NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

And what they actually did was they worked with Mi Casa to form a limited equity co-op that was financed using local money, federal money, and then also enhanced Section 8 vouchers that gave them the income that they needed to operate the townhomes as a cooperative. [It It is] still in existence today.

Finance 119

Finance Associations Community Development 119

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 20, 2017

While working at a small loan fund in Chicago, she became interested in alternative community development financing approaches. Outside of work, Kallie enjoys exploring underestimated places, photographing the prairie and its people, reading, biking and, whenever possible, listening to podcasts.

Communication 107

Communication Finance Community Development Foundations 107

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the 1930s and ’40s, banks and federal government officials redlined Summit Lake—a neighborhood named for its beautiful glacial lake—making it virtually impossible for anyone to qualify for a mortgage in the neighborhood or for any property owner, commercial or otherwise, to qualify for financing to make improvements.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. Investment committee members may come from traditional finance backgrounds and may not understand how or why to integrate impact into portfolio management.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 126

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The solar developer builds clean-energy projects that help communities acquire long-term wealth and energy assets through impact investing, technical support, and project financing. This model will allow UPROSE to earn revenue that can be directed to a community fund to help vulnerable individuals and families in Sunset Park.

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Image Credit: Bruno Guerrero on unsplash.com This is the third article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Protecting Community Businesses When external changes impact a commercial corridor, nearby longstanding small businesses are often disrupted, displaced, and closed.

Construction 98

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Our group recognized that the first and most important task was to document what was happening and to develop a plan the community could get behind. Then the pandemic hit.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development Nonprofit governance and management Cultural Diversity 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

With roots in the civil rights movement , nonprofit CLTs promote local control and ownership of land while creating pathways to homeownership for Black and other households that have been excluded from the wealth creation opportunities associated with owning a home in this country. CLTs serve many purposes.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Community Development Governance Agriculture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Neighborhood groups can advocate for essential safeguards such as the right to counsel, an important protection for tenants facing eviction, or community benefits agreements to ensure affordable rents.

Culture 98

Culture Construction Community Development Education 98

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Maintaining higher cash reserves can mitigate the risk associated with high revenue concentrations. Program Success Rate Example A nonprofit sets ten objectives for its latest community development project and successfully achieves eight. You can use this data to help guide improvements to future projects. Get the free guide!

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Retention Nonprofits Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion, a National Governors Association memo cites. Understanding who is having their water shut off and how this impacts a utility’s finances is necessary to create equitable, informed policy. “In Water utilities suffered revenue losses totaling $13.9 billion and wastewater utilities losses totaling $12.5

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. To operationalize this vision, Adelante provides technical assistance and limited financing both to startups as well as existing businesses, with a principal focus on supporting Latina entrepreneurs.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The composition of leadership shifted soon after the grocery’s formal incorporation in mid-2019, with the first LCG and LACE (Louisville Association for Community Economics, the nonprofit developer of the grocery store) board elections seeing candidates of color chosen for a majority of seats. Notes See also L. Halliday and M.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

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

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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

C ompassionate lending combines a CDFI with an on-the-ground community or faith-based partner. When I explored equipping my educational nonprofit with a lending capability, I encountered the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA).Rooted Pastor Barnwell says the partnership has as its greatest strengthsflexibility and efficiency.

Education 107

Education Education Community Development Homelessness 107

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Used to build many of the institutions in Black communities across the country, Black collective action and cooperation have been the driving force behind the building of our churches, Boy Scout troops, alumni associations, and even textbooks, school supplies, and teacher salaries.

Insurance 135

Insurance Universities Finance Foundations 135

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. I led the organization, which is now called Inclusiv , from 1983 until 2012, when I joined the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to set up their Office of Financial Empowerment.

Finance 126

Finance Insurance Community Development Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Cliff Rosenthal was the executive director of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now called Inclusiv ) from 1983 until 2012. The federation is a national association of credit unions largely run and owned by people of color serving low-income and primarily BIPOC communities.

Finance 110

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Community Development Governance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Some of our allies were: Deborah Taylor, a member of Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP) and a leader with the Lake Park East Tenants Association Karen Lewis, then president of the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators (CORE ), soon to become the president of the Chicago Teachers Union Willie J.R. Whew,” is all that I can say.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Construction Law Community Development 121

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

Housing co-ops have a board of directors composed of member-residents which is responsible for overseeing the management of the property and planning for future renovations, much like a homeowner association. A limited-equity co-op is one in which the resale value of shares is limited.

Construction 66

Construction Law Governance Finance 66

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. Leveraging the power of numbers and mobilizing collective action are long-standing applications of the nonprofit form to exert influence, especially through associations and membership organizations.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The diffusion of new and innovative models of community-owned commercial real estate is enhancing resident power and self-determination. Yet too often they have been thwarted by racial capitalism and its enabling institutions—such as legal frameworks, regulatory environments, finance protocols, norms, and beliefs.

Finance 120

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 120

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2020, however, while education remained in first place, there was a major increase in DAF grants being directed to “public sector benefit” organizations, a category that includes civil rights, voting rights, and community development finance. One key takeaway message: the rise of the über-wealthy in US philanthropy continues.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 98

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. Fortunately, we have key allies like the New York Credit Union Association , which represents over 300 credit unions statewide and has backed the campaign.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

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. “It’s our job somehow to graft a conscience on the capitalist.”. Is “more” enough? .

Finance 111

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. By contrast, according to the US SIF (Sustainable Investment Forum), the CDFI industry (including community development banks and credit unions) had $457.9

Community Development 116

Community Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Robust research demonstrates that high-quality housing in a thriving community is associated with improved physical and mental health, educational and developmental outcomes for children, and financial security and economic mobility for families.

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 112

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Resident associations, tenant unions, and surrounding communities play key roles in managing it and, in some cases, developing it. Each campaign reflects its community’s needs, but all share a demand for a housing system that gives residents real stability and control over their future.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 143

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In cases where bills do benefit the latter groups, those provisions are directly tied to the presence of unions, cooperatives, and other labor associations that have “connected” relationships and some sort of presence on the Hill. They taught me about managing my finances and helped me find daycare.

Public Policy 96

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I volunteered for several years with the Revolutionary War Veteran’s Association, a 501(c)3 dedicated to teaching rifle marksmanship and history and to promoting civic engagement. What are three specific ways in which, if elected, you would partner with and strengthen the nonprofit sector?

Public and Social Policy 98

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