NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Typically, a one-megawatt solar array can power at least 400 homes for a year at a cost of about $4 million—making this cost-prohibitive to most community developers. What are some practical strategies for building local capacity and breaking a colonial mindset around community energy production?

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Community Development Public Policy 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible. For instance, this financing structure that combines earned and grant income does share some features with the community development financial institution (CDFI) sector, which is now nearing a half-trillion dollars in assets.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Public bankscreated by governments and chartered to serve the public interestoffer a powerful model to advance racial equity, public accountability, and community self-determination. In New York, the public banking movement has taken root.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Image Credit: Brian Koellish on iStock Nearly a third of US communities are CDFI deserts. In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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 117

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 117

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Advocacy is a powerful tool in a nonprofit’s toolkit that can be used to mobilize the community, develop effective solutions, and educate those who have the authority to draft and enact legislation. Now imagine those programs with fewer activities, fewer staff, or fewer days of operation. This legislation matters.

Public and Social Policy 87

Public and Social Policy Recruitment Governance Nonprofits 87

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Advocacy is a powerful tool in a nonprofit’s toolkit that can be used to mobilize the community, develop effective solutions, and educate those who have the authority to draft and enact legislation. Now imagine those programs with fewer activities, fewer staff, or fewer days of operation. This legislation matters.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Recruitment Governance Nonprofits 52