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 129

Community Development Finance Production Governance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

However, this also means that residents contribute very little equity to reduce financing costs. As a result, financing costs can run as much as 110 percent of the purchase price. ROC USA can make this work because it can extend financing via its community development financial institution (CDFI) subsidiary.

Manufacturing 115

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 115

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

MAY 10, 2023

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. Community Reinvestment Strengths and Shortfalls NCRC was formed in 1990 to defend the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act , a law created to undo the structural racism embedded in redlining.

Finance 115

Finance Law Governance Entrepreneurship 115

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Building for the Future At the conference, Kate Khatib, co-executive director of Seed Commons, a leading community development financial institution (CDFI) lender to worker co-ops, called on the movement to set the audacious goal of expanding to one million worker co-op members and $100 billion in revenue in the next 10 years.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 128

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

After the War on Poverty came Urban Renewal, Model Cities, the development of CDCs (Community Development Corporations) and LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation), an intermediary launched by the Ford Foundation to finance CDCs.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Public health professionals and community developers—along with community activists—were having “aha” moments about the linkage between social determinants of health and terrible, systemic health outcomes for people of color and those living on low incomes.

Health 124

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 124

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Since most universities are nonprofit or publicly owned, by law, they must be community-serving. Often, these examples involved the creation of community facilities that are university financed but community-led spacesor what Cantor called third spaces.

Universities 118

Universities Curriculum and Teaching Participation and motivation Culture 118

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

As for initiatives underway in the Twin Cities and Los Angeles, both efforts are nascent, but both groups also appear to have developed a strong set of partners, making these efforts promising. Philanthropy can also assist by supporting field-building practices, such as peer-learning collaboratives, community organizing, and advocacy.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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

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. Economic Justice Is Accounting Justice by Clara Miller During my career in social sector finance, I coined a slogan: “Accounting is destiny.” Accountants are not typically renowned heroic exemplars.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

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. Foster, “A tale of two co-ops in two cities,” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development , 9.2 A Co-op for Whom? Notes See also L.

Food 110

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 110

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

2020 found New Haven residents, organized by the coalition New Haven Rising, storming the city’s March 30th Zoom budget meeting to express their disgust at Yale University’s continued strain on the city’s finances. And the city’s residents were starting to push back.

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Colorado’s Story Colorado is home to some of the country’s most favorable cooperative laws. 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.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 121

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. By contrast, according to the US SIF (Sustainable Investment Forum), the CDFI industry (including community development banks and credit unions) had $457.9

Community Development 115

Community Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 115

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. They taught me about managing my finances and helped me find daycare. At times when I was struggling, they loaned me money.

Public Policy 98

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Unlike big commercial banks, most public banks (and all California public banks under state law) will be nonprofits and use their earnings from loan interest and fees to reinvest in local economies and large-scale community-wide projects. 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

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Tenant mobilizations that enhance resident protections, rights, and due process—when combined with rent or affordability controls (where authorized by state law)—create a profit crisis for landlords. Democratic governance models such as CLTs, co-ops, and mutual housing might mollify some community opposition, but policy change is imperative.

Public and Social Policy 131

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

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Auditor Conducts independent assessments of state government finances James (Jim) Brown – Republican Did not respond John Repke – Democrat What is your personal and professional experience with nonprofits? Since moving to Montana, I revived the Flathead-Kootenai Chapter of Wild Montana and served on its board for several years.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And with all the attention on eliminating racist zoning laws and more awareness that we don’t have enough affordable housing, there’s an opportunity to increase housing production. When the AFFH rule is finalized, state and local governments will have authority to remove barriers to fair housing.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111