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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Mercyships.org Disclosure: The author is a journalist and has been serving as a volunteer writer in the Communications Department on board the Global Mercy since January 2024. Floating Doctors similarly offers mobile healthcare, education, and community development to underserved communities worldwide.

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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

That money must be complemented by foundations or donors (or possibly government programs) that offer matching grants and technical assistance to the investment fund and/or the supported businesses. Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible.

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Busting the Overhead Myth

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

It’s essential to communicate the value of these investments to stakeholders to shift the narrative and recognize that strategic overhead spending is crucial for achieving long-term mission impact. What is the Overhead Myth? What can I do?

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How Climate Migration and Adaptation Is Reshaping Lives

NonProfit Quarterly

In the US, the federal government is already compensating Indigenous tribes to relocate. The local government claims that clay extraction pits dug by the kumars have stripped the riverbanks of its sturdy top layer of soil, leaving them more susceptible to the erosion caused by climate change.

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Experiments in Community Ownership Taking Charge of Commercial Real Estate

NonProfit Quarterly

The journey since then has been an adventure, offering important lessons for us that I believe are valuable for the community development field. Our project was catalyzed by Genesis LA, a Community Development Financial Institution that was willing to bet on our idea. Traditional views of “risk.” Navigating bureaucracy.

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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

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.

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Three Federal Bills That Impact Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Advocacy is a powerful tool in a nonprofit’s toolkit that can be used to mobilize the community, develop effective solutions, and educate those who have the authority to draft and enact legislation. That measure seeks to foster much need for collaboration by and with governments. This legislation matters.