Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this way, systemic investing invites us to reimagine and evolve how impact investment—and finance more broadly—could work. For the investors, this will mean going beyond their conventional processes, cooperating with a range of actors, and potentially being involved in the development of new financing vehicles.

Finance 135

Finance Public and Social Policy Environmental Food 135

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 10, 2024

This shift in focus has also meant a change in how DSNI obtains funding and financing for its work. Opened in 2023, this full-service grocer focused on the African diaspora through food (including a halal butchery, restaurant, cafe, and gathering space) has the audacious goal of controlling the food marketplace and attaining food sovereignty.

Food 107

Food Medical Community Development Finance 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

At the same time, Black and Indigenous communities and communities of color have limited access to financing, including for activities that would support their active involvement in the shift to a green economy. These companies already have financing, staff, and revenue, and most have been running for four years or more.

Energy 111

Energy Finance Environmental Food 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Image credit: “ Nature, food, landscape, travel ” on istock.com Creating and preserving quality affordable housing is notoriously difficult, with the number of available units declining each year as landlords raise rents ever higher. However, this also means that residents contribute very little equity to reduce financing costs.

Manufacturing 102

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Well-known examples include home care agency CHCA and fair trade food and beverage company Equal Exchange. The retailer Publix and the food company King Arthur Baking Company are both owned by ESOPs. providing renewable energy or healthy food). Steward ownership models are designed to protect the mission of a company.

Nonprofit governance and management 139

Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Finance Governance 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. Despite the clear case for supporting them, smallholders are virtually excluded from global climate finance and policy.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. How does a community come together to build community wealth and advance Black food sovereignty? A little over two years ago, Black food advocates came together in Raleigh to form the Black Farmers’ Hub.

Food 108

Food Agriculture Governance Children 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

Health 130

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 130

The NonProfit Times

MAY 17, 2024

Clearlake’s portfolio of companies includes numerous holdings in the energy and industrials, food and consumer services and software and technology fields. As of March 31, 2024, Clearlake Capital owned 18.89% of all outstanding shares, making it the largest Blackbaud institutional investor, according to Yahoo Finance.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Values Energy 52

Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Managing Director, Tech and Finance Partnerships, Save the Children , Remote ($108k - $147k) ?? Brain Food 1. Director of Corporate Engagement, Fashion Institute of Technology , NYC ($140k) 2. Director of Corporate Engagement, Asian American Foundation , NYC ($175k) 3. Is Bill Gates really a billionaire doing good? ?

Homelessness 130

Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Finance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. Besides perpetual food insecurity, many are unable to access or cover basic health services, housing, transportation, water and sanitation, or education. Though these farms are small, typically under two hectares, their cumulative impact is large.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. For example, the Forever Better financing program incentivizes suppliers to work on climate and social issues. Innovation. Investment.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Impact Investing for the Missing Middle in Agri-Finance by Wouter Vandersypen, Chris Claes & Steven Serneels “When agricultural enterprises have access to the right type of growth capital to grow, they generate great and lasting benefits for the communities they serve.”

Public and Nonprofit Management 81

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Finance 81

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Fellows include an Indigenous creatives’ collective, food share programs, a systems design consultancy, a driver’s union, and a community-owned real estate developer. Based in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, R2G turns restaurant food scraps into compost for the neighborhood’s elder gardeners. R2G Volunteers.

Nonprofit governance and management 93

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 93

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

An example of this was profiled at NPQ in 2019, when we published a detailed study about the closure of a food co-op that had opened three years before in a Black community in Greensboro, NC. To the extent dollar stores drive out grocery stores, residents’ access to healthy food is reduced.

Retail 123

Retail Food Law Governance 123

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For example, in Los Angeles, three community organizations partnered with a local community development financial institution to finance the outright purchase of buildings by community-based nonprofits and preserve more than 20 small-business commercial spaces in the city’s East Los Angeles neighborhood.

Finance 82

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 82

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Fortunately, a new approach to rural housing that pairs a flexible form of modular housing with community-based finance shows considerable promise. Communities Unlimited works to help ensure that communities have clean, safe water; affordable housing stock; healthy, fresh food; and access to the capital necessary to thrive.

Poverty 101

Poverty Community Development Finance Construction 101

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? Who brought food to housebound elders? Nonprofits organized food drives and distributed other necessities to people who were sick or at risk or had lost jobs due to the pandemic.

Governance 86

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 86

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a prior life I was a public finance attorney, and I always wondered why there were no bond ratings for ‘impact’—i.e. how many units of housing, education, employment, food security, crime reduction is generated per dollar spent? We need to find better ways to connect evidence to finances. And is that a good return?

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Governance Finance Law 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. Revisit ESG and sustainable finance regulations. Work with governments.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Participation and motivation 119

Selfish Giving

MAY 24, 2023

Managing Director, Tech and Finance Partnerships, Save the Children , Remote ?? Brain Food 1. It might just be the right place to publish that corporate partnership newsletter you've been thinking about! ? Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

Children 130

Children Finance Food Health 130

The Charity CFO

OCTOBER 12, 2022

For example, suppose Daniel Donor gives a $10,000 donation designated to go towards expanding the food bank warehouse downtown. In that case, the nonprofit must use those funds towards its efforts to expand the downtown food bank warehouse. Need Help Navigating Your Nonprofit’s Finances? Get the free guide!

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Finance Food Nonprofit Accountability 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Last month, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading community development financial institution (CDFI) trade association, held its first in-person national conference in three years in New York City. Image Credit: M.Emin B?L?R R on pexels. It’s our job somehow to graft a conscience on the capitalist.”. McHale asked.

Finance 87

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 87

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

The ins and outs of nonprofit accounting may seem overwhelming at first, but effectively recording and reporting your organization’s finances is essential to fund your mission. This statement shows how cash moves in and out of your organization through operating, investing, and financing activities. Expense reimbursement.

Nonprofit Accountability 52

Nonprofit Accountability Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The program includes classroom training in business development, finance, governance, democratic decision-making, and participatory management. We then pick up the food scraps, and compost it right here in the city.” “As As farmers and homesteaders, we’re growing for ourselves… If that makes us pirates, then so be it.”

Non-Profits 126

Non-Profits Food Environmental Associations 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Traditionally, most experts in finance and economics thought this was an impossibility. Since their onset in 2019, a related instrument, sustainability linked bonds have surged as a source of financing. But if you are not willing to concede any returns from your “impact” investments, your options are limited.

Environmental 133

Environmental Finance Energy Management 133

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sharing resources allows them to grow healthier food, to purchase land, and sometimes to buy tractors and equipment for farming. Cooperatives are companies owned by the people they use their services. [ii] Since their arrival in America, Black people have always pooled resources. [ii]

Insurance 117

Insurance Universities Finance Foundations 117

NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The EmpowHERment Community Center is a nonprofit that works to empower all women by fostering the skills and resources needed to obtain self-sufficiency in finances, mental/emotional wellness and relationships. Empowering Tees & Tumblers.

Children 130

Children Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 130

The Charity CFO

APRIL 18, 2024

The cost of cat and dog food is going up, so your expenses are higher to feed the animals in your care. If you don’t keep donors happy and engaged, you could see a drop in your finances. At the same time, your regular donors are cutting back on charitable giving because their personal expenses are increasing as well.

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Nonprofit Accountability Finance Nonprofits 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We asked ourselves, “What else can we do if indeed we fundamentally believe that positive health outcomes—positive life outcomes—result from good jobs, good education, safe housing, healthy, affordable foods, and safe, prosperous communities? Others focus on behavioral health, disease prevention, and education. Preliminary Signs of Success.

Health 111

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 111

The Charity CFO

MAY 10, 2022

And, of course, don’t trust your finances to a blog (even a well-informed one). Take the case of a food pantry, for instance. The majority of a food pantry’s product comes from in kind donations of food. We’ve paraphrased the actual text of the standards for this article. Why is FASB making this change?

Non-Profits 98

Non-Profits Food Activism Finance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We’re not talking about our financing system. A payor may decide to pay for patient transportation to the clinic or provide a food benefit for its hourly employees—but what about investing in the local built environment or providing more robust wages? There were major fractures that we saw. And we’ve got to get there.

Health 79

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

Another problem was that the processes established for global majority countries to access vaccines became irrelevant and burdensome amidst the dynamism of COVID-19, with an evolving virus, limited financing, and unstable vaccine supplies. Global guidance and support should be designed with country implementers in mind.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 105

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. A How-to Guide for Scaling Deep.

Entrepreneurship 110

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 110

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

You can’t use those red marbles to buy food or supplies because they have been earmarked for spay/neuter. To make matters more complicated, some people donated green marbles to pay for dog and cat food. Your Accounting system should be your # 1 tool in managing your nonprofit’s finances and keeping it financially healthy.

Nonprofit Accountability 98

Nonprofit Accountability Nonprofit governance and management Finance Management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. The local organization could identify someone working at the intersection of food and legal advocacy.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. For example, if your nonprofit is a food pantry and you want to add shelving, don’t guess how much those shelves will cost.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance Activism Insurance 98