Through generous support from the Mellon Foundation NFF is excited to share the application results for its three-year initiative, Investing in Resilience. The following cohort of ten organizations were selected through a highly competitive application process following several months of deliberation and input from our Advisory Committee. Appalshop Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) ENTRE &hellip
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NFF Receives $2.3 Million from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
NEW YORK, October 10, 2024 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has received $2.3 million from the US Dept of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). NFF will use this Financial Assistance (FA) Award to provide capital to nonprofits including those that provide job training, affordable housing, human services, healthcare, education, and more. &hellip
NFF Receives $22 Million Grant from MacKenzie Scott
NEW YORK, October 8, 2024 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has received a $22 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It is the second grant NFF has received from Ms. Scott and will deepen NFF’s long-term impact and near-term support for nonprofits led by and serving people of color. “Our aspirations are big: to advance &hellip
SEAMAAC: A South Philly Home of Their Own
Securing a permanent headquarters in the heart of the community.
A Day with Newark Opportunity Youth Network
Education, advocacy, and workforce development for opportunity youth.
NFF Receives $35 Million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation
NEW YORK, September 24, 2024 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has received a $35 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation to invest in up to five community projects that might not otherwise get off the ground. The NMTC Program, administered by the US Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, spurs economic &hellip
Franklin Cummings Tech
Creating pathways to economic advancement in Boston.
Advancing Team-based Care: A Collaborative Approach
Team-based care (TBC) is an approach to providing holistic healthcare that supports patients by centering them within their care team. This interdisciplinary approach improves patients’ health outcomes and helps clinics increase staff satisfaction, lower costs, and advance health equity. “A patient is not just a body part that needs to be fixed. It takes multiple &hellip
Grant Makers, Here’s How to Support Nonprofits Led by People of Color
Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , August 13, 2024 NFF’s Aisha Benson discusses the decline in philanthropic support for nonprofits led by people of color after an initial surge in funding following 2020’s racial justice movements, and why it’s more important than ever to provide sustained, long-term support. “Be a champion for change &hellip
How to Ensure Up-Front Payments to Homeless Services Providers Work
Recently, LA County’s Board of Supervisors took quick and significant action toward paying homeless services providers up-front. This is groundbreaking progress. And we know from experience what will make or break the implementation of this approach. Los Angeles provides services for its unhoused residents largely by contracting with nonprofit service providers. Many payments to these &hellip