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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

However, despite emphasizing profit over community service, for-profit companies usually have an advantage in winning these types of contracts because they have cash on hand—and many nonprofits do not. Connections, trust, and shared values came into play, and hope turned into leads in the nick of time.

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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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What’s Next for Community Development Finance?

NonProfit Quarterly

Indeed, Aisha Benson , CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund, spoke near the end of the session to emphasize the obvious: The sector had aspects of both. By contrast, a movement is more values-based, is more inclusive and diverse, and tends to be feisty and combative. The debate was a bit of an artifice.