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How to Recharge a Nonprofit-Led Affordable Housing Delivery System

NonProfit Quarterly

To achieve this requires a deeper understanding of the current housing crisis and how nonprofits can, with policy support, implement effective solutions. A Nonprofit Solution Before the surge in private equity interest in the single-family housing market, nonprofits were the quiet pistons in the engine of affordable homeownership.

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Do You Use Job Descriptions with your Nonprofit Board Members?

Affnetz

Do You Use Job Descriptions with your Nonprofit Board Members? Nonprofit Management Software / By Mike Crum. There are a lot of nonprofit board member job descriptions online, and you might have a lot of luck putting together a ‘greatest hits’ of sorts – picking and choosing. or who won’t fundraise.

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Bridging for Environmental Justice across Space and Time: Cambodia and the US South

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: “Sister Secrets ” by Renée Laprise Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” 3 Built on the Sesan River, the dam was part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” which sought to expand its “foreign policy interests.”

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The Power of Spend-Down Funds And Immediate Attention

The NonProfit Times

When carefully structured and governed, spend-down strategies can provide targeted financial support to causes that need it most. However, the total dollars granted will be reduced, meaning risk management will take priority during the distribution process. This combination reduces the original value of the portfolio.

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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

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The Hollow Prize for Leaders of Color

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But aside from the “normal” nonprofit challenges of relying solely on private philanthropy, the organization had been presented to me as a vehicle in good shape, beyond needing a tune-up. For executives of color, nonprofit leadership is a ‘Hollow Prize.’ Many social justice nonprofits have long existed in states of extreme dysfunction.

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Detroit People’s Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

To find out, NPQ interviewed Malik Kenyatta Yakini, cofounder of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN); Lanay Gilbert-Williams, current co-op board president; and Akil Talley, the co-op’s first full-time permanent general manager. Construction, by contrast, took only two years.

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