Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

By Jim Bildner In 2012, more than a decade ago, in response to a growing wave of impact investing obsession, Kevin Starr warned that impact investing was doomed to fail: “Few solutions that meet the fundamental needs of the poor will get you your money back,” he observed, and “overcoming market failure requires subsidy.”

Marketing 109

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 109

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. The nonprofit sector is hugely important both economically and socially to this country.

Civil Society 88

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 88

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image credit: Drew Beamer on Unsplash For community development financial institutions (CDFIs), these are extraordinary times. One was the rise of nonprofits within the CDFI sector. An overwhelming majority of CDFIs today, however, are nonprofits. ShoreBank’s influence persists.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 101

Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 101

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Image credit: Ahmad Odeh on Unsplash In this interview, the CEO of a California-based CDFI offers her observations on what her work as a theater director has taught her about nonprofit management. Sara Razavi: Within the CDFI [ community development financial institution ] space, we are a nonprofit loan fund.

Nonprofit Management 111

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 121

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Sivani Bandaru on unsplash.com The common headline in the nonprofit press has been simple: Giving declined in 2022 for only the fourth time in 40 years. Nonprofit reliance on wealthy donors has other, perhaps less obvious implications. For further details, see this recent NPQ article ). The short answer is: “Unlikely.”

Nonprofit Administration and Development 86

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 86

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Of the food grown in the delta and the overall $6 billion in food that is grown in Mississippi, 90 percent is exported, as a 2014 report from the nonprofit, Crossroads Resource Center , documents. By contrast, the fruit and vegetables that community members eat are, as noted above, largely imported. A New Strategy .

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Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116