GiveGab

JUNE 14, 2022

From food banks to homeless shelters, nonprofit service organizations are the driving forces behind building better communities. They do the admirable and time-intensive work that makes our communities a better place to live, and technology plays an undeniable role in that. About the Author.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Her situation led me to ask myself: How could the educational nonprofit that I lead effectively intervene in cases like hers? C ompassionate lending combines a CDFI with an on-the-ground community or faith-based partner. My younger sister had taken on several payday loans with staggering interest rates in excess of 300 percent.

Education 107

Education Education Community Development Homelessness 107

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 12, 2025

Detroiters did not widely know these numbers before, and their repetition over the past three years has changed the conversation on community development in Detroit. The research compiled by DPP and its allies was folded into community meetings and candidate forums for the 2021 municipal elections.

Public and Social Policy 68

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. International development and relief – 6%. Education and literacy – 5%. Community development – 3%. Latin America and the Caribbean – 9%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And just some areas I wanted to share with you just so that you know the kind of funding that’s going to be out there is that 65 billion is going to be directed towards counties, and many of them are going to be in the form of community development block grants. There’s more in there.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

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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. In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained.

Public and Social Policy 132

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts. At PBEB, weve focused on educating our community about how a public bank differs from private commercial banks. In California, public banks are barred from competing with local financial institutions.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This focus on living with dignity creates a broad scope for innovations in the dimensions of health and well-being, education and skills, economic activities, and governance. The community in Ulaanbaatar provides a powerful illustration of this. These economic enablers were then expanded into other dimensions.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Robust research demonstrates that high-quality housing in a thriving community is associated with improved physical and mental health, educational and developmental outcomes for children, and financial security and economic mobility for families.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In Los Angeles, a broad coalition of housing, labor, climate, and interfaith groups went to the ballot and won the United to House LA measure , a “mansion tax” on property sales of over $5 million to fund social housing and homelessness prevention programs.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Part of this work involves connecting people with lived experiences of homelessness, precarious rentals, and manufactured housing with homeowners fearing gentrification and displacement. This model offers political education opportunities that can produce lasting homeowner voter support. These all are interconnected and dynamic.

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