A look at how local and national CDFIs have taken steps to address inequity within their own lending practices.
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5 Ways Foundations Should Help Grantees in an Uncertain Economy
Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy Many of our nonprofit clients and partners are looking to 2023 with trepidation. While COVID relief funding buoyed many organizations during the last couple of years, we’re feeling the impact of inflation, and watching dark clouds gather on the economy’s horizon. We’re also hearing from foundations who are &hellip
Feed Black Futures
“To feed ourselves, we must free ourselves.”
Su Teatro: Meet Me at the Theater
A story of place and belonging.
Nonprofit Finances Now
A look at nonprofit finances in the United States — how they’ve changed, where they stand now, and what the field needs to consider in the coming years.
When Funders Don’t Know Finance
This post originally appeared on Philanthropy News Digest on January 3, 2023. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve fielded calls from nonprofit leaders worried about how their financial information will be interpreted by potential funders: Will a grantmaker penalize them for not having a bigger safety net? Or, conversely, disqualify them if they have &hellip
Making the Case for Flexible Funding
LifeWay Network’s approach.
Bre Onna Mathis
Director, Consulting
Seeing Our Adolescents Rise
A Colorado nonprofit spreads its wings.
Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises – and Beyond
Originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly , November 21, 2022 “When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? Who opened emergency childcare centers for the frontline workers who didn’t have the luxury of working from home? Who brought food to &hellip