated volunteer Jennifer Cheung to the leadership team.

Nonprofit governance and management 100

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 100

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. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? We build community and coalition with others. If not, why not? But we still have work to do.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It explores how these leaders are addressing critical issues at the intersection of food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, and community. Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion.

Food 112

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 112

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

First, democratic funds like Seed Commons, 4 Ujima Fund, 5 and the Just Transition Integrated Capital Fund gave us a new model for how communities could steward and govern capital together. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 109

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

They collectively pooled resources—such as skills, leadership, and knowledge—for the love of their communities and to advance social movements and uplift humankind. As a result of the movements of the 1960s, the US government and nonprofit agencies strengthened social safety nets.

Philanthropy 114

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

The effort resulted in a shift from a White-led nonprofit to an organization that reflects the majority people of color communities that it serves—not just in terms of staffing and leadership but also in terms of overall movement practice. 48 In a thriving community, this civic infrastructure acts as a kind of “shadow government.”

Public and Social Policy 74

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 74

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

While the title of the book might belie the scope of inquiry, Dunning makes the case that using nonprofits as a “tool for addressing urban problems” has led to a form of “urban governance” that uses private organizations to fulfill public, democratic rights. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 109

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

The first Community Land Trust was and is in southwest Georgia, Albany, Georgia, founded in 1969 called New Communities Inc. But that was a group of African American families who came together to own, co-govern, control land resources and have an agricultural cooperative and really come together to self-determine.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 89

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

With the WORK Act, tens of millions of dollars in government resources will be disbursed to employee-ownership centers around the country, fundamentally changing the playing field for worker-owners, freelancers, and cooperative innovators. What if that scale of resources flowed to our communities instead of to Wall Street?

Public Policy 74

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 74