NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Activists directly confronted new art galleries with protests and headline-grabbing disputes over who has the right to live and work in a community that has been the center of Mexican-American history and culture for generations. Was our advocacy for community members, including the most marginalized—such as immigrant entrepreneurs—enough?

Culture 116

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 116

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Understanding the challenges BIPOC leadership face in the nonprofit sector One of the primary challenges BIPOC leaders face is limited access to funding.As we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations.

Leadership 111

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

The city’s animal rights organizations and municipal government became channels through which the founder’s unique approach could reach all city residents by shaping city regulations to ban animal abuse. Neighborhood book clubs were repurposed as platforms with which to educate pet owners.

Entrepreneurship 125

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 125

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Portland is unique among these examples in that the motivation for creating community ownership, as described by the nonprofit, Mercy Corps Northwest , is less focused on supporting local BIPOC-owned businesses and more on helping BIPOC residents invest directly in joint community-land ownership.

Public and Nonprofit Management 101

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Most practitioners working in community development have accepted this as the reality of impact investing: The harder you drive for social impact in disadvantaged communities, the farther away you get from unbuffered full market return.

Marketing 122

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 122

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 111

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 111

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. Are religious organizations eligible for that funding?

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 119

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. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. What would it take to fully fund the human capital, governance, and advocacy costs of nonprofits? If not, why not?

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 127

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

Why did we rely on small organizations to solve big problems? Why was the nonprofit sector doing this? We know it’s a story of extraction, [of] government reliance on the nonprofit world, but that felt like a whole lot bigger than TBF. And there’s a way that that language gets co-opted as anti-government.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 100

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

3 In this book, I explored what happens to host communities when wealthy nonprofit organizations control exorbitant amounts of land in our cities and towns. Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations.

Education 92

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

To understand the current issues in the nonprofit sector at hand, we can turn to the history of social infrastructure in the United States. The decline of social institutions is an important context to understanding why and how the nonprofit sector has become such a central fixture today. 49 There are many examples of this.

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 82

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.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

I’m the coordinator of the Greater Boston CLT — Community Land Trust Network, as Steve said. [00:05:05] 00:05:05] I think I’ll just briefly define a community land trust, and I can talk about the work of the network. So there are about 315 of these nonprofit organizations worldwide. So the nonprofit owns the land.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 98