NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

If we want nonprofits to support us in the next crisis, they must have sufficient resources. And to know what nonprofits need to do their jobs effectively, we must ask them directly. Government, philanthropy, and community members all relied on nonprofits during the COVID pandemic.

Governance 110

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 110

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

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Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Retention Nonprofits Health 52

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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Activists directly confronted new art galleries with protests and headline-grabbing disputes over who has the right to live and work in a community that has been the center of Mexican-American history and culture for generations. Was our advocacy for community members, including the most marginalized—such as immigrant entrepreneurs—enough?

Culture 128

Culture Community Development Collaborations Activism 128

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 129

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 129

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. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. The tendency of most nonprofits to stick to discrete subject areas misses out on a collective opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Portland is unique among these examples in that the motivation for creating community ownership, as described by the nonprofit, Mercy Corps Northwest , is less focused on supporting local BIPOC-owned businesses and more on helping BIPOC residents invest directly in joint community-land ownership.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

As Claire Dunning writes, “In Boston, the city’s most economically and socially distressed neighborhoods in the twenty-first century are also those with the most neighborhood nonprofits.” 34 It is worth noting that the central role that nonprofits have come to play in social movement organizing is rather odd.

Public and Social Policy 97

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

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. New Haven Rising insisted I put down the pen and join their fight.

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

I’m the coordinator of the Greater Boston CLT — Community Land Trust Network, as Steve said. [00:05:05] 00:05:05] I think I’ll just briefly define a community land trust, and I can talk about the work of the network. So there are about 315 of these nonprofit organizations worldwide. But thanks. to to be on the board.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In towns like Big Sandy, nonprofits like our health centers, food pantries, and Rotary clubs are a big part of the fabric of our communities. Nonprofit organizations help provide essential services, and they can effectively respond to local needs because they are physically based in these towns.

Public and Social Policy 98

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