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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

This is Scott’s second grant to LISC, one of the nation’s largest community development organizations. LISC received a $40 million gift from Scott in 2020, which was used to seed programs that narrow gaps in health, wealth and opportunity, particularly for communities of color.

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Building Community through Holistic Strategy: A Story from a Seattle Immigrant Suburb

NonProfit Quarterly

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 ).

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Impact Investing Can’t Deliver by Chasing Market Returns

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Most practitioners working in community development have accepted this as the reality of impact investing: The harder you drive for social impact in disadvantaged communities, the farther away you get from unbuffered full market return.

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

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
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Detroit People’s Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

And they also had a community room for community meetings within the co-op. As a result, Yakini notes, the group decided “we needed a building that could accommodate more than a retail grocery store.” A Decade’s Journey “One of the biggest obstacles was obtaining the land.” So, I brought these ideas back to our team.”

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Google Ad Grant for Nonprofits: Ultimate Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

At the top of the page, you will probably find ads from retailers like Nike, Adidas, and so forth. These retailers purchase this ad space to appear in your search results. However, philanthropic arms of educational institutions may still be eligible. Watching the videos you’ve created to educate them on important topics?

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Google Ad Grant for Nonprofits: Ultimate Guide

Nonprofit Megaphone

At the top of the page, you will probably find ads from retailers like Nike, Adidas, and so forth. These retailers purchase this ad space to appear in your search results. However, philanthropic arms of educational institutions may still be eligible. Watching the videos you’ve created to educate them on important topics?