NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. Michael McCray: I was born into community development finance. Why is this?

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Finance Insurance Community Development Poverty 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

1 The Dawn of the Nonprofit Sector Dunning begins the history of the nonprofit sector in the 1960s, when protests against discrimination prompted political leaders to look for solutions to persistent poverty. The vehicle for the development of nonprofit infrastructure was government grants, beginning with President Lyndon B.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Poverty Governance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. However, in America’s rural areas of deep poverty, over 60 percent of the residents are BIPOC. This disproportionality demands systemic solutions.

Poverty 115

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 115

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Last month, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading community development financial institution (CDFI) trade association, held its first in-person national conference in three years in New York City. R on pexels. It’s our job somehow to graft a conscience on the capitalist.”. Where are the supermarket chains?”

Finance 110

Finance Community Development Public and Social Policy Poverty 110

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

Without access to quality childcare, many parents cannot work full time and become trapped in a cycle of poverty. The need to develop more childcare businesses is obvious, but how to build and sustain viable childcare businesses is not. 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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. 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.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

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. An ally had reached out separately to Seed Commons , a cooperative network of funds that finance worker cooperatives across the United States.

Non-Profits 123

Non-Profits Finance Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 123

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of rural residents lived below the poverty line, compared to 11.9 It supports a population of over 380,000 residents, 21 percent of whom live in poverty, 15 percent of whom are Black, and 15 percent Latinx. Taking the Next Step: Developing Businesses that Build Community Wealth.

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Poverty Children Culture Food 104

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 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 Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 140

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 percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Seeded with an initial $5 million grant from a local foundation, the land trust acquired nine parcels between 2005 and 2011.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Business leaders, community organizers, and local policymakers in these places have attempted to replicate the success of Silicon Valley by attracting venture capital, creating business incubators and accelerators, and building an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Yet, these attempts have not significantly reverted economic decline.

Entrepreneurship 129

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2024

King was having a hard time convincing his friends, supporters, and funders about the merits of having a multiracial movement around poverty. SD: At NPQ , we have long been interested in governance—how community groups make democratic decisions—and management, how you implement them. So, we’re not talking to traditional developers.

Governance 134

Governance Culture Construction Community Development 134

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black? For instance, former Common Future CEO Rodney Foxworth has advocated for movement funding to become community controlled. It would also mean, critically, restoring a larger element of self-financing to movement work.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 95

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Robust research demonstrates that high-quality housing in a thriving community is associated with improved physical and mental health, educational and developmental outcomes for children, and financial security and economic mobility for families.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111