NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We are under pressure to meet agreed-upon timelines for site preparation, store design, permitting, and construction. Construction is anticipated to start in the third quarter of 2023. In 2024, the Louisville Community Grocery should open its doors in Smoketown , a downtown neighborhood and the first of the city’s Black settlements.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Corporations and institutional philanthropy began issuing passionate statements about “meeting the moment” and “showing up” in communities in ways that they hadn’t done before, making financial commitments that now total $340 billion. Heron Foundation offers an example of 100 percent impact endowment alignment.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

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. We have a population of less than 400.We

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. is oriented towards the future: building and maintaining health around a vision of “Zero Disease” as the foundation for a fulfilling life. Perhaps we should consider increasing our efforts.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

It was a smaller autonomous school called the School of Social Justice and Community Development. Ultimately, this self-questioning convinced Akuno that changing ownership of the economy was critical to liberation; that there had to be a pivot in strategy toward cooperatives and toward the construction of a solidarity economy.

Education 141

Education Education Governance Food 141

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

As a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit that leverages community-based abandonment inventories, community–municipal partnerships, a rehabilitation and construction team, and in-house legal expertise to convert abandoned buildings and lots into opportunities for community-led development, the lack of access to financing nearly destroyed the organization.

Non-Profits 124

Non-Profits Finance Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Of the $22 million needed to build the facility , about $6 million was raised from foundations, about $1 million from individuals, and the remaining $15 million from the New Markets Tax Credit community finance program and borrowed funds. Construction, by contrast, took only two years. Raising money was another challenge.

Food 134

Food Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

Thompson, Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation There is an accessible alternative to a lifetime of high rent payments to landlords: limited-equity housing cooperatives (LEHCs). The San Francisco Community Land Trust , Asian Law Caucus , and Chinatown Community Development Center teamed up to buy the building and transform it into a cooperative.

Construction 66

Construction Law Governance Finance 66

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

You said: “I don’t need to know historic preservation; I need to know how to hire architects and construction teams. I know how to impart vision, build a team, and build community. SD: At NPQ , we have long been interested in governance—how community groups make democratic decisions—and management, how you implement them.

Governance 135

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 135

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 10, 2024

Image credit: Drew Katz Black Bostonian communities citywide have more than just something to say for themselves: their economies are building institutions that prioritize asset-based community development and are creating the foundations for a local solidarity economy.

Food 131

Food Community Development Medical Nonprofit governance and management 131

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Ashdam Solar , a renewable-energy company, is giving Ajemitale-Odonla and six neighboring communities energy independence with the installation of a 56-kilowatt solar mini-grid system. Earlier this year, the USDA announced that it would put $2.7 However, even though such resources are available, rural Americans are often still left behind.

Energy 111

Energy Children Construction Insurance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

11 Under the cover of “educational purposes,” research that has the potential to generate millions in patent revenues—let alone the revenues from construction or health services—benefits from the reduced overhead of sitting on property-tax-exempt campus land. The development buzzards currently circling include Wexford.)

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Public bankscreated by governments and chartered to serve the public interestoffer a powerful model to advance racial equity, public accountability, and community self-determination. A public bank is not just a reformits a necessary foundation for meaningful and lasting change that invests directly in community wellbeing.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The 21st-century ger initiative applied a transdisciplinary approach to understanding the context, bringing together community members, experts, and various organizations from the private and public sectors. The Right Livelihood Foundation recognized Sekem as a blueprint for a healthy corporation in the 21 st century.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Listen to the Cities@Tufts Podcast (or on the app of your choice): “The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Community Ownership” Transcript [The timestamps in the transcript correspond with the audio version of this lecture.] That’s when we’re doing new construction. 00:38:23] So it just depends on the conditions.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

What becomes critical here is to capture these rental units for public use by implementing tenant and community right of first refusal options and prioritizing access for nonprofits (such as community development corporations ). Construction of new rental social housing will be more challenging.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 131

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Montana’s nonprofit sector strengthens the foundation of our communities, making them stronger, healthier, and more vibrant. Try to make grants available for nonprofit Research and Development into Compressed Agricultural Fiber and Cross-Laminated timber for carbon-sequestering construction materials.

Public and Social Policy 98

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