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NYC In-Person Workshop: Strategies for Nonprofits Navigating Uncertainty

NFF is offering the NY nonprofit community an in-person financial management workshop! With generous support from TD Bank, this workshop is free to all nonprofit participants. Join NFF’s Consulting experts for support navigating uncertainty amid recent policy updates, evolving funding priorities, or changes in government contracts. When: Wednesday, January 28, 10:00am – 2:00pm ET Where: 1 &hellip

New Report: The Business Case for Community Ownership

Over the past year, Nonprofit Finance Fund and Justice Capital have convened a group of practitioners, investors, and intermediaries in the community ownership space as a Design Team of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY’s Missing Market Initiative. Recognizing the vast potential of community ownership strategies to build wealth, the Design Team collaborated to produce &hellip

NFF Chosen as Fund Manager for $5 Million Inland Empire Nonprofit Loan Fund

California nonprofits in the City of Riverside and San Bernardino County will soon have new resources for flexible, affordable loans. The Inland Empire Community Foundation has selected NFF as fund manager for a new revolving loan fund designed to support nonprofits that provide critical services, with investments from: The City of Riverside Non-Profit Resilience Fund &hellip

How Nonprofits Can Strengthen Their Finances in Turbulent Times

Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , August 13, 2024 In Nonprofit Quarterly, Ted Siefer outlines strategies for nonprofits amidst today’s environment and cites NFF’s State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey data, which found that 36% of nonprofits were operating with deficits, more than double the share in 2021. Over half (52%) had less &hellip

Survey: Philly Nonprofits Working to Meet Rising Demand for Essential Services Amid Funding Pullbacks

Stakeholders Met to Discuss Nonprofit Finance Fund’s New Greater Philadelphia “State of the Nonprofit Sector” Survey Findings and Recommendations Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 2025 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has released a new report detailing the opportunities and challenges facing nonprofits in Greater Philadelphia. The report draws on findings from NFF’s national State of the Nonprofit &hellip

Political, Fiscal Trends Hitting NYC Nonprofits Hard

Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , August 13, 2024 In The NonProfit Times, Richard H. Levey examines political and fiscal trends affecting NYC nonprofits, drawing on findings from NFF’s NYC Survey Report. Levey states, “These findings are part of Essential, Enduring, And Under Strain: Greater New York City’s Nonprofit Sector in 2025, one &hellip