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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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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. For those organizations, managing with limited resources.

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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. Executive Director Luis Gallardo calculated that the nonprofit would need half a million dollars in the best-case scenario and, more likely, a million dollars to reach the first milestones. Yet even after having been awarded an $11.2

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How Philanthropy Can Show Up for an Arts Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

As Eliya Imtiaz, former managing editor of the “Michigan in Color” section of the Michigan Daily , put it last year, “Similar to most ideals in this country, the current notion of DEI heightens the façade that everything occurs on an individual level.” Artists are essential to any vision that calls the future into question.

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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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From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land

NonProfit Quarterly

The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. What makes the strip mall unique is its community ownership. Each community also has its own specific reasons for seeking community ownership. Paul, New Orleans, Anchorage, and Los Angeles.