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Building Community through Holistic Strategy: A Story from a Seattle Immigrant Suburb

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: TuiPhotoengineer on istock.com This is the fifth and final 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 ).

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Local Solutions to Federal Problems: Moving Climate Dollars to Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Not only is it possible to access federal funds, but the same elements that are needed for frontline and underinvested, predominantly BIPOC communities to benefit from public funding are also the most promising approaches to address more broadly the impacts of climate change at the local level.

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Building Public Support for Employee Ownership: Lessons from Colorado

NonProfit Quarterly

Given this recent investment in outreach and education efforts, coupled with heightened interest from local governments, we expect to see many more employee-owned businesses statewide in the next five years. Impact investment and non-bank financing from community development financial institutions also remain limited.

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How to Close the Racial Homeownership Gap

NonProfit Quarterly

One driver of this ongoing inequality is the current federal system of financing, which largely depends on two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)— Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A Community Finance Solution While barriers to homeownership persist for households of color, these barriers are possible to overcome.

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National Gathering Looks to Address Root Causes of Inequality

NonProfit Quarterly

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. But not surprisingly, racist assumptions about risk made their way into red lines on maps, creating in the process de facto “do not lend” zones in low-income communities and communities of color.

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Action Steps to Grow Climate-Driven Philanthropy in Rural Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Rural communities, already with access to fewer resources , are experiencing increased climate disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. A racial equity portfolio that fails to factor in the effects of the climate change crisis is missing a critical opportunity to help build more prepared and resilient rural communities.

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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

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? Developing Community Leadership Entrepreneurs play a critical role as community builders.