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The Importance of Establishing Operating Reserves for Nonprofits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A minority of nonprofits have more than six months of cash in reserve, according to reports like the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s State of the Sector ; many have less than three months of operating reserves on hand. A plan showing the group intended to raise at least 12.5

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Business Development Manager Nonprofit Finance Fund (New York, NY). Investigative Journalist & Marketing/ Communications Specialist Better Government Association (Chicago, IL). Marketing Strategist The Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Associate Project Editor Appalachian Mountain Club (Boston, MA).

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

The value of relationships In nonprofit financing, relationships play a pivotal, often understated, role. While some financial entities were constrained by rigid processes, FSB, Seed Commons, Chordata Capital, and NALCAB saw the broader picture, recognizing the transformative potential of movement alliances.

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What’s Next for Community Development Finance?

NonProfit Quarterly

The CDFI fund, Jacokes noted, became a rare government program that provides equity awards, which can be used for financing capital, loan loss reserves, capital reserves, or operationsthink of it as the federal government equivalent of philanthropic operating support rather than the federal norm of program-restricted funding.