Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

However, we can actively try to build cross-community bridges in an attempt to understand our own locality from other points of view. Provide diversity and inclusion training for all staff and board members, to increase awareness and understanding of the issues faced by underserved communities.

Leadership 122

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 122

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Image Credit: Vyacheslav Dumchev on istock This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. But the community is not taking these threats lying down. In Long Beach, CA, Latinx renters face increasing threats of gentrification and displacement.

Law 98

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Image credit: coffeekai on istock.com Community is one of humanity’s great achievements. Yet community development corporations , a $28 billion sector of over 6,200 nonprofits that support local community economic development, are largely invisible in the national conversation. That was part of the problem.

Community Development 135

Community Development Public and Social Policy Governance Production 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

CNN recently reported that “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. The second example illustrates an important intermediary step towards eliminating homelessness from a Zero-Problem Philanthropy vision.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2025

DPP publishes a physical newspaper and is active on social media. Detroiters did not widely know these numbers before, and their repetition over the past three years has changed the conversation on community development in Detroit. Here are two images from their work explaining TIFs as a form of tax capture.

Public and Social Policy 71

Public and Social Policy Finance Community Development Construction 71

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Part of this work involves connecting people with lived experiences of homelessness, precarious rentals, and manufactured housing with homeowners fearing gentrification and displacement. These all are interconnected and dynamic. Policy changes without accompanying operational support and infrastructure are like trees without roots.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts. Ensure Initial Capitalization: When a bank is capitalized, it has sufficient capital (money) to start up and support its lending activities, cover its operational costs, and buffer against financial risks.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128