Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By Jerry Kenney , Ines Polonius & Gustavo Lasala How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? Enter community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

Nonprofit Administration and Development 105

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

The report notes that in their design, the funds vary greatly in terms of asset classes (small business, growth enterprises, real estate); sectors (agriculture, reproductive health, affordable housing, technology); and the size of individual investments (from a few thousand dollars each, to $1 million or more for a single real estate project) (16).

Public and Social Policy 82

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 82

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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.

Entrepreneurship 110

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 107

Food Finance Community Development Culture 107

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change.

Food 87

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. This year’s event was easily the group’s largest since before the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an odd mix, but one that NCRC has managed for the past 33 years.

Finance 106

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 106

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Foster, “A tale of two co-ops in two cities,” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development , 9.2 The work has just begun, but we are excited to take the next steps. Notes See also L. Halliday and M. 2020): 239–254, [link].

Food 105

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sekem in Egypt, an initiative with a vision of sustainable development that enables individuals and society to thrive in harmony with the natural environment, started its context development ambitions with investments in local infrastructure, roads, buildings, fertile land, and electricity.

Health 88

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 88

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In 1979, I discovered financial cooperatives—namely, credit unions—and I joined the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions in 1980. Michael McCray: I was born into community development finance. Cliff Rosenthal: I abandoned a career as a Russian historian to be a co-op organizer starting in the 1970s.

Insurance 98

Insurance Finance Community Development Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The delta is a largely rural, agricultural area with a troubled history of racial and economic disparities. Co-ops play a critical role in supporting Black farmers and communities across the state. This is particularly true for the Mississippi Delta region, comprised of 18 counties in Northwest Mississippi.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

And folks drew on the knowledge of cooperatives in the Black community going back to the 19th century. My mom was part of what we’d now call a CSA (community-supported agriculture). That was always floating around. And I also grew up with cooperative practices.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 135

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. Department of Agriculture, not to mention public opinion, supported programs and services that would preserve small farms. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

President Roosevelt excluded jobs disproportionately held by Black workers, like domestic and agricultural work, from New Deal initiatives as part of his strategy to earn the support of segregationist Democrats in Congress. None of this was an accident.

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 99

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. Rochester is aiming to replicate this model.

Finance 117

Finance Law Poverty Governance 117

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

By partnering with community development financial institutions (CDFIs)mission-driven lenders focused on underserved communitiesand community banks, BND channels taxpayer dollars back to the neighborhoods theyre meant to uplift, not into shareholders pockets. percent return on investment in 2023.

Finance 131

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance Energy 131

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

These successes transformed our agricultural practices, so that rather than relying on large commercial farms, regenerative farming practices gained prominence, creating food sovereignty. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 109

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

But that was a group of African American families who came together to own, co-govern, control land resources and have an agricultural cooperative and really come together to self-determine. 01:16:50] The other seats are nonprofits, religious institutions, community development corporations, and businesses.

Public and Social Policy 85

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 85

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Many agricultural and food policy groups engage with policy in a similar, though limited, fashion. For much of the past 40 years, movements for racial and economic justice have been behind when it comes to successfully engaging in advocacy, even when considering the notable presence of established labor unions.

Public Policy 68

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 68

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Try to make grants available for nonprofit Research and Development into Compressed Agricultural Fiber and Cross-Laminated timber for carbon-sequestering construction materials. Try to make favorable long-term ground leases to nonprofits for Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives dedicated to providing expanded affordable housing.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits Nonprofits 98