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

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

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

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The animating principle of Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program is equitable Creative Placemaking, which elevates arts, culture, and community-engaged design as central elements of community development and planning. Areas served: US. Knight Foundation. Areas served: Tennessee (*specific counties only – listed on website).

Culture 111

Culture Foundations Education Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Not only is this operation more energy efficient than municipal composting, but it also deepens relationships within the neighborhood. Photo courtesy of Daniel Tran. Since the beginning of their compost operations, R2G has donated over 4,000 pounds of compost to more than 50 elder Asian gardeners.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 124

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Temple ) and a community development financial institution ( Communities Unlimited ) are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity. When we talk about economic development in East Texas, we often like to start with a the figure below, which comes from a T.L.L.

Entrepreneurship 126

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 126

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Connie Binkowitz, director of development and external policy at CTC, described how, in 2020, the organization received a grant from the Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). This grant came out of a program supported by federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars.

Governance 103

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 103

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 13, 2023

I served as the Program Director for community development and microenterprise development at MIFA. For seven years, I served as the Senior Program Officer for a financial intermediary providing grant making, technical assistance, and training for community development corporations, and grassroots organizations.

Nonprofit governance and management 90

Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Community Development Organizational Change 90

Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations play a pivotal role in addressing societal issues, providing essential services, advocacy, and support to those in need, and fostering community development. Pass the baton to those who are truly committed to take the reins and drive the organization forward with the energy and passion it deserves.

Participation and motivation 115

Participation and motivation Governance Ethics Nonprofits 115

Getting Attention

AUGUST 3, 2012

3) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX). 6) Manager, Community Development , Arthritis Foundation (Philadelphia, PA). 7) Marketing and Sales Intern and Media and Communications Intern. California Center for Sustainable Energy (San Diego, CA). Website Manager. or Chicago, IL).

Public and Nonprofit Management 61

Public and Nonprofit Management Food Energy Associations 61

The Agitator

MARCH 25, 2013

million) enables peer learning and collaboration among more than 100 affordable housing and community development leaders. International Rivers – Berkeley, California ($750,000) opposes destructive dams in critical conservation regions and offers feasible alternatives to meet energy and water needs.

Foundations 79

Foundations Nonprofits Law Energy 79

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 143

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The pilot also showed the importance of building staff capacity, which can look like hiring from and developing leadership in impacted communities. Water affordability intersects with energy and housing justice as water shutoffs have led to children being separated from their families and people becoming unhoused.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 139

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The resources involved were modest ($240,000 total) but the ambition was large—namely, to assist Native nations to “regain control of their land and natural resources, revitalize traditional stewardship practices, and build sustainable stewardship initiatives that contribute to tribal economic and community development opportunities.”

Nonprofit governance and management 140

Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Environmental Food 140

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As expected, sales have slowed as the opening energy dissipates, but they remain above projections. For the first five weeks, notes Talley, sales averaged over $110,000. At one point, the co-op had 38 employees to cover the rush, up from 27.

Food 134

Food Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 134

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo.

Non-Profits 67

Non-Profits Poverty Children Education 67

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Significant contributions went towards advocacy, legal support, and community development.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 104

Nonprofit Administration and Development Children Nonprofits Collaborations 104

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. My home city of Chicago also has a deep history of resistance, incredible community organizing, and creative energy—most recently reflected in the election this year of movement-backed mayor Brandon Johnson.

Finance 119

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Education 119

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For example, Limpopo returned over US $6 million in unspent grants —money earmarked for community development—back to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023. This support comes despite the fact that their ANC-led governments have been largely ineffective.

Philanthropy 92

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 92

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock The view from the trenches in frontline BIPOC communities fighting for resources is hopeful, though sobering: there has been a boom in energy and interest since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022. Distributed solar comes at a high price, however.

Energy 131

Energy Environmental Community Development Public Policy 131

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. Notes Akilah Watkins-Butler, “Community Development Is Crucial in This Moment,” Shelterforce , March 27, 2020, shelterforce.org/2020/03/27/community-development-is-crucial-in-this-moment.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bush threatened energy development in the Badger Two Medicine region of Montana. I have also taught business classes and mentored business owners on a volunteer basis through Montana West Economic Development, Lake County Community Development, Flathead Valley Community College, and Confederated Salish & Kootenai tribal services.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Massive investments in climate solutions such as carbon markets, CO2 sequestration, and energy alternatives had no material effect on slowing global warming. Climate change as an undesirable side-effect of the fantastic innovation of using fossil fuels for energy is an example. The problem has gotten worse.”

Philanthropy 138

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 138

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities. The passage of the THRIVE Act prioritized renewable, environmentally sound, ethically sourced energy production, from development to deployment.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image credit: Drew Beamer on Unsplash For community development financial institutions (CDFIs), these are extraordinary times. Special attention was placed on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund , a $27 billion clean-energy loan fund created by last year’s Inflation Reduction Act. [Today] CDFI assets total $457.9

Nonprofit Administration and Development 119

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision? 4 We see, too, movement energy in the organizing at Amazon, at the over 200 Starbucks branches that have unionized, in the new vigor behind the pursuit of worker cooperatives and community land trusts. Can this movement energy coalesce into a cohesive vision?

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 94

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

It was a smaller autonomous school called the School of Social Justice and Community Development. How do you balance the need to keep the energy up at the Staten Island facility, even as time and resources are employed to help organize union locals elsewhere? As he detailed, “I was in the process of organizing a school.”

Education 141

Education Education Governance Food 141

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 18, 2023

For example, Brooklyn-based nonprofit UPROSE is helping to bring local residents sustainable clean energy and is creating equitable frameworks for wind energy development in the area. The people most impacted by the climate crisis generate some of the most innovative and transformative solutions, born out of their lived reality.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Poverty Environmental Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Projects like Los Angeles for All point toward collective governance, working with the current system in order to transform it to center the needs of the community. Over the 20-year history of the USFWC, we have invested increasing energy in training leaders from the worker co-op ecosystem to be ambassadors outside of it.

Public Policy 94

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 94

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I always like to point this out because I think mental health is extremely important, especially as the fact that you’re dealing with populations who might be they’re doing one of the most vulnerable parts of their lives, or maybe there’s a cause that is really, really necessary to focus on and requires all your mental energy.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Image Credit: Brian Koellish on iStock Nearly a third of US communities are CDFI deserts. In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

PBEB has recruited a board of directors (subject to regulatory approval) of banking experts, elected officials from participating jurisdictions, and subject matter experts on issues like clean energy and affordable housing. Instead, public banks partner with local banks to expand community-driven impacts.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

By partnering with community development financial institutions (CDFIs)mission-driven lenders focused on underserved communitiesand community banks, BND channels taxpayer dollars back to the neighborhoods theyre meant to uplift, not into shareholders pockets. percent return on investment in 2023.

Finance 142

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance Energy 142

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This feels like reparations work is throwing their energy around Black woman candidate, with a lot of nuance. It has been really beautiful to watch this local community develop a choir. And develop a group called Mothers for Cease Fire. I have been really moved to see that work. I’m based in Durham, NC, now.

Culture 120

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 120