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From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities

NonProfit Quarterly

For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending. A Hierarchy of Nonprofit Facilities’ Needs After 30 years in community development, I have come to think of nonprofit facilities as existing on a continuum of need.

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Owning Our Neighborhood: A Community Organizing Story from Boston

NonProfit Quarterly

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?

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

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. From inception, the pool was centered on community development financing activities and emphasized racial, gender, and economic equity.

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Corporate Partnerships for Nonprofits: Win-Win Scenario

The Volunteer Hub

According to Nonprofit Source, 90% of company executives indicated that partnering with a reputable nonprofit organization enhanced their brand and 89% believe partnering leverages their ability to improve the community. Developing partnerships presents a win-win-win scenario for your nonprofit, the community, and your corporate partner.

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From Food Pantry to Urban Farming: Food Justice Lessons from Camden

NonProfit Quarterly

The facility is designed to increase participation of underrepresented students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), Computer Science (CS), and Agricultural Science (AS). Instead, most DEI efforts are led by human resource professionals with limited understanding of communities like Camden.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

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.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

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. The RedLine Contemporary Art Center fosters education and engagement between artists and communities.

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