NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2023

Image Credit: Charlota Blunarova on unsplash.com Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking. However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants. At the most basic level, a guarantee is akin to automobile insurance.

Community Development 111

Community Development Finance Energy Nonprofit governance and management 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Most practitioners working in community development have accepted this as the reality of impact investing: The harder you drive for social impact in disadvantaged communities, the farther away you get from unbuffered full market return. But the hype persists.

Marketing 118

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Corporations and institutional philanthropy began issuing passionate statements about “meeting the moment” and “showing up” in communities in ways that they hadn’t done before, making financial commitments that now total $340 billion. Heron Foundation offers an example of 100 percent impact endowment alignment.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 117

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

million in renovations to support a community-developed plan to reopen this legacy site as a collectively owned community asset. She is also the curator and founder of Betti Ono Foundation. BAMBD CDC is an arts-based organization invested in community development writ large.

Culture 128

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 128

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

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Founded in 2008 with backing from the Ford Foundation, NeighborWorks America, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Capital Impact Partners, and Prosperity Now, ROC USA and its affiliates have assisted 22,000 residents in over 300 communities in 21 states to collectively purchase and manage their ROCs.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 116

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In its first two years, the NEW Fellowship was funded by Communities of Opportunity (which receives support from King County and the Seattle Foundation) and the New Economy Washington Funders Collaborative. The Seattle Foundation has been a leader in a national movement to build Black funds.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Food Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 124