The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Also, the Lilly Endowment gave almost $146 million to six colleges and universities in Indiana for community-development projects, and the U. of Massachusetts at Boston received $10 million to establish the New Balance Institute for Innovative Leadership in Sport.

Education 363

Education Education Children Community Development 363

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Also, the MassMutual Foundation committed $25 million to expand the reach of nonprofit community development financial institutions, and the Moody Foundation gave $25 million for neuroscience research.

Foundations 264

Foundations Universities Community Development Nonprofits 264

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

ThrdPlace is a social platform for local action that brings consumers together with for-profits and non-profits to change the way community development projects get done. . Dawn Wilcox is the Managing Director of Social Impact at Allison+Partners with nearly two decades of experience helping brands make our world a better place. .

Non-Profits 224

Non-Profits Marketing Marketing Community Development 224

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Raychan on Unsplash This article introduces a new NPQ series, titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). What Is Comprehensive Community Development?

Values 126

Values Community Development Race and Ethnicity Culture 126

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Image credit: TuiPhotoengineer on istock.com This is the fifth and final article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America , coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ).

Community Development 131

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 131

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 31, 2024

To name a few: Mercedes E Pringle , Executive Director, Age Concern Bermuda Margo M Holleran , Patient Advocate/Fundraiser, HealthTree Foundation Dan Sloat , Founder & President, Advanced Air Mobility Institute Josette Raper , Agency Capacity Specialist, United Food Bank Brian Cancian , Senior Manager, Audience Insights Nicole Ewing , Operations (..)

Nonprofit Leadership 183

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Foundations Nonprofits 183

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 128

Amy Eisenstein

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Can I get one or two about community development or Environmental conservation? Can you help me get a donor. Running an organization organization without one is not a walk in the park. Will really appreciate it. Best regards Jennipher

Environmental 130

Environmental Community Development 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending. A Hierarchy of Nonprofit Facilities’ Needs After 30 years in community development, I have come to think of nonprofit facilities as existing on a continuum of need.

Values 122

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation , a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Poverty 119

Poverty Community Development Construction Finance 119

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 21, 2012

Wendy Baird started Wendy Baird Consulting after spending 15+ years doing fundraising and communications work for social service and community development organizations and seeing the need for quality, affordable consultants who understand what it’s like to work in a (very!) small development shop.

Homelessness 226

Homelessness Foundations Community Development Children 226

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Increasingly, people of color are becoming leaders of national community development organizations. Michael Bochnovic and Courtney Knox, Championing Leaders of Color in Housing Equity and Community Development , Washington, DC: Center for Community Progress, April 2022. .

Leadership 105

Leadership Community Development Associations Nonprofits 105

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Set up meetings with the community development/foundation executives or mission committees to keep relationships going strong. ” – schedule your first hour of the day to work your plan – to make calls, and do house visits before the daily emails and other tasks get in the way.

Fundraising 212

Fundraising Fundraising Community Development Foundations 212

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2021

Join major giving expert and ACFRE, Amy Eisenstein, as she delves into the trending topics your organization needs to tune into this year including: Discovering major donors within your donor community. Developing donor relationships in the age of social-distancing. Learning how to ask for gifts remotely and in-person.

Community Development 133

Community Development Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 133

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. I am the Communications Coordinator for the Disaster Response Services (DRS) program of World Renew , a faith-based international community development and disaster response organization. I have been with World Renew for almost seven years now.

Communication 183

Communication Advertising Production Community Development 183

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 9, 2022

Blending her decade-long experience in communications, social media, and design with her Master’s Degree in Social Work, she works with organizations and communities to reach their goals through consensus building using a racial equity lens. She spends her free time gardening and hanging out with her neighbors in Old North.

Public and Social Policy 216

Public and Social Policy Production Education Education 216

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The result of their work is more places for people to gather and experience nature, increased social cohesion, restored civic trust, and perhaps most importantly, community development that benefits all residents. In Akron, more than 20 public, nonprofit, and community groups came together to form the Civic Commons team.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

Ann Green

APRIL 7, 2015

Create community. Develop a community. People want to support you. You just have to be, as Gail Perry says, “ cheerfully aggressive ” about asking. If you’re excited about what you’re doing, they will be too. Introduce donors to each another. Give them opportunities to work together to accomplish a goal.

Universities 187

Universities Finance Community Development Foundations 187

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Image credit: Matthew Moloney on unsplash.com This is the third article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). What does gentrification look like?

Community Development 126

Community Development Leadership Food Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 17, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , the authors highlight efforts to address multigenerational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Poverty 131

Poverty Community Development Finance Philanthropy 131

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 9, 2022

Despite all of these perks (and much to my mother’s dismay) in the summer of 2014, I made the jump from this well-resourced corporate marketing gig to working at a small community development nonprofit with an equally small budget. She spends her free time gardening and hanging out with her neighbors in Old North.

Marketing 152

Marketing Marketing Advertising Community Development 152

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

At a recent professional dinner, I struck up a fascinating conversation with a woman who has spent her legal career working in civil rights, housing, and community development. I once heard a CDFI leader remark that when the borrowers we need in the community don’t exist, we as CDFIs need to go out there and create them.

Finance 111

Finance Community Development Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta.

Poverty 116

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. However, along with academic and industry research to the contrary, this line of thinking ignores the fact that you may be undermining your mission through your investments.

Public and Social Policy 126

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2017

International development: 6.2%. Community development: 5.2%. Community development: 5.1%. International development: 4.2%. International development: 4.9%. Community development: 4.8%. Women and girls: 8.5%. Health and safety: 8%. Education: 7.4%. Arts and culture: 6.8%.

Public Policy 86

Public Policy Volunteerism Volunteerism Children 86

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. Among the coalition participants is the organization I work for, the Latino Economic Development Corporation.

Construction 98

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 98

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

Get Started About the Author: Tyler Adams, MNLM, CNP Associate Director of Development, Corporate & Community Development – University of Iowa Center for Advancement. Share these relevant topics and bring your group together for meaningful conversations that move your mission forward.

Public and Social Policy 236

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 236

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Funders must target various actors in the homeownership continuum, including some that may require new ways of working for philanthropy, such as lenders, insurance companies, state and federal housing and tax agencies, estate planning lawyers, community development financial institutions, and housing counselors.

Law 109

Law Insurance Philanthropy Community Development 109

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2024

In Washington, DC, the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development reports that 18,300 units of affordable housing of this kind became unaffordable between 2006 and 2017. This is no small matter. This loss of affordability is related to other challenges that DC renters and the city have been facing.

Values 137

Values Public and Nonprofit Management Construction Finance 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

What if the tens of thousands of churches currently projected to close in the next few years put their assets into trusts deeply aligned with community development, versus stranding those assets and real estate as they shutter?

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 117

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

While these objectives differ, there is a clear overlap of priorities and opportunities to advance shared equitable community development goals. Different yet complementary objectives : Land banks focus on addressing large inventories of vacant and abandoned properties, while CLTs focus on creating and preserving affordability.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Governance Community Development 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.

Community Development 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Image credit: Chris Briggs on unsplash.com Dr. Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. I don’t want that just to stay in community development.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 98

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Whether we are working in community development, food insecurity, or racial justice, our fundraising must be grounded in our organization’s mission as we work to center the community we seek to serve and develop measurable impact and progress. . The answer should simply be “ For the love of humankind.” .

Sociology 161

Sociology Non-Profit Management Political Science Non-Profits 161

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 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image credit: Drew Beamer on Unsplash For community development financial institutions (CDFIs), these are extraordinary times. A Call for a Coordinated Approach As Houghton noted, both for-profit and nonprofit lenders are needed to meet the economic needs of low- and moderate-income communities. It was a nonprofit.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 119

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management 119