NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

A recent report by the Office of the State Comptroller found that Rochester has the fifth-highest child poverty rate of any US city. The Bank of Rochester would make history as the first full-fledged municipal public bank in the United States.

Finance 136

Finance Law Poverty Governance 136

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 22, 2025

Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a national network of CDFIs, expects this federal investment will transform the clean energy financing ecosystem nationwide. Whether it does or not depends on CDFIs ability to address the challenge of placethe geographic inequities in access to community finance.

Finance 105

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Extensive research shows that public policy can shape economic outcomes. The public can demand economic policies that benefit the broader population. A key question becomes: What kind of economic policies should the public demand? Wealth is a fundamental measure of stability and opportunity.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 126

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. In finance, AI algorithms present yet another barrier, making decisions that affect financial opportunities, creditworthiness , and generational wealth.

Ethics 98

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Finance 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We’re not talking about our financing system. We’re not talking about the lack of funding for our public health system. Adimika Arthur, Founding Executive Director of HealthTech4Medicaid, then led a discussion of the ways that public policy and convening intersect with these issues. There were major fractures that we saw.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 115

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2023

But to respond effectively, it is important to understand dollar stores’ growing importance, how communities are responding, and how public policy might better support community-based businesses. On its website, ILSR maintains a set of maps showing the overlay of poverty and store location in multiple metropolitan areas.

Retail 133

Retail Food Law Governance 133

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy. Sometimes, nonprofits advance economic justice; sometimes, they are part of the problem.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132