Story
September 18, 2026
Healthy Lands, Healthy Communities
Big Sur Land Trust brings nature back to the heart of Salinas
News
September 28, 2026
Social Impact Investment Fund: Investing in New Jersey
The Social Impact Investment Fund (SIIF), administered by Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), makes crucial investments in affordable housing, early...
Story
September 10, 2026
HousingPlus: Advancing Affordable Housing in New York City Through Partnership
HousingPlus develops and maintains supportive housing for New York City residents with some of the highest barriers to stability, with a focus on...
Blog
July 20, 2026
How Community Ownership Creates Affordable Spaces, Local Power, and Lasting Community Wealth
An exploration of how community ownership can build lasting community wealth and well‑being
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January 25, 2016
Getting Over "Overhead"
We’re not alone in bemoaning overhead as downright misleading measure of a nonprofit’s efficiency and effectiveness So what’s next...
Projects & Reports
July 27, 2015
Overcoming Financial Barriers to Expanding High-Quality Early Care & Education in Southeastern Pennsylvania
An analysis of the “full costs” for providing high-quality early care and education
Blog
July 27, 2015
Overcoming Barriers to Expanding High-Quality Early Care and Education
High-quality early care and education (ECE) programs have been proven to create positive outcomes for children—especially among those living in...
Projects & Reports
February 27, 2013
Change Capital in Action: Case Studies from the Leading for the Future Program
A project to help arts organizations adapt and improve long-term health through change capital
Projects & Reports
May 24, 2011
Case for Change Capital in the Arts
A look at funding and financing practices for arts and culture organizations
Projects & Reports
March 18, 2010
The Four Horsemen of the Nonprofit Financial Apocalypse
Key contributors to nonprofit financial instability
Commentary
June 1, 2008
The Equity Capital Gap
Originally published in Stanford Social Innovation Review , June 1, 2008 For-profit businesses can efficiently and quickly raise large amounts of...
Commentary
March 1, 2005
The Looking Glass World of Nonprofit Money
Originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly , March 1, 2005 If management is part mystery and part art, it is also part basic science and arithmetic...
Commentary
March 1, 2003
Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding Nonprofit Capital Structure
Originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly , March 21, 2003 Capital structure is the distribution of an organization’s asset, liabilities and...
Projects & Reports
January 1, 2003
Rising in Stages: How Steppenwolf Excelled, First on the Boards, Then in the Boardroom, and Ultimately on the Balance Sheet
From an 88-seat facility in a church basement to a nationally acclaimed theater
Projects & Reports
March 1, 1994
Cultural Facilities Study Summary
Facilities dominate arts operations to an extent rarely seen in any sector Their facilities are technically complex, expensive and time-consuming to...