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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In 2014, six CDFIs located in regions of rural America beset by persistent poverty formed a coalition to remedy longstanding underinvestment. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

The poverty rate is 52.4 Central to the Black community, it had amusements for adults and children alongside an auditorium where notable figures like Booker T. Through his children, his culture shaping legacy extended into politics. In the 20th century, Atlanta emerged as a hub of Black entrepreneurship and education.

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How to write a strong nonprofit mission statement

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Further research revealed that the organization does economic development work while training people in the community in entrepreneurship. Here is how I would state the mission for greater clarity: We train people in entrepreneurship and provide access to capital to open small businesses. Just state what you do!

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How Radical Trust Creates Long-Term Resilience

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Poverty is not about the absence of material possessions. Poverty is about people not knowing or owning their choices.” A majority of households had lost a child to diarrhea and one in nine households had lost three or more children to this illness of bad water and poor sanitation. How did that change happen?

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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

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The Future of Family Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In the early days of the pandemic, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation , whose mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice, recognized the devastation COVID-19 would bring to their grantee communities.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. To date, through this incubator, 19 new businesses licensed for a total of 390 children have opened. Our initial focus was on counties with poverty and unemployment rates that exceeded statewide averages.