NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

At a recent professional dinner, I struck up a fascinating conversation with a woman who has spent her legal career working in civil rights, housing, and community development. I once heard a CDFI leader remark that when the borrowers we need in the community don’t exist, we as CDFIs need to go out there and create them.

Finance 111

Finance Community Development Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta. Again, the pandemic provides an illustrative example.

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

Food 122

Food Finance Community Development Culture 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

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. But the hype persists.

Marketing 122

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 122

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 25, 2023

A salient example is of organizations that are focused on community development but invest in mass incarceration. To date, discussion on mission-aligned investing has largely focused on wealthy foundations and endowed institutions, but over half of all charitable organizations have total assets of less than $1 million.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. The lack of access to financing [meant that the grant] nearly destroyed the organization. Yet even after having been awarded an $11.2 million contract, CRH was initially blocked from obtaining access to needed capital.

Non-Profits 124

Non-Profits Finance Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Founded in 2008 with backing from the Ford Foundation, NeighborWorks America, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Capital Impact Partners, and Prosperity Now, ROC USA and its affiliates have assisted 22,000 residents in over 300 communities in 21 states to collectively purchase and manage their ROCs.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 116

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the 1930s and ’40s, banks and federal government officials redlined Summit Lake—a neighborhood named for its beautiful glacial lake—making it virtually impossible for anyone to qualify for a mortgage in the neighborhood or for any property owner, commercial or otherwise, to qualify for financing to make improvements.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 13, 2023

But a conference , hosted by Neighborhood Economics this past April, which brought over two hundred people to Jackson, MS—ranging from impact investors to foundation, nonprofit, and church leaders—purposefully sought to break the mold. Rhea Williams-Bishop of the Kellogg Foundation focused on disparities in education.

Finance 105

Finance Homelessness Healthcare Foundations 105

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 20, 2017

Kallie Rollenhagen is the Communications Coordinator at Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. A Minnesota native, Kallie moved back to the land of lakes in 2015 to join the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF). SMIF is a rural economic development foundation serving a 20 country region of southern Minnesota.

Communication 107

Communication Finance Community Development Foundations 107

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta. One way is by discouraging philanthropic investment.

Poverty 116

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Corporations and institutional philanthropy began issuing passionate statements about “meeting the moment” and “showing up” in communities in ways that they hadn’t done before, making financial commitments that now total $340 billion. Heron Foundation offers an example of 100 percent impact endowment alignment.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

That vision is reflected in what is known today as the Detroit Food Commons , a two-story, 34,000-square foot building that holds a 15,000-square-foot food co-op, offices for DBCFSN, a banquet hall for community events, and four commercial kitchens that local food business owners can rent. We did a lot of community engagement sessions.”

Food 134

Food Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 134

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. All are coached through the licensing process and learn how to secure financing.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

To that end, the Nonprofit Finance Fund conducted its ninth national State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey in the first quarter of 2022 to ask nonprofits about how they were faring and their resource needs during this once-in-a-generation moment. If we want nonprofits to support us in the next crisis, they must have sufficient resources.

Governance 111

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

How Current Capital Systems Reinforce Inequality Foundations, philanthropists, and impact investors can do better by bridging gaps in crucial areas with flexible and patient…capital. Foundations, philanthropists, and impact investors can do better by bridging gaps in crucial areas with flexible and patient (long-term and low-cost) capital.

Finance 80

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 80

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending. A Hierarchy of Nonprofit Facilities’ Needs After 30 years in community development, I have come to think of nonprofit facilities as existing on a continuum of need.

Values 122

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 15, 2023

One of the most important seemed to be advocating for state housing finance agencies to include the Green Communities Criteria, a set of green building standards released by Enterprise Community Partners’ Green Communities Initiative in 2005, as the standard for all affordable housing financed through its federal funding.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

Although too early to probe, the carbon market could also prove to be a viable economic opportunity for conservation nonprofits and coastal communities like Alligator Head. The foundation employs fishermen as sanctuary wardens, which serves as a nursery for not just fish but also the island’s most unique forest—mangroves.

Education 111

Education Education Foundations Environmental 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Image Credit: Bruno Guerrero on unsplash.com This is the third article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Among the coalition participants is the organization I work for, the Latino Economic Development Corporation.

Construction 98

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Image credit: Corey Agopian on unsplash.com This article concludes NPQ’s series Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. It also laid out the building blocks to achieving three key goals: Establish the infrastructure and processes to drive inclusive equitable community development. A falta de pan, casabe.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development Nonprofit governance and management Cultural Diversity 98

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 106

Governance Community Development Environmental Collaborations 106

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The journey since then has been an adventure, offering important lessons for us that I believe are valuable for the community development field. Even the dynamic of a trio of organizations working together required foundations to stretch beyond what they’re used to. But the process should have been easier.

Culture 128

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 128

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A young nonprofit, LACE is also learning to navigate private philanthropy, public funding, and public/private financing, as well as governance and operational matters. A one-acre parcel in Smoketown that LCG now owns, the long-vacant site, former home of the Louisville Slugger factory , is a gift from the Community Foundation of Louisville.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Regardless of their original vision, ACCEL founders—like many who seek venture capital financing—changed their ideas (or pivoted) so that their ventures could reach a national, if not global, market in three to five years, following a typical venture capital timeframe.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

They connected into networks with leadership that can organize multiple groups around common purposes, such as local economic development. Mayors, citizens, funders, and practitioners end up doing their mutualist work in silos, without access to shared resources, knowledge, and coordinated financing. million children.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the Anchorage Community Land Trust , which began in 2003 and is the oldest example reviewed in the report, acquired land in a BIPOC neighborhood that had a 25.1 Seeded with an initial $5 million grant from a local foundation, the land trust acquired nine parcels between 2005 and 2011. percent poverty rate (as of 2001).

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sara Razavi: Within the CDFI [ community development financial institution ] space, we are a nonprofit loan fund. Like many immigrant communities, the idea that we would make all these sacrifices and then do the arts—it was just assumed that you would never do that. We have a relatively small asset size, just under $20 million.

Nonprofit Management 124

Nonprofit Management Management Sociology Collaborations 124

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A cohort of 20 lending institutions from across the country and varying widely in size and scope came together for the pilot launch in February 2023, hosted by Beneficial State Foundation. Sometimes the guarantee might be provided by a third party, such as a foundation.

Insurance 126

Insurance Production Foundations Community Development 126

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.

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Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A Model Rooted in Partnerships To pursue this vision, UPILF has developed many partnerships like the one that we now have with the African American Christian Clergy Coalition (AACCC) in Arizona, where Pastor Aubrey Barnwell of First New Life Church (FNL) in Phoenix, partnered with UPILF to address financial needs among his church members.

Education 107

Education Education Community Development Homelessness 107

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In stark contrast to the venture capital approach, collective action has been foundation for the success of Black people and Black-owned businesses. In stark contrast to the venture capital approach, collective action has been foundational for the success of Black people and Black-owned businesses.

Insurance 135

Insurance Universities Finance Foundations 135

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For example, to secure loans to finance employee-ownership conversions, personal loan guarantees are often required. Impact investment and non-bank financing from community development financial institutions also remain limited. The work ahead is clear.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 122

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Cliff Rosenthal was the executive director of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now called Inclusiv ) from 1983 until 2012. The federation is a national association of credit unions largely run and owned by people of color serving low-income and primarily BIPOC communities. I did not win.

Finance 110

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Community Development Governance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

Thompson, Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation There is an accessible alternative to a lifetime of high rent payments to landlords: limited-equity housing cooperatives (LEHCs). The San Francisco Community Land Trust , Asian Law Caucus , and Chinatown Community Development Center teamed up to buy the building and transform it into a cooperative.

Construction 66

Construction Law Governance Finance 66