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. We have a population of less than 400.We

Values 130

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending. For example, I recall asking a health clinic with which we worked, “How big should the waiting room be?” Quality nonprofit facilities are community development.

Values 122

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. Medicine 2.0 Medicine 2.0

Philanthropy 139

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 139

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.

Poverty 116

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. These ideals and beliefs are built into how EFAI works. million grant to LISC Indianapolis.

Food 111

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 111

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the preserve of large foundations and mega-donors, impact investing is growing in popularity, including among women and younger generations. Of course, whether we’re writing checks to local charities, endowing a scholarship at our alma mater, or establishing a family foundation, we’re investing for impact. In 2023 alone, U.S.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental Foundations Philanthropy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Akilah Watkins, who previously led the Center for Community Progress and has been a leader in the CEO Circle, a group of community development leaders of color, became president and CEO of Independent Sector in January 2023. I don’t want that just to stay in community development.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It does not surprise, then, that Black neighborhoods face health disparities relative to their white neighbors, with marked differences in rates of infant mortality, asthma, gun violence, and life expectancy. Such donations by foundations are not common. But that, Dallum said, would have left power with the foundation.

Food 111

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nonprofits were given more freedom to choose how to spend money and were less burdened by application and reporting requirements: 57 percent of nonprofit respondents reported that since March 2020, foundation funders have been more flexible with how they distribute funds.

Governance 111

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 111

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

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

JUNE 15, 2023

Working through the state agencies gave us a platform to support state agencies’ implementation and developers’ compliance, and that’s exactly the kind of lever AFFH offers in the realm of fair housing now. Change the narrative.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Environmental Finance Governance 111

Candid

JANUARY 21, 2022

Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and serves as a vital capital provider in low-income communities across California. the purchase of 10-, 15-, and 20-year senior unsecured notes. Century is a U.S. Wellcome, Gates pledge $300 million to prevent future epidemics. January 20, 2022.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Manufacturing Community Development Governance 52

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

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Of the $22 million needed to build the facility , about $6 million was raised from foundations, about $1 million from individuals, and the remaining $15 million from the New Markets Tax Credit community finance program and borrowed funds. A Decade’s Journey “One of the biggest obstacles was obtaining the land.”

Food 134

Food Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 134

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 Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Project 1948 Foundation ● project1948.ngo. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo. Kijani ● kijani.ngo. Naves de Esperanza ● nde.ong.

Non-Profits 56

Non-Profits Poverty Children Education 56

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Through CSR initiatives, companies aim to give back to society by addressing various issues such as sustainability, community development, employee welfare, ethical business practices, and philanthropic involvement. Learn more about the corporate partnership here. Learn more about the corporate partnership here.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Disaster Relief Food 52

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

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Elton John AIDS Foundation. Prism Foundation. Pride Foundation. PFund Foundation. Horizons Foundation. The Vermont Community Foundation. The New York Women’s Foundation. Stonewall Community Foundation. New York Foundation. Maine Community Foundation.

Foundations 131

Foundations Culture Charitable Contribution Health 131

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I always like to point this out because I think mental health is extremely important, especially as the fact that you’re dealing with populations who might be they’re doing one of the most vulnerable parts of their lives, or maybe there’s a cause that is really, really necessary to focus on and requires all your mental energy.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 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. What can be done to address this gap? Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Over the past decade, both secular building interests and dozens of churches and religious organizations have planned, financed, and constructed affordable housing and community development projects across the United States and Canada. The opportunity facing religious congregations is both practical and prophetic.

Community Development 130

Community Development Finance Production Governance 130

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

Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Giving circles can be catalysts for social change The evolution of HERitage Giving Fund reflects a rich tradition of collective action that is anchored in community organizing and advocacy, and many giving circles are taking similar action. Communities need members to voice their views, and giving circles offer a unique way to amplify them.

Philanthropy 59

Philanthropy Education Education Community Development 59

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a room with only members from BIPOC communities present, and after grounding ourselves in somatic practice, we felt safe to share our experiences of living within a system built to extract our labor and resources at the expense of our lives, health, and wellbeing.

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. Health inequities, crime levels, and immigration are all intrinsically linked to financial inequities, as are the failings of our criminal justice system. Two of them—Dr.

Public and Social Policy 132

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

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There, they built wealth by purchasing land, establishing a small businesses, and engaging in philanthropic efforts, such as pooling financial resources to support local community development. Later, we received free higher education at California’s public universities.

Philanthropy 133

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Healthcare Universities 133

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Hedge Funds That Conduct Classes Today, universities turn their research into lucrative commercial goods and patents in a range of fields, from the pharmaceutical industries and software products to health services and military defense weaponry.

Education 98

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Enter community development financial institutions (CDFIs). This lack of access spiraled into a crisis, as the pandemic shined a glaring light on the structural barriers facing rural communities, including the lack of broadband access and how it impeded rural communities’ shift to online financial transactions and lending.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“The organization I worked with at the time, Justice Funders, 3 helped to build a democratic loan fund that was run by community leaders from across the country.” “Mom But how would they know what the community needs?” And over time, instead of starting new foundations, wealth was given over to democratic loan funds to redistribute.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Escaping the Deficiency Focus When the WHO and UNICEF co-organized the landmark health conference in Alma-Ata, USSR, in 1978, 134 countries and 67 international organizations endorsed the WHOs pioneering perspective on health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Listen to the Cities@Tufts Podcast (or on the app of your choice): “The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Community Ownership” Transcript [The timestamps in the transcript correspond with the audio version of this lecture.] I mean, well — I was going to say huge — it’s significant that we have a community board.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its $17 million in grants to policy advocacy and organizing.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 111

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

But if we willfully exclude ourselves from Congressional processes, we leave money and resources on the table that will provide vital resources to our communities. We should not be naive about the resources of the government, which, like foundation endowments, are fueled by wealth that comes from our communities in the first place.

Public Policy 96

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

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As the parents to four young children, it’s been important to us to improve pediatric health care and neonatal intensive care so every newborn baby in our state has the best chance at a healthy life. In 2020, Carmen and I were privileged to contribute $4 million to help bring the upgraded neonatal intensive care unit to Bozeman Health.

Public and Social Policy 98

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

We interviewed housing policy experts, fair housing experts, and community development experts. And then we started finding people around the country who were working on this issue—small community groups that started, many of them after reading The Color of Law, and many long before The Color of Law came out.

Law 121

Law Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 121