Candid

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Or you could attend a convening or a conference hosted by Native Americans in Philanthropy. It’s the relationship that matters most to Native communities. Native communities view prosperity differently. To do this, we’ve developed our own content, appeared at conferences, and spread the word on other platforms, like this one.

Community Development 111

Community Development Philanthropy Culture Foundations 111

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Also, the MassMutual Foundation committed $25 million to expand the reach of nonprofit community development financial institutions, and the Moody Foundation gave $25 million for neuroscience research.

Foundations 265

Foundations Universities Community Development Nonprofits 265

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2025

Despite a growing movement toward trust-based philanthropy , the majority of foundations continue to provide grants that are project-specific and time-limited. A recent report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy provides compelling evidence that this approach works.

Social Enterprise 105

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

To support South African democracy, philanthropy faces two challenges. The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Does Western philanthropy make a positive difference? Where is philanthropy?

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

There are specific funding strategies that philanthropy can employ to shield artists from the capitalist market. Troutman insists, “Historic Clayborn Temple, and others like us, can teach philanthropy a few things.…Artists Anasa is right: Artists can indeed help philanthropy rethink its pace and purpose.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 6, 2025

Since 1973, I have started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises in the arts, community development, and civic engagement sectors. One early critique of the nonprofit sectors ability to impact large-scale change appears in the 2001 paper, The Decline of Progressive Policy and the New Philanthropy by Robert O.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management 96

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2025

This reliance on external drivers did not sit comfortably with Neugebauer, whose background is in community development and social innovation. Bringing in money and resources to organizations is a really important thing to do, but we miss this opportunity to build a foundation of civic and community engagement, she told NPQ.

Children 66

Children Philanthropy Education Education 66

Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As the philanthropic sector faces growing pushback against efforts to build more equitable communities, I regularly receive messages from giving circles seeking guidance on how to sustain and protect the progress weve made. Philanthropy Togethers In Abundance: An analysis of the thriving landscape of collective giving in the U.S.

Philanthropy 59

Philanthropy Education Education Community Development 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

Level 1: Just Get Started Mutualist social entrepreneurs roll up their sleeves and start with their local community and a group of builders. Government, philanthropy, and larger mutualist enterprises all need to help create large cohorts of new mutualist social entrepreneurs and bridge them to appropriate capital.

Nonprofit governance and management 125

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Insurance Social Enterprise 125

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 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. This helped preserve more than 17,000 jobs.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

This more just and equitable approach to philanthropy has been practiced for decades and the ethos it is based in—that those closest to the problem are the closest to the solutions—has deep roots in community organizing, deliberative democracy, and even in philanthropy itself. .

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Community Development Foundations Collaborations 119

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Whether we are working in community development, food insecurity, or racial justice, our fundraising must be grounded in our organization’s mission as we work to center the community we seek to serve and develop measurable impact and progress. . The answer should simply be “ For the love of humankind.” .

Sociology 167

Sociology Non-Profit Management Non-Profits Political Science 167

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Temple ) and a community development financial institution ( Communities Unlimited ) are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity. When we talk about economic development in East Texas, we often like to start with a the figure below, which comes from a T.L.L.

Entrepreneurship 126

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Corporations and institutional philanthropy began issuing passionate statements about “meeting the moment” and “showing up” in communities in ways that they hadn’t done before, making financial commitments that now total $340 billion. In its wake, momentum for change seemed to build.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 5, 2024

By Gena Rotstein Trust-based philanthropy seeks to address historical and ongoing power imbalances by repositioning funders and grantees as collaborative partners, operating on equal footing. The Knowledge Keepers also educated us on some differences between Eurocentric models of grantmaking and Indigenous approaches to philanthropy.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Culture Foundations Leadership 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. This impact investing handbook , developed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is one helpful guide. Other organizations integrate impact goals directly into their IPS.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

million from philanthropy and nearly as much in letters of intent from impact investors. In July 2021, the group leveraged its cash and commitment letters to submit an offer of $115 million to acquire the property—outbidding Harridge Development Group, an established LA real estate developer.

Culture 71

Culture Law Energy Associations 71

Candid

MAY 2, 2023

This is why, today, in partnership with Candid, we are pleased to announce the launch of the most comprehensive report of its kind, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. Yet, there has been little research conducted into the private philanthropic support of HBCUs.

Universities 98

Universities Education Education Philanthropy 98

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 126

Community Development Leadership Food Marketing 126

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Were even a modest portion of the untapped 95%—of assets totaling an estimated $1 trillion—to be invested for impact, it could create a sea change in how philanthropy invests in the future. How does impact investing differ from program-related and mission-related investing?

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The result of their work is more places for people to gather and experience nature, increased social cohesion, restored civic trust, and perhaps most importantly, community development that benefits all residents. In Akron, more than 20 public, nonprofit, and community groups came together to form the Civic Commons team.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Strong communities need strong nonprofits. Government, philanthropy, and community members all relied on nonprofits during the COVID pandemic. While their presence drew promises of support from corporations and corporate philanthropy, many of those promises have yet to be delivered on.

Governance 111

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 111

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

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The animating principle of Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program is equitable Creative Placemaking, which elevates arts, culture, and community-engaged design as central elements of community development and planning. Oregon Community Foundation. Areas served: US. Knight Foundation. Areas served: Oregon.

Culture 110

Culture Foundations Education Education 110

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

One key takeaway message: the rise of the über-wealthy in US philanthropy continues. In 2020, however, while education remained in first place, there was a major increase in DAF grants being directed to “public sector benefit” organizations, a category that includes civil rights, voting rights, and community development finance.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Image credit: Chris Briggs on unsplash.com Dr. 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. I don’t want that just to stay in community development.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Community Development 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Some leading emerging strategies that we found from across the nation include the following: Leveraging philanthropy to ensure community control of public dollars In Memphis, TN, the Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) cultivates “neighborhood democracies” through place-based organizing.

Governance 110

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 110

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The journey since then has been an adventure, offering important lessons for us that I believe are valuable for the community development field. Our project was catalyzed by Genesis LA, a Community Development Financial Institution that was willing to bet on our idea. Traditional views of “risk.”

Culture 128

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 128

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Instead, most DEI efforts are led by human resource professionals with limited understanding of communities like Camden. In short, communities must be able to tell their own stories. Unfortunately, such approaches rarely speak to specific neighborhood needs.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Vehicles for community investments can take many forms. Fiscal sponsors , business incubators , and community development corporations are just a few examples of entities needed for Black people to direct large investments for their own empowerment.

Food 98

Food Community Development Management Universities 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. Notes Akilah Watkins-Butler, “Community Development Is Crucial in This Moment,” Shelterforce , March 27, 2020, shelterforce.org/2020/03/27/community-development-is-crucial-in-this-moment.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Our Fund Foundation promotes a culture of responsible philanthropy by uniting donors with organizations supporting the LGBT community to make South Florida the most livable community in the country for LGBT people. Areas served: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Areas served: Wisconsin. Leeway Foundation.

Foundations 131

Foundations Culture Charitable Contribution Nonprofits 131

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 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A young nonprofit, LACE is also learning to navigate private philanthropy, public funding, and public/private financing, as well as governance and operational matters. Finally, groups can approach community foundations or other key donor institutions to explore novel forms of philanthropy, such as land donation. Halliday and M.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cargill Philanthropies.

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Food Environmental 140

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, the National Council of Nonprofits offers a range of resources, including information on board diversity and inclusion , as well as leadership development programs. The Black Philanthropy Network is another organization that works to support Black leadership in the nonprofit sector.

Leadership 121

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 121

Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

and serves as the Blogger-In-Chief for Care2''s top-ranked nonprofit communications blog, Frogloop. Amy has worked in private philanthropy, advocacy nonprofit organizations, web design companies, and as a consultant. She started the Radical Tech blog for Fast Company focusing on trends in technology and Web 2.0

Non-Profits 70

Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management Recruitment Technology 70