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What Is a Community Development Corporation?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: coffeekai on istock.com Community is one of humanity’s great achievements. Yet community development corporations , a $28 billion sector of over 6,200 nonprofits that support local community economic development, are largely invisible in the national conversation.

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How to Advance BIPOC Empowerment in the Renewable Energy Industry

NonProfit Quarterly

At stake is whether or not frontline BIPOC communities are able to capitalize on a key provision of the IRA that facilitates the rapid growth of community solar. Advocates are still fighting for community-driven and community-owned solar processes.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. From inception, the pool was centered on community development financing activities and emphasized racial, gender, and economic equity.

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Faith Communities and Affordable Housing: Challenges and Opportunities

NonProfit Quarterly

Policymakers and advocates say: Government must expedite the redevelopment of underutilized church property for affordable housing. Churches should partner with developers and repurpose these properties. This unaffordability has broad national implications because it limits labor mobility, productivity, and economic growth.

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Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

While the title of the book might belie the scope of inquiry, Dunning makes the case that using nonprofits as a “tool for addressing urban problems” has led to a form of “urban governance” that uses private organizations to fulfill public, democratic rights. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way.

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Putting Homeownership Preservation on Philanthropy’s Agenda

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Tangled titles disproportionately affect Black and Brown families due to inequitable access to legal services and persistent discrimination that has broken many families’ trust in the systems governing property ownership. Tangled titles arise when a property owner passes their home or land down to multiple heirs without a clear title.

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How Land Banks and Community Land Trusts Can Partner for Racial Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Local government wins because properties are back in productive use, generating taxes. The community wins because there is now permanently affordable housing that can forestall gentrification. Prioritizing authentic engagement and partnerships that earn community trust and result in accountability.