Blog
April 22, 2025
Invite Communities In
How philanthropy can support nonprofits in times of crisis
Aisha Benson, Marcus Walton
Blog
September 23, 2025
How Nonprofit Leaders Can Navigate Financial Uncertainty
For many nonprofit leaders, this is an unpredictable and chaotic time The simultaneous challenges of policy shifts and economic pressures are making...
Kristine Alvarez
Projects & Reports
June 17, 2025
2025 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey Findings
Essential, Enduring, and Under Strain: The Nonprofit Sector's Strength and Struggle in a Shifting Landscape
Elise Miller, Jennifer Talansky, Anjali Deshmukh
Blog
August 8, 2025
Love Letter to Nonprofits
Dear Nonprofit Leaders and Changemakers, In a world where the distance between need and available resources continues to widen, your work has never...
Aisha Benson
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Blog
February 5, 2026
2026 Nonprofit Trends: Challenges, Innovations, and the Capital Needed to Sustain Community Impact
In 2025, I wrote a love letter to nonprofits, thanking them for invaluable contributions to our society during an incredibly difficult time Looking...
Aisha Benson, Annie Chang, David Streim, Dorothy Jones, Jana L Reed, Kristin Giantris, Jennifer Talansky, Jessica LaBarbera, Rakiba Kibria
Story
January 30, 2026
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley: Expanding Healthcare and Opportunity for Older Adults
NFF is proud to finance our first PACE project with United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, deploying $12 million in New Markets Tax Credits...
Blog
January 20, 2026
4 Realistic Actions Funders Can Take Right Now
In a recent blog post, we shared 4 key steps nonprofit leaders can take to manage this moment We now turn to funders – many of whom are asking us a...
Kristine Alvarez
Blog
January 20, 2026
Rooted in Place: What Our Survey Data Found About Nonprofit Real Estate Ownership
By better understanding the factors that influence nonprofit facility ownership, we can make better decisions about how to support nonprofits in...
Elise Miller, Chris Lisée
Story
January 13, 2026
People Helping People
Explore how COPO grew out of community need and became a hub for people helping people
Blog
September 15, 2025
How Flexible Funding Fueled Innovation and Impact in our Pandemic Response
Thanks to the generosity of philanthropic partners, NFF distributed flexible capital to dozens of small, community-centered nonprofits as the...
Blog
August 8, 2025
Love Letter to Nonprofits
Dear Nonprofit Leaders and Changemakers, In a world where the distance between need and available resources continues to widen, your work has never...
Aisha Benson
News
June 17, 2025
Survey: US Nonprofits at Critical Point as Funding for Community Needs Falters
Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 10th “State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey” Details Efforts to Advance Economic and Social Well-being Amid Uncertainty...
Blog
April 22, 2025
Invite Communities In
How philanthropy can support nonprofits in times of crisis
Aisha Benson, Marcus Walton
Projects & Reports
February 25, 2025
Uncovering the Full Cost of LA Youth Workforce Development Programs
An analysis of unfunded expenses from the providers' experience
Annie Chang, Bre Onna Mathis-Perez, Jackie Doherty
Projects & Reports
February 5, 2025
Resourcing Resilience
Aligning Public and Philanthropic Funding for California Communities
Bre Onna Mathis-Perez, Jackie Doherty, Jessica LaBarbera, Philanthropy California
Story
January 28, 2025
Preserving Cultural Legacy in LA’s Little Tokyo
CDFI financing builds affordable housing and preserves legacy businesses in LA’s Little Tokyo