Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Grants are made for scholarly exhibitions at museums, curatorial research, visual arts programming at artist-centered organizations, artist residencies and commissions, arts writing, and efforts to promote the health, welfare, and first amendment rights of artists. Oregon Community Foundation. Areas served: US. The Kresge Foundation.

Culture 111

Culture Foundations Education Education 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The report, Connect to Build: Frontline Organization and Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities , profiled community groups in many parts of the country, including Memphis, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. This grant came out of a program supported by federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars.

Governance 106

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 106

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

According to Fidelity Charitable , it’s “the act of purposefully making investments that help achieve certain social and environmental benefits while generating financial returns.” One foundation looking to improve health outcomes in one country is a good thing. What is impact investing?

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They develop rural and urban agriculture projects, offer leases for commercial spaces that serve local communities, support affordable rental and cooperative housing projects, conserve land for environmental preservation purposes, and maintain urban green spaces.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Community Development Governance Agriculture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Contamination often drives up treatment and therefore service costs and is a pervasive environmental justice issue. Addressing contamination that threatens our water supplies and escalates that need for poor communities to bear the burdens and the costs are of significant concern,” said Hara.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

The public will be able to ask questions that have gone unuttered and unanswered for too long, such as: Why are people of color almost always more likely to be sited near environmental hazards? Why are appraisals of homes in majority Black and brown communities almost always lower than those in majority white communities?

Public and Social Policy 112

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 112

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Corporate Social Responsibility⁠—also known as CSR⁠—is a business practice in which companies take accountability for the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their operations. Learn more about the corporate partnership here. Meanwhile, other standout giving programs include : Feed a Million+ pledge JOANN & Susan G.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Typically, a one-megawatt solar array can power at least 400 homes for a year at a cost of about $4 million—making this cost-prohibitive to most community developers. What are some practical strategies for building local capacity and breaking a colonial mindset around community energy production?

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Community Development Public Policy 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The bill allows these developments to bypass cumbersome rezoning and (provided certain conditions are met) waives applicable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) laws. It is prophetic because redeveloping church properties to advance a congregation’s mission is a novel approach that revitalizes both church and community.

Community Development 130

Community Development Finance Production Governance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a room with only members from BIPOC communities present, and after grounding ourselves in somatic practice, we felt safe to share our experiences of living within a system built to extract our labor and resources at the expense of our lives, health, and wellbeing.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 124

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. Health inequities, crime levels, and immigration are all intrinsically linked to financial inequities, as are the failings of our criminal justice system.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

This includes the immediate passage at the federal and state level of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights and extension of worker protections to incarcerated people.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 122

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 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

There is widespread apprehension about the accumulation of complex societal and environmental issues. Philanthropic and development organizations too often find themselves falling behind in a relentless and exhausting race to catch up. The hope that our children would enjoy a better life than ours seems shattered.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

We walked with the community and built the Gem City market with a full service grocery store, with a teaching kitchen, community room and a health clinic. And through that process, we started developing, I guess, the back end, which is Co-op Dayton, which is basically we’re building a cooperative economy, right?

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 105