NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Unlike big commercial banks, most public banks (and all California public banks under state law) will be nonprofits and use their earnings from loan interest and fees to reinvest in local economies and large-scale community-wide projects. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 23, 2025

Oscar Perry Abello: In my work as an economic justice correspondent at Next City, I had written all these stories about credit unions, community banking, and CDFIs [ Community Development Financial Institutions ]. That is required by law. It says something about the world, more than each story separately.

Insurance 91

Insurance Non-Profits Governance Finance 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Also involved, as Abello reported at the time, was Jones Lang LaSalle, a global real estate services firm that had “agreed to serve as master developer and property manager, raising the capital to build out the rest of the group’s vision and manage the property on an ongoing basis.”

Culture 69

Culture Law Energy Associations 69

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Expansion of the surveillance state : The Olympics—as law professor Anne Toomey McKenna notes —are a venue famous (or infamous) for “pervasive and persistent surveillance before, during, and after the Games.” Stage 3: Go Public Economic or community development…must replace a “thing focus” with a “people focus.”

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Construction Law Activism 122

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2025

Image credit: AmnajKhetsamtip on iStock Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have emerged as pivotal players in bridging financial gaps in underserved communities. An executive order (14238)calls for reducing the CDFI Fundto the minimum presence and function required by law.

Finance 85

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 85

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 4, 2025

The report also highlights some of the economic impacts: Native peoples, communities, and enterprises are excluded from philanthropy, investments, capital, and banking, and other economic systems.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Public bankscreated by governments and chartered to serve the public interestoffer a powerful model to advance racial equity, public accountability, and community self-determination. Community banks are too small to absorb billions of dollars in municipal deposits. But meaningful transformation requires changing state law.

Finance 136

Finance Poverty Law Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The city fully embraces Gemeinwesenarbeit, a German term that refers to community development. Social workers are deployed in eight quarters throughout Darmstadt to organize meetings, promote community engagement and provide assistance with government processes. But housing is just one layer.

Nonprofit governance and management 101

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 101

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 30, 2025

Image Credit: Roger Bradshaw on Unsplash This years Just Economy Conference of 1,300 community development advocates, held by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) was unlike any other. It is, nonetheless, one of the most grassroots-oriented conferences held in Washington, DCand has been for decades.

Governance 85

Governance Law Finance Community Development 85

Anedot

APRIL 8, 2025

Perform annual management employee reviews and support individual professional development. Financial Oversight: Oversee financial management, ensuring transparency and fiscal Manage the organizations resources within budget guidelines according to current laws, regulations and best practices.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2025

Murray Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, explored the critical role of legal strategy in protecting philanthropic work dedicated to racial justice in a challenging climate. F]unding must specifically be designed to address the unique and often complex needs of Afro-descendant communities.

Public and Social Policy 63

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Law Public and Nonprofit Management 63

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Originating in Eastern Europe centuries ago, these programs helped Jewish communities overcome financial hardship without the burden of interest, which is prohibited by Orthodox Jewish law within Jewish communities. Pastor Barnwell says the partnership has as its greatest strengthsflexibility and efficiency.

Education 110

Education Education Community Development Homelessness 110

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2024

José García: So, for COPA [ Community Opportunity to Purchase Act ], on the rental side, once you access any of these funds from the city of San Francisco, the property is deed-restricted for the next 75 years. View the full webinar here.

Law 116

Law Community Development Nonprofits 116

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth 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 ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 128

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

ROC USA can make this work because it can extend financing via its community development financial institution (CDFI) subsidiary. It can also tap into philanthropic funds and an increasing number of public sources of low-cost debt and community development grants. Philanthropy can also increase its support.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 116

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2024

Five years ago, I found myself working at a midsized community development nonprofit. We sought a modest but meaningful wage increase, the hiring of additional staff to balance workloads, and regular town hall meetings with leadership to foster transparency and open communication.

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Leadership Law 122

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Similar laws have already rapidly spread across Europe and Central Asia , yet South Africa has avoided them so far. Today, that democracy is fraying. With an estimated 55.5

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

million in renovations to support a community-developed plan to reopen this legacy site as a collectively owned community asset. BAMBD CDC is an arts-based organization invested in community development writ large. These spaces are now closed, and gentrification is encroaching upon the buildings that housed them.

Culture 128

Culture Retail Community Development Environmental 128

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Building for the Future At the conference, Kate Khatib, co-executive director of Seed Commons, a leading community development financial institution (CDFI) lender to worker co-ops, called on the movement to set the audacious goal of expanding to one million worker co-op members and $100 billion in revenue in the next 10 years.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 128

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2024

In Washington, DC, the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development reports that 18,300 units of affordable housing of this kind became unaffordable between 2006 and 2017. This is no small matter. This loss of affordability is related to other challenges that DC renters and the city have been facing.

Values 137

Values Public and Nonprofit Management Construction Finance 137

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. Community Reinvestment Strengths and Shortfalls NCRC was formed in 1990 to defend the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act , a law created to undo the structural racism embedded in redlining.

Finance 116

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Image Credit: Vyacheslav Dumchev on istock This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Landlords also have to notify the city when evicting tenants for substantial remodeling and are subject to a fine if they violate the law.

Law 98

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 98

The Agitator

MARCH 25, 2013

Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University – Chicago, Illinois ($750,000) protects the rights and well-being of young people in the juvenile justice system and advocates for fairer laws and policies. Housing Partnership Network – Boston, Massachusetts ($1.5

Foundations 79

Foundations Nonprofits Law Energy 79

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Since most universities are nonprofit or publicly owned, by law, they must be community-serving. Observers going back to the early 20th-century US philosopher John Dewey have also contended that universities play an essential role in creating a democratic citizenry.

Universities 119

Universities Curriculum and Teaching Participation and motivation Culture 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Through collaborative action, Mothers Out Front East Boston is fighting for the right to breathe clean air and live and work in a community that is safe and healthy. We are demanding equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 128

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. The law was meant to allow landlords to retire from the rental business, not to evict tenants and flip property, but abuses are common.

Culture 98

Culture Cultural Diversity Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 98

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. Accounting seems detached from causes such as fighting racism, resetting unjust laws, or upending false cultural narratives. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 133

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

As for initiatives underway in the Twin Cities and Los Angeles, both efforts are nascent, but both groups also appear to have developed a strong set of partners, making these efforts promising. Philanthropy can also assist by supporting field-building practices, such as peer-learning collaboratives, community organizing, and advocacy.

Public and Nonprofit Management 106

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 106

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The original group of three founders and other volunteers worked with a local attorney and a research team from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law to draft the co-op’s original bylaws. Foster, “A tale of two co-ops in two cities,” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development , 9.2

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Children and Families You Serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Advocacy opportunity: Proactive engagement shapes legislation to better serve communities.

Children 52

Children Nonprofit Administration and Development Law Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

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.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Community Development Nonprofit governance and management Culture 52

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I have also taught business classes and mentored business owners on a volunteer basis through Montana West Economic Development, Lake County Community Development, Flathead Valley Community College, and Confederated Salish & Kootenai tribal services.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

So, there are all these federal publications that talk about the Bromley-Heath Public Housing Development and neighborhood patrol. It’s a really small program, but it makes it onto the federal write up of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. They’re very proud of funding this public housing, little community security group.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 106

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Image credit: Matt Briney on unsplash.com This is the second 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 ).

Community Development 128

Community Development Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 128

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The bill allows these developments to bypass cumbersome rezoning and (provided certain conditions are met) waives applicable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) laws. It is prophetic because redeveloping church properties to advance a congregation’s mission is a novel approach that revitalizes both church and community.

Community Development 130

Community Development Finance Production Homelessness 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This makes it easy for predatory developers to buy one of the shares from an heir—say, a sibling who wants to sell the property—and then use their influence to force the sale of the entire property so that it can be developed. Without being able to prove ownership via a clear title, then, heirs can lose their home.

Law 122

Law Insurance Philanthropy Community Development 122

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Cliff Rosenthal was the executive director of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now called Inclusiv ) from 1983 until 2012. The federation is a national association of credit unions largely run and owned by people of color serving low-income and primarily BIPOC communities.

Finance 114

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Community Development Governance 114