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

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. The contract award, in short, was a huge win, but for CRH leadership and staff, celebration quickly turned to concern.

Non-Profits 124

Non-Profits Finance Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 124

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

The solar developer builds clean-energy projects that help communities acquire long-term wealth and energy assets through impact investing, technical support, and project financing. This model will allow UPROSE to earn revenue that can be directed to a community fund to help vulnerable individuals and families in Sunset Park.

Energy 132

Energy Environmental Finance Governance 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

What if the tens of thousands of churches currently projected to close in the next few years put their assets into trusts deeply aligned with community development, versus stranding those assets and real estate as they shutter?

Nonprofit governance and management 119

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

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

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Even as the slow wheels of policy change grind away to address discrimination in the banking system through modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act (along with other initiatives ), allocators of philanthropic and impact investment capital can use tools they have at their disposal right now to change the field.

Finance 80

Finance Culture Foundations Public and Social Policy 80

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. Ogunsalu spoke at the Purple Line Corridor Coalition ’s first “Annual Celebration of Community and Leadership.”

Construction 98

Construction Community Development Governance Environmental 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

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Understanding who is having their water shut off and how this impacts a utility’s finances is necessary to create equitable, informed policy. “In However, there is power in utilities joining forces to advocate for increased state and federal funding and policies that reflect community needs.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 12, 2023

Image Credit: Abe Camacho on unsplash.com This article introduces a new NPQ series, Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. Once weaknesses are identified, CBOs can provide deep technical assistance, coupled with financing, if the business needs it.

Culture 98

Culture Construction Community Development Education 98

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

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Program Success Rate Example A nonprofit sets ten objectives for its latest community development project and successfully achieves eight. Get our FREE GUIDE to nonprofit financial reports, featuring illustrations, annotations, and insights to help you better understand your organization's finances. Get the free guide!

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Retention Nonprofits Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Two White women and one Black woman, who shared a history of food and farm activism, led the initial campaign to form Louisville Community Grocery. The current Louisville co-op organizing effort is committed to BIPOC leadership, a departure from earlier food activism practices. Notes See also L. Halliday and M.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

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? Now López uses her leadership and empathy to drive the business. How does this all work in practice?

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

Lets Talk Nonprofit

APRIL 4, 2017

Programs like 21st Century Community Learning Centers, those funded by Community Development Block Grants, and many more. I also work with groups like community health centers, which should continue to be supported under the proposed budget. Do you know where things stand with your nonprofit's finances?

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Finance Finance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 21, 2023

By Vurayayi Pugeni , Caroline Pugeni & Dan Maxson International community development has changed significantly over its history, shifting from primarily responding to disaster events to improving communities using a sectoral approach to issues like health, agriculture, and water and sanitation.

Culture 52

Culture Agriculture Values Health 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

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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In 1979, I discovered financial cooperatives—namely, credit unions—and I joined the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions in 1980. I led the organization, which is now called Inclusiv , from 1983 until 2012, when I joined the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to set up their Office of Financial Empowerment.

Finance 126

Finance Insurance Community Development Poverty 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

SD: At NPQ , we have long been interested in governance—how community groups make democratic decisions—and management, how you implement them. Could you talk more about what it means to approach community development as a producer and how that might lead you to approach the work differently? Governance is not my expertise.

Governance 135

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 135

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

They hired a recent high school graduate Baskerville had known from the local youth empowerment group WILD (Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development), and they got to work with help from community volunteers. After a few months, they added regular and dedicated volunteer Jennifer Cheung to the leadership team.

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. We pay our diverse network of speakers and facilitators for their time and contributions in our community-building events and leadership programs. We build community and coalition with others.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2020, however, while education remained in first place, there was a major increase in DAF grants being directed to “public sector benefit” organizations, a category that includes civil rights, voting rights, and community development finance.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities Philanthropy Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

Public bankscreated by governments and chartered to serve the public interestoffer a powerful model to advance racial equity, public accountability, and community self-determination. In New York, the public banking movement has taken root.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Often, these examples involved the creation of community facilities that are university financed but community-led spacesor what Cantor called third spaces. The culture and structure of a large university often clashes with the culture of the surrounding community.

Universities 119

Universities Curriculum and Teaching Participation and motivation Culture 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

My colleagues and I began having conversations with educators, some of which were facilitated by our close partnership with two youth leadership-development and power-building Bronx institutions: Sistas and Brothas United (of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition) and The POINT Community Development Corporation in the South Bronx.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

The effort resulted in a shift from a White-led nonprofit to an organization that reflects the majority people of color communities that it serves—not just in terms of staffing and leadership but also in terms of overall movement practice. It would also mean, critically, restoring a larger element of self-financing to movement work.

Public and Social Policy 97

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 97

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

And then a related question, although it’s not about child care at all, is where does the money come — this is from a different person, but where does the money come from to open a grocery store or do a community land trust? [00:32:07] Minnie, do you want to talk a little bit about financing community land trusts? But thanks.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

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 116

Community Development Finance Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

They taught me about managing my finances and helped me find daycare. Worker testimony infuses texture by illustrating some of the ways Yvette’s co-op shored up her financial position while simultaneously sparking skills in leadership, service, and excellence in the healthcare sector. Every [opportunity] they threw at me, I took it.

Public Policy 96

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96

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