Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcomes Three Board Members

New York, NY — March 24, 2022 — Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is pleased to welcome Berit Ashla, Ivy Draughan, and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele to its board of directors. The new board members will contribute a wealth of experience in philanthropy, finance, and social movement-building. “Berit, Ivy, and Allyn bring complementary expertise and perspectives that &hellip

A Conversation with Samip Mallick of the South Asian American Digital Archive

As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in humanities. They use technology to improve education and scholarship. And they find new ways to preserve stories, voices, and digital creations. In June 2020, NFF kicked off a project to support a cohort of digital humanities organizations by &hellip

Our Strategic Innovation Fund: How Unrestricted Funding Opened Up New Ways of Working with Community-Centered Nonprofits

In 2020, MacKenzie Scott and the Ford Foundation provided substantial unrestricted grants to NFF – grants that seeded our Strategic Innovation Fund, a special pool of money we’re using to support strategically aligned projects. This post spotlights one of the ways we’re using the Strategic Innovation Fund: to help fund consulting engagements with BIPOC-led and &hellip

A Conversation with Mills Kelly of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in the humanities. They use technology to improve education and scholarship. And they find new ways to preserve stories, voices, and digital creations. In June 2020, NFF kicked off a project to support a cohort of digital humanities organizations &hellip

A Conversation with Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Humanities Commons

As technology continues to rapidly evolve, digital humanities organizations have been at the forefront of innovation in the humanities. They use technology to improve education and scholarship. And they find new ways to preserve stories, voices, and digital creations. In June 2020, NFF kicked off a project to support a cohort of digital humanities organizations &hellip

Digital Humanities Leaders Working with Nonprofit Finance Fund Receive “Change Capital” from The Mellon Foundation

New York, NY– February 15, 2022 – Whose voices become part of our cultural record? Five digital humanities nonprofits working to record and preserve diverse scholarly work and inclusive accounts of the human experience have just received funds from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of their missions. The “change capital” grant recipients are &hellip

Denver Nonprofits Get an Interest-Free Boost

Originally published in Next City , January 12, 2022 No-interest loans can help nonprofits stabilize, explore new revenue sources, and become more sustainable. That’s why NFF partnered with The Denver Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, and Colorado Gives Foundation to support organizations providing critical services in Denver with zero-interest financing that they could apply toward any part of their operations. &hellip