Blog
April 22, 2025
Invite Communities In
How philanthropy can support nonprofits in times of crisis
Blog
September 23, 2025
How Nonprofit Leaders Can Navigate Financial Uncertainty
For many nonprofit leaders, this is an unpredictable and chaotic time The simultaneous challenges of policy shifts and economic pressures are making...
Projects & Reports
June 17, 2025
2025 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey Findings
Essential, Enduring, and Under Strain: The Nonprofit Sector's Strength and Struggle in a Shifting Landscape
Blog
August 8, 2025
Love Letter to Nonprofits
Dear Nonprofit Leaders and Changemakers, In a world where the distance between need and available resources continues to widen, your work has never...
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Projects & Reports
July 31, 2024
It Takes a Village. Let’s Make the Village Fair and Inclusive.
Advancing systems-level conversations related to fair compensation and working conditions for early childhood education (ECE) providers
Projects & Reports
June 10, 2024
The Promise, Pitfalls, and Potential of CalAIM
And what funders can do to ensure the success of this transformational program
Blog
June 3, 2024
Critical Social Services Hang in the Balance of NYC Contracting Reform
Across New York City, nonprofits that provide critical community services like food assistance, job training, affordable housing placement, and...
Commentary
May 20, 2024
How Philanthropy Can Support Los Angeles Homeless Service Providers Facing Challenges Accessing California Housing Services
Originally published in Grantmakers In Health , May 20, 2024 Grantmakers In Health shared key findings from NFF’s report, “The Promise,...
News
November 7, 2023
NFF CEO Aisha Benson Reelected to Opportunity Finance Network’s Board of Directors
New York, New York – November 7, 2023 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is pleased to share that President and CEO Aisha Benson was elected to...
News
June 20, 2023
Aisha Benson Appointed to New York Fed’s Community Advisory Group
This press release originally appeared on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website Read the original press release here NEW YORK...
Projects & Reports
May 23, 2023
Strengthening the Los Angeles Food Access Ecosystem
Key financial dynamics of and funding opportunities to strengthen the Los Angeles food access ecosystem
Projects & Reports
April 26, 2023
Catalyzing Finance for Racial Equity
A look at how local and national CDFIs have taken steps to address inequity within their own lending practices
Commentary
March 9, 2023
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...
Blog
January 9, 2023
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...
Commentary
November 21, 2022
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,...
News
October 24, 2022
Report: LA Nonprofits Detail Impacts of COVID-19, Racial Equity Efforts, and Increased Demand
Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) Releases LA-Focused Analysis of 2022 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey Los Angeles— Oct 24, 2022 — Los Angeles...