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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

This money is effectively sequestered until the government deems a project worth investing in, which often means the money goes to wealthly, mostly White developers for megaprojects that do more harm than good to the surrounding communities. billion from the public till, funding otherwise destined for public schools, parks, and libraries.

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Commentary: The Full Potential Of The Social Sector  

The NonProfit Times

That freedom has enabled them to conquer new horizons in business, revolutionizing online retail, the electric car market, and even the commercial space market. 22% of those workers are living below or just above the poverty line. Jody Levison-Johnson, Ph.D.,

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The Economic Case against Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

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Building Community through Holistic Strategy: A Story from a Seattle Immigrant Suburb

NonProfit Quarterly

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

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Towards Thriving: Building a Movement for Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, during the Great Depression and the decades that followed, in a process called redlining, the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board systematically denied loans to Black and Brown folks, excluding them from home ownership. million school-aged children every day.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

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India’s Philanthropy Spending Grows, Development Goals Elusive

The NonProfit Times

Despite the robust annual increases, however, the current total falls short of the 13% of GDP analysts at NITI Aayog, an Indian government public policy think tank, believe is necessary for the country to meet its commitment to achieving 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.