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 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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

By Lisa Nutter & Tim Freudlich The simple physics equation, momentum = mass x velocity, tells us that momentum is a value we can control. Increased risk capital and operational support at the system level would yield greater responsiveness to community context and deeper economic impact.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

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

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

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. Assuming positive traits and emotions like joy, love, intimacy, and hope provide an opportunity to build constructive thoughts and ideas about the future.

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

We believe that funders must lend artists an ear and commit to act on more of what they hear from artists and arts workers who have people-first values at their moral core. The community is incubating cooperative enterprises based on leveraging the untapped skills of residents, rooted in members’ art and creativity.

Philanthropy 111

Philanthropy Culture Agriculture Community Development 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. All too often, development seems to be designed solely for a new crop of incoming residents. Meanwhile, the longtime residents who were the “early investors” are cut out.

Culture 98

Culture Construction Community Development Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Con Edison then ascribes the value of that energy, which is what gets discounted. That ascribed value will be at least 15 percent less than a standard Con Edison electricity bill. We continued to fight against the site and citing environmental burdens while also looking forward to how we bring renewable energy to the community.”

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 132

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

Ultimately, some parcels were purchased from Jemison’s department, some came from the Land Bank Authority, and two properties had to be acquired from private speculators, who were able to extract prices far above market value. Construction, by contrast, took only two years. Raising money was another challenge.

Food 134

Food Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 134

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Eviction is a common occurrence in San Francisco due to rising rents and frequent real estate ownership changes.

Culture 98

Culture Cultural Diversity Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 98

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

Unfortunately, far too often, elitesour local oligarchs, if you willuse 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.

Public and Social Policy 67

Public and Social Policy Finance Community Development Construction 67

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

A limited-equity co-op is one in which the resale value of shares is limited. Not all housing co-ops impose restrictions on resale value. Some only restrict resale value until the first mortgage is paid off, which normally takes 30 to 40 years. In fact, most co-op housing units are sold at the market rate.

Construction 66

Construction Law Governance Finance 66

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

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

MARCH 13, 2024

Nowhere is this more evident than in the construction and decimation of the social safety net. Federal funding has been frozen at 1996 levels , meaning that by 2022 the value of the federal grant had declined in inflation-adjusted terms by 40 percent. These racist stories then shape our policies for years and years.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

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.

Finance 120

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 120

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

It’s governed by a board of directors that is all community, all from communities, and the land is then leased for various purposes — housing, rental or owned homes, commercial uses, farms, gardens, any amenity that a person might want to see in their community. These things are important to us, they have value for us.

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

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 concept of community development has been around for decades, supported by extensive literature and numerous case studies.

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. It can create secure, well-paying construction and repair jobs and ensure that housing is green, energy-efficient, and more resilient to climate disasters.

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

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