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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

Coastal Enterprises in Brunswick, Maine received $25 million, the Nonprofit Finance Fund was awarded $22 million, and Craft3 in Seattle announced it received $15 million. This is Scott’s second grant to LISC, one of the nation’s largest community development organizations.

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Faith Communities and Affordable Housing: Challenges and Opportunities

NonProfit Quarterly

The recently passed California legislation, SB 4, the “ Yes In God’s Backyard ” bill, empowers churches, faith institutions, and nonprofit colleges to erect affordable housing on their lands. In New York City , a proposed municipal housing plan is seeking the help of religious property owners to create 500,000 new homes in the next decade.

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Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises—and Beyond

NonProfit Quarterly

The nonprofit sector, along with community-based mutual aid networks , stepped up to meet immediate needs. If we want nonprofits to support us in the next crisis, they must have sufficient resources. And to know what nonprofits need to do their jobs effectively, we must ask them directly. It wasn’t for-profit companies.

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How to Preserve Existing Affordable Housing: The Value of Human Scale

NonProfit Quarterly

In Washington, DC, the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development reports that 18,300 units of affordable housing of this kind became unaffordable between 2006 and 2017. This is no small matter. This loss of affordability is related to other challenges that DC renters and the city have been facing. But how does this work?

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. Executive Director Luis Gallardo calculated that the nonprofit would need half a million dollars in the best-case scenario and, more likely, a million dollars to reach the first milestones. Yet even after having been awarded an $11.2

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Connecting Faith Institutions to Capital

NonProfit Quarterly

But a conference , hosted by Neighborhood Economics this past April, which brought over two hundred people to Jackson, MS—ranging from impact investors to foundation, nonprofit, and church leaders—purposefully sought to break the mold. Far fewer such gatherings take place in Jackson, MS.

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Meeting Your Fundraising Goal - This Year and Next

Lets Talk Nonprofit

I work with many nonprofit groups that could be deeply impacted by the proposed cuts. Programs like 21st Century Community Learning Centers, those funded by Community Development Block Grants, and many more. Regardless, what the President has proposed should serve as a reminder to all nonprofits that things change.