NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Image credit: Matthew Moloney on unsplash.com This is the third 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 ). What does gentrification look like?

Community Development 103

Community Development Leadership Food Governance 103

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

million nonprofit organizations, causes, and movements. Examples of PRIs include investments in community development financial institutions, which make loans to small businesses owned by members of economically disadvantaged groups in underinvested communities. In 2023 alone, U.S.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2024

Since NOAH housing, by definition, does not have covenants or other affordability restrictions, when an owner chooses to sell their building, the units are always at risk of being turned into market-rate housing. This is no small matter. This loss of affordability is related to other challenges that DC renters and the city have been facing.

Values 111

Values Public and Nonprofit Management Construction Finance 111

Getting Attention

MARCH 22, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 1) Business Development Manager and. Marketing Campaigns Manager. 2) Communications Associate. 3) Communications Associate and Director of Development and Communications.

Marketing 58

Marketing Marketing Homelessness Associations 58

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

At the same time, many community development nonprofits face challenges in securing the capital needed to carry out their core missions and, importantly, to test new ideas and strategies. There is, however, a way for nonprofits to gain greater access to “flexible” capital and for foundations to generate a financial return.

Community Development 74

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 74

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 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.” 1 During this time, nonprofit organizations like Inclusive Action for the City, which I cofounded in 2008, had to do our own soul-searching.

Culture 96

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The new headline should read, “communities use land banks and CLTs to advance racial justice,” because the end goal of this work is not just productive partnerships, but racially equitable cities, towns, and regions. To do so requires working alongside Black residents to support reparative and equitable development.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development Agriculture 103

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. The three zip codes that make up the corridor are home to some 36,000 people.

Food 83

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 83

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Coproduced with the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders , a national network of Latinx community development groups, this series highlights community preservation, land ownership, and business development efforts in Latinx and immigrant communities across the country.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 99

Food Finance Community Development Culture 99

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

The base of every marketing education is learning how to define your target audience and deliver messages that will resonate with them, influencing them to complete some identified call to action. For the past 8 years, I have been nearly exclusively working with Black-led nonprofits and nonprofits that serve predominantly Black communities.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Production Education Education 84

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As nonprofit leaders and advocates in the field, we oftentimes find ourselves asking: am I doing enough ? We pride ourselves in setting realistic (or, some of us set outstanding) goals, to reassure that the work we are doing truly impacts the community we set to serve. Or, why am I even doing this work? Or, Is anything going to change?

Sociology 64

Sociology Non-Profit Management Political Science Non-Profits 64

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Tools like community land trusts ensure that longstanding residents and businesses have the security and power to protect themselves during periods of rapid neighborhood change.

Culture 92

Culture Construction Community Development Education 92

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

“From Owing to Owning,” reads a sign at the entrance of Plaza 122, a 29,000-square-foot strip mall near the corner of SE 122nd Avenue and SE Market Street in Portland, OR. The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. Paul, New Orleans, Anchorage, and Los Angeles.

Public and Nonprofit Management 91

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 81

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 81

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 20, 2017

Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. We’d love to feature YOU in this series! to 4:00 p.m.

Communication 42

Communication Finance Community Development Foundations 42

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 102

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Decades of discriminatory housing, transportation, and land-use policy combined with economic disinvestment have resulted in communities that are residentially segregated by income, race, ethnicity, language, and immigration status. Creating a Learning Community.

Health 98

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ohers suffered from short planning horizons or insufficient community outreach. Meanwhile, a proliferation of farmers markets fueled the local food movement but marginally addressed food access. The volunteers also shopped for land, investigating at least 14 different properties, and commissioned market analyses for many of them.

Food 100

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 100

Getting Attention

AUGUST 3, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 1) Assistant Director of Communications. 2) Awareness and Community Relations Manager. 3) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX). NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

Public and Nonprofit Management 61

Public and Nonprofit Management Food Energy Associations 61

Fundraising Coach

MAY 22, 2015

Deposit a Gift allows anyone - nonprofits, schools, or individuals - to raise money and even sell tickets to benefit events. I love that Dana's background is in marketing. She's developed solutions for brands like Snapple, Century21, The Home Depot, and DirecTV. Successful crowdfunding is about marketing.

Community Development 108

Community Development Culture Marketing Marketing 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

This makes them extra-valuable in the newly emerging carbon credits market. Although too early to probe, the carbon market could also prove to be a viable economic opportunity for conservation nonprofits and coastal communities like Alligator Head.

Education 85

Education Education Foundations Environmental 85

Getting Attention

JULY 31, 2013

Are a community development org in Trenton, and foster self-reliant families in sustainable communities. And I understand why—it’s hard to capsulize your nonprofit in a sentence or two. Are in lower Fairfield county, CT, and provide emergency assistance to help keep people in their homes. Keep posted!

Homelessness 72

Homelessness Community Development Children Education 72

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

But while climate migration is all but inevitable, it can be mitigated, as demonstrated by the actions of farmers and nonprofits on Majuli Island. However, locals and nonprofits are working to sustain their traditional livelihoods. We now have enough for our consumption as well as to sell in the local markets,” says Chatterjee.

Agriculture 84

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 13, 2023

But a conference , hosted by Neighborhood Economics this past April, which brought over two hundred people to Jackson, MS—ranging from impact investors to foundation, nonprofit, and church leaders—purposefully sought to break the mold. Stephanie Swepson-Twitty of Eagle Market Streets Development Corp.

Finance 80

Finance Homelessness Healthcare Foundations 80

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In 2017, then Governor John Hickenlooper (now US Senator) signed HB 17-1214 , which established a revolving loan fund to help businesses transition to employee ownership and required OEDIT to work with a local nonprofit to support and provide outreach on employee ownership. Prior to 2019, the state saw only a few conversions each year.

Public and Social Policy 92

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 92

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Regardless of their original vision, ACCEL founders—like many who seek venture capital financing—changed their ideas (or pivoted) so that their ventures could reach a national, if not global, market in three to five years, following a typical venture capital timeframe.

Entrepreneurship 110

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 110

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Network for Good hosted a special #GivingTuesday campaign, N4G Gives, focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and knowledge for #GivingTuesday success. The Sikh Coalition is the largest Sikh American advocacy and community development organization in the United States.

Community Development 55

Community Development Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 55

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Also, online communication skills are lacking at many NGOs compared with the online marketing skills at e-commerce sites. 4) Tell the Nonprofit Tech for Good community about Donadora: Are the donors predominately Mexican? Can donors outside of Mexico give to campaigns on Donadora? are quickly replacing TV.

Disaster Relief 77

Disaster Relief Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Social Enterprise 77

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

For example, Brooklyn-based nonprofit UPROSE is helping to bring local residents sustainable clean energy and is creating equitable frameworks for wind energy development in the area.

Philanthropy 84

Philanthropy Poverty Governance Environmental 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation , a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta. But that is completely wrong.

Poverty 101

Poverty Community Development Finance Construction 101

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 96

Care2

MAY 18, 2010

Check out any nonprofit Web site these days, and in addition to an About Us page, you're likely to see icons for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. To answer this question, get a sense of how much money nonprofits are actually raising via social media and garner some advice on best practices in using these tools, I went straight to the expert.

Community Development 74

Community Development Fundraising Fundraising Marketing 74

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At EveryAction we’re on a mission to provide nonprofits with best-in-class fundraising, engagement, and advocacy tools, but we like to think that we’re a pretty fun place to work, too. Essentially, I sell to Enterprise Social Service organizations and manage the team that sells to Mid-Market Nonprofits.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Activism Food Culture 52

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 82

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 82

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 102

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 102

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 92

Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 92