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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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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

The report notes that in their design, the funds vary greatly in terms of asset classes (small business, growth enterprises, real estate); sectors (agriculture, reproductive health, affordable housing, technology); and the size of individual investments (from a few thousand dollars each, to $1 million or more for a single real estate project) (16).

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How Climate Migration and Adaptation Is Reshaping Lives

NonProfit Quarterly

In the US, the federal government is already compensating Indigenous tribes to relocate. The local government claims that clay extraction pits dug by the kumars have stripped the riverbanks of its sturdy top layer of soil, leaving them more susceptible to the erosion caused by climate change.

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Owning Our Neighborhood: A Community Organizing Story from Boston

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Matthew Moloney on unsplash.com This is the third article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). What does gentrification look like?

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Five Tips for Running an Online Competition

Care2

NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. I serve as the Community Development Manager for TechSoup Global's CDI (Community-Driven Innovation) program, which includes managing community and content strategy for NetSquared.org.

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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

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.

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Quit Trying to DO Social Media: Focus on Measurable Results Instead

Pam Moore

We help them integrate new media and social technologies combined with traditional and digital marketing to achieve measurable business goals and objectives. Governance with a balance of risk management and employee empowerment. Community development strategy and plan inclusive of social listening and engagement.