NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is a question animating much of our work in East Texas, where a local family foundation ( T.L.L. Temple ) and a community development financial institution ( Communities Unlimited ) are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity.

Entrepreneurship 126

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. Alternative sources of funding, such as patient capital and slow money , have different scale implications.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. the community development financial institution where I work, lends to families and businesses throughout the state of Maine. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? Developing Community Leadership Entrepreneurs play a critical role as community builders.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Enter community development financial institutions (CDFIs). This lack of access spiraled into a crisis, as the pandemic shined a glaring light on the structural barriers facing rural communities, including the lack of broadband access and how it impeded rural communities’ shift to online financial transactions and lending.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Right Livelihood Foundation recognized Sekem as a blueprint for a healthy corporation in the 21 st century. Project Mercy , an Ethiopian organization that empowers rural communities by addressing fundamental needs of all community members, is another inspiring example of holistic development.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118