NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms. These scenarios arent hypothetical. Finance for Justice Engaging finance for justice may seem daunting.

Finance 119

Finance Agriculture Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 119

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Limited housing stock impacts families by raising their housing costs to unaffordable levels, forcing people to move or face homelessness. The bill allows these developments to bypass cumbersome rezoning and (provided certain conditions are met) waives applicable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) laws.

Community Development 130

Community Development Finance Production Governance 130

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

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

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. I4HC is community development that is grounded in an explicit development focus on healthy context.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Civil rights, queer rights, Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and organized labor movements have all long demanded secure, permanently affordable, and decommodified housing. Seattle organizers won big at the ballot to create a municipal social housing developer for new mixed-income developments.

Public and Social Policy 143

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

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. These all are interconnected and dynamic. Policy changes without accompanying operational support and infrastructure are like trees without roots.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 131