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A Social Movement Requires Momentum

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Lisa Nutter & Tim Freudlich The simple physics equation, momentum = mass x velocity, tells us that momentum is a value we can control. This could extend to investment in earlier-stage private companies and funds, as well as loans to nonprofit small businesses and affordable housing development.

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Getting to Know Our Consultants: Olliette Murry-Drobot

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

That’s why Momentum Nonprofit Partners launched our consultant directory in 2017 and have linked hundreds of nonprofits to qualified consultants in Memphis and across the country. Tell us about your previous experience working in the nonprofit sector. Interests are intersectionality, colorism, and leadership.

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Local Solutions to Federal Problems: Moving Climate Dollars to Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: AndreyPopov on istock.com How can frontline communities access public funding for climate solutions? But some needed elements are clear: these include expertise; values-aligned capacity-building partners; relationships that are built on trust, accountability, and transparency; and flexible funding.

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. Community leaders also knew that if they didn’t act, profit-seeking firms would, exacerbating the already grave problem of dwindling affordable housing in Puerto Rico. Yet even after having been awarded an $11.2

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Community Ownership of Real Estate: A Los Angeles Story

NonProfit Quarterly

At a recent professional dinner, I struck up a fascinating conversation with a woman who has spent her legal career working in civil rights, housing, and community development. Such phenomena are root causes of many challenges facing urban communities of color today. Image Credit: Mustapha Saadouni on unsplash.com.

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Housing and Health: Creating Solutions With Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In 2018, we developed the Advancing Health Equity Through Housing (HEH) funding opportunity and supported 31 organizations working at the intersection of housing and health equity in cities across the United States. For example, funders can provide flexible operational support that helps organizations engage with their communities.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.