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What’s Next for Community Development Finance?

NonProfit Quarterly

Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. Between 2014 and 2022 alone, assets under management in the CDFI sector expanded more than sevenfold. billion in assets by 2022.

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Learning That Changes Lives: Local Leader Shares Journey to Nonprofit Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change (or Be the Change) “I took a very untraditional path to get into the nonprofit sector,” Erin says. I felt like I was being called into the nonprofit sector.” Empowering.

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How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership

NonProfit Quarterly

One tool that is available to nonprofit housing developers to address this situation is the limited equity cooperative (LEC). Policies such as redlining , as highlighted in Richard Rothsteins The Color of Law , created entrenched housing inequities. First, acquisition costs in high-demand areas can be expensive.

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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sara Horowitz You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first timewhether its a worker cooperative in North Carolina , a community garden , a labor-housing cooperative , a cohousing group in New York City, a nonprofit building in Portland, Oregon , or a social cooperative in the Italian Alps.

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A New Framework for Governance Duties: Loving Accountability and Abundant Resourcing

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on iStock Nonprofit boards often uphold outdated power structures, prioritizing elite control over true community accountability. By shifting from power-hoarding to power-sharing, nonprofits can create governance structures that truly align with their mission.

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Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives: Why They’re a Solution for Our Times

NonProfit Quarterly

Members of a housing cooperative have joint control over the governance of common areas like green spaces and playgrounds, and in the US, owners of a share in a co-op are entitled to the same tax deductions as homeowners. Laws and regulations supporting LEHCs vary from state to state and country to country.

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Reading Between the Lines of that Fundraising Job Posting

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Ability to manage and prioritize many projects of varying size, scale, and importance with competing deadlines.” Implements new avenues of fundraising techniques, keeping abreast of industry trends, issues, and changes in the law pertaining to donations.”