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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship. We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology.

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Empowering Students Through Education: How One Nonprofit is Expanding Access for Those Affected by Poverty

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

In this episode, Rob Harter sits down with Yoon Choi, CEO of CollegeSpring, a nonprofit organization committed to providing equitable access to college readiness resources for students impacted by poverty.

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How to Help People of Color Become Homeowners: Data from Philadelphia

NonProfit Quarterly

Addressing this requires intervention both by policymakers and nonprofit organizations. These neighborhoods still have above average poverty rates and remain majority Black and/or Latinx. The most crucial asset that nonprofits can bring to the table is trust.

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Scaling a Nonprofit: Lessons from Southside Blooms’ Rapid Growth

The Charity CFO

In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Quilen Blackwell, president and co-founder of Chicago Eco House , to discuss his journey in scaling a nonprofit organization.

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2024 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

NonProfit Leadership Center

As you celebrate the holidays this season, thank you for supporting nonprofits that strengthen our communities. For the Cook: Handmade Wooden Cutting Boards UTEC is a nonprofit that helps young people overcome the challenges of poverty, gang involvement, and unemployment.

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New FTC Rules Could Aid Donors In Opting Out

The NonProfit Times

By subscribing to World Vision instead, consumers can help tackle the causes of poverty and injustice and make a lasting impact. Nonprofit organizations are indeed often exempt from federal regulations like this one … But, to be honest, the industry is often doing itself a disservice by seeking exemptions.

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Saving AmeriCorps: What’s at Stake and Why We Must Act Now

NonProfit Quarterly

The nonprofit I direct, the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development is a group of more than two dozen colleges and universities in the greater Philadelphia area that support community-based service-learning partnerships. Now much of this work is at risk. Why Does AmeriCorps Matter?