Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Most practitioners working in community development have accepted this as the reality of impact investing: The harder you drive for social impact in disadvantaged communities, the farther away you get from unbuffered full market return.

Marketing 122

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 122

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But some needed elements are clear: these include expertise; values-aligned capacity-building partners; relationships that are built on trust, accountability, and transparency; and flexible funding. The same elements [needed for] BIPOC communities to benefit from public funding are also the most promising approaches to address…climate change.

Governance 106

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 106

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Despite payment moratoriums, “the number of customers who continued to pay regularly suggests how strongly they value water services,” the Water Alliance report details. More importantly, it sparked conversations and collaboration. These solutions are: Price water to reflect its true value and the cost of service.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

We collaborated on this work with practitioners across the global participatory grantmaking community. Set up in March 2020, the Participatory Grantmaking Community developed as a place to share resources, challenges, and cheerlead the practice.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Community Development Foundations Collaborations 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

For instance, Art.coop and Grantmakers in the Arts are collaborating to educate funders about power-shifting and solidarity principles, creating shared language and frameworks that funders can draw on as they develop and implement funding strategies. Artists are essential to any vision that calls the future into question.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, because successful collaborations with local actors benefited all collaborators, one success bred another, creating a chain reaction of more local bricolage that extended the ventures’ duration. As a result, the ventures’ growth was not fast, but steady and durable.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sara Razavi: Within the CDFI [ community development financial institution ] space, we are a nonprofit loan fund. But I find I draw on it quite a bit because theater is such a collaborative art, and I am talking more about the collaborative nature of theater. So, that’s where the collaboration comes in.

Nonprofit Management 124

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 124

The Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to Nonprofit Source, 90% of company executives indicated that partnering with a reputable nonprofit organization enhanced their brand and 89% believe partnering leverages their ability to improve the community. Developing partnerships presents a win-win-win scenario for your nonprofit, the community, and your corporate partner.

Volunteerism 86

Volunteerism Volunteerism Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management 86

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Back in 2012, longtime CLT advocate John Emmeus Davis wrote in Shelterforce that collaboration between the land banks and CLTs is, to use the hackneyed phrase, an obvious “win-win.” While these objectives differ, there is a clear overlap of priorities and opportunities to advance shared equitable community development goals.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Community Development Governance Agriculture 116

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. It also laid out the building blocks to achieving three key goals: Establish the infrastructure and processes to drive inclusive equitable community development. A falta de pan, casabe.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

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

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. Given the demographics, it is likely that displacement effects associated with the Purple Line will be felt most intensely by the immigrant, Latinx, and Black communities.

Construction 98

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

This type of community-owned solar will be the first of its kind in Brooklyn.” The project has been evolving as we learn and collaborate with our partners. Over the next few months, UPROSE will engage in community outreach to enroll subscribers. Con Edison then ascribes the value of that energy, which is what gets discounted.

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In 2018, we developed the Advancing Health Equity Through Housing (HEH) funding opportunity and supported 31 organizations working at the intersection of housing and health equity in cities across the United States. Flexible, Collaborative Learning. Creating a Learning Community.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Amartya Sen suggested we should measure social context based on its ability to give individuals and communities the freedom and capability to pursue the things they value in life. Like Nussbaum’s framework for healthy context, researchers have developed comprehensive approaches applicable to individuals.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

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. Engaging a handpicked subset of nonprofit leaders and community providers.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Children Activism Leadership 129

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. The collaboration between the tenant unions created the pressure needed to bring about change. In Long Beach, CA, Latinx renters face increasing threats of gentrification and displacement.

Law 98

Law Cultural Diversity Community Development Children 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

But in 2016, a group of marine scientists and conservation managers collaborated with the community of Alligator Head to establish the East Portland Fishing Sanctuary , with the goal of restoring the island’s coast. Many have left the profession altogether.

Education 111

Education Education Foundations Environmental 111

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The concept paper elaborates that the trust mechanism itself is “designed to provide an on-ramp to personal savings by facilitating investment in a community asset, creating a safety net for those in asset poverty and, at the same time, spreading the value of appreciating property in a gentrifying neighborhood across the larger community” (11).

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With an emphasis on community building, it has provided hundreds of families with affordable produce. This organizing wave taught Louisville food activists the value of persistent, deep organization and informed co-op organizing as people began to gather at kitchen tables, public libraries, and churches in 2015. Notes See also L.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

Pam Moore

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Why it's critical that you take time to “ideate” to explore the options that will drive the most value for you and your target audience. How to integrate influencer marketing into your digital marketing strategies and social media marketing plans. How to tap into the power of paid, earned and owned media.

Marketing 78

Marketing Marketing Foundations Technology 78

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

MARCH 12, 2025

Too often, elitesuse fancy tools of municipal finance like tax increment financing to expense development costs onto taxpayers, even as they profit. Instead, the money goes to pay back the bondholders and generate profit often considerable profit for real estate developers. billion stadium in the citys historic Chinatown.

Public and Social Policy 67

Public and Social Policy Finance Community Development Construction 67

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 5, 2024

By Gena Rotstein Trust-based philanthropy seeks to address historical and ongoing power imbalances by repositioning funders and grantees as collaborative partners, operating on equal footing. Foundations such as the Hill-Snowdon Foundation and the T. Having Peyasu as a trustee was an important first step.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Culture Foundations Leadership 126

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While the National Center for Employee Ownership defines employee ownership as “any arrangement in which a company’s employees own shares in their company or the right to the value of shares in their company,” in a worker cooperative, ownership means not just sharing profits, but having a direct voice and vote in the workplace.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 122

Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Giving circles uplift members’ voices for the community Giving circles have traditionally focused on bringing people together to pool resources to address community needs. Their strength lies in uniting diverse groups around shared values, which fosters deeper dialogue and collective action.

Philanthropy 59

Philanthropy Education Education Community Development 59

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Building a just transition from our present unsustainable, extractive economy to one that is regenerative (and therefore sustainable) is deeply relational and must be anchored in values of solidarity. The Seattle Foundation has been a leader in a national movement to build Black funds.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 124

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. Nonprofits would be trusted to hire the right consultants and form partnerships that are collaborative and generative toward their racial and economic justice goals.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

A young adult explained how Yale’s expansion into the neighborhood was a direct agent of violence, both raising property values and pushing youth into dangerous enemy gang territory. The greater value of campus land is in its nonprofit tax- exempt status, which serves as a financial shelter for profitable research and private investors.

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

But while the DRA is a valued partner for community groups, food justice activism in the delta, particularly among Black farmers and community organizations, precedes the authority’s creation. In 2000, Congress created the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to address these issues.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

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. These themes of relationship building, seeking coalition partners, linking to Black community values, and creating structures of support show up throughout the series. In Washington, DC, M.

Finance 120

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 120

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

It requires seeding education in diverse educational spaces and developing pedagogical practices capable of building coherent cultures of democracy that align with movement values of cooperation and democracy. Their reflections reinforced the value of what I call coherence, or integrated, learning.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

And it got some strong pushback on social media, some of the comments, saying that I was being way too dismissive of local leadership, of grassroots efforts, fundamentally don’t understand CDCs and their value. It’s a collaborative facilitation and consulting firm. And that hurts. It brings up a lot of questions that are practical.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

After all, if one has been unfairly terminated from a job, being reinstated due to a successful civil rights claim, while certainly still of value, is less valuable if the person, after being reinstated in the job, is likely to have to find another job within a few years. 46 Education in community economics is also key.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 96

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

We believe that the world that our planet and everyday people need is often within reach, waiting for us to take hold, take root, take action and to re-shape our everyday lives through radical collaboration, collective activism and a world of care. So, opening up the grocery store with an example of community power, right.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sen, for example, argues that identifying and prioritizing focus areas often depends on enabling public debate and making the value judgments of communities explicit. It can be implemented by actors from philanthropic, development, and private sectors, individually or by learning to collaborate across sectors.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This, in turn, politically polarized many middle-class property owners, dependent on their home values for stability, to oppose any policy perceived as a threat to property appreciation. Social housing is not just about providing shelter, but creating high-quality, permanently affordable housing across a range of incomes.

Public and Social Policy 143

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

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

What do you see as the value of nonprofits in Montana? As parents to four beautiful kids ranging from 4 to 10 years old, there’s nothing more important for Carmen and me than passing along the values of service and charity to them, including by supporting Montana’s nonprofits. What do you see as the value of nonprofits in Montana?

Public and Social Policy 98

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