Community Development Poverty Production Values 
NonProfit Quarterly
MAY 17, 2023
This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. For decades, community development financial institutions have delivered capital into communities and regions that otherwise suffer from disinvestment. This is true in urban areas and, critically, rural communities.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 7, 2023
This article concludes the series : Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. It is easy to disregard the lack of affordable housing options in rural areas when comparing the median housing value in Pine Bluff, AK (under $ 100,000 ) with that in New York City (over $750,000 ). But that is completely wrong.
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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 13, 2024
The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. In 1996, when the law was enacted, 68 percent of families with children living in poverty received welfare; in 2019, it was 19.5
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 8, 2022
While the answers remain complicated, we must use our collective power and community agency to address our needs. A Camden community vision emerges. Census figures confirm that Camden is a poor city (with a poverty rate of 33.6 However, persistent poverty plagues the city’s residents. percent) and overwhelming BIPOC (50.5
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion. TAGI grows and sells fruit and vegetables while centering community engagement. Advancing Food Justice in the Delta: The Central Role of Black Co-ops.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 1, 2023
Based in Oakland, CA, and launched in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cooperative is forging a table of Black women-led, community-based organizations so Black cultural production across the city can thrive. BAMBD CDC is an arts-based organization invested in community development writ large.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 10, 2024
CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs).
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