NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Image Credit: Chiara F on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. Communities Unlimited works to help ensure that communities have clean, safe water; affordable housing stock; healthy, fresh food; and access to the capital necessary to thrive.

Poverty 118

Poverty Community Development Construction Finance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. For decades, community development financial institutions have delivered capital into communities and regions that otherwise suffer from disinvestment.

Poverty 131

Poverty Community Development Finance Philanthropy 131

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 121

Food Finance Community Development Culture 121

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 110

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 110

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A related report, In the Red: The US Failure to Deliver on a Promise of Racial Equality , indicates that white communities are receiving sustainable development education, resources, and opportunities at three times the rate of communities of color, leaving us behind.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 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. percent of the population. CDFIs across the nation offer similar financial services.

Poverty 105

Poverty Children Culture Food 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2024

And an overreliance on consensus looks like meetings built around a shared value of unity or harmony such that the brave person choosing to voice a conflicting point of view feels the pressure of being out of step with the prevailing culture in the room. Community Gates.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Children Activism Leadership 129

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Black women who volunteered for the Black Panther Party—like Vanetta Molson-Turner , a registered nurse who contributed her time and expertise to the Black Panther Party’s Community Survival Programs —pooled their resources to serve their people in response to underinvestment and discrimination. What Black Liberationists Taught Me.

Philanthropy 133

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 133

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. Despite being home to many culturally diverse neighborhoods, the city remains deeply segregated, a lasting effect from decades of redlining.

Law 98

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Fundação Roberto Marinho ● frm.ong. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo. United Kingdom.

Non-Profits 56

Non-Profits Poverty Children Education 56

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Counts wrote during the roaring twenties, a pivotal era of cultural change which came after the 1918 influenza pandemic and was quickly followed by a seismic economic shift and the rise of authoritarianism across the globe. Aside from these cultural and ideological factors, there are the practical benefits. Sound familiar?

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? At Adelante Mujeres, the staff reflects the community served. This work, however, cannot be done alone.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Here, residents from different cultures and backgrounds converge to start their day. Sister city relationships are partnerships meant to foster cultural, educational and economic exchanges. Not so long ago, Ihnatieva worked as a lawyer and realtor in Kyiv while raising two children as a single mother. We were in shock.

Nonprofit governance and management 99

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 99

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

The idea behind it was to provide child care for a diverse population of children, both economically and racially. So we impact a larger community in just by providing the services that we do and we serve between the two centers, approximately 200 families. So that’s a lot of children that come to see us every day.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 105

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

My wife, Carmen, and I believe strongly in giving back to the community and state that helped us succeed, and have been fortunate to support many outstanding Montana charities. Montana’s nonprofit sector is diverse, ranging from health care facilities to animal shelters to arts and culture centers. As Montana’s senior U.S.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The hope that our children would enjoy a better life than ours seems shattered. Philanthropic and development organizations too often find themselves falling behind in a relentless and exhausting race to catch up. Women who suffer the most from inadequate health care travel from distant communities to visit the Project Mercy clinic.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118