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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Commentary
April 5, 2024
Connecting with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs): Learning from Failure and Success
Originally published in Medisolv , April 8, 2024 Erin Heilman connected with NFF’s Meadow Didier and Brian Kellaway about the challenges many...
Commentary
March 26, 2024
From Energy to Equity, NFF Recommits to Climate Justice
Originally published in Opportunity Finance Network , March 26, 2024 NFF Chief of Staff Jessica LaBarbera discusses the CDFI’s re-commitment to...
Blog
November 15, 2023
Announcing BEACoN: Building Equitable Assets for Communities and Nonprofits
Imagine a world where all communities have the power to pursue their aspirations Where all communities have the capital to invest in things their...
News
July 11, 2023
Organizations that Bolster Newark’s Nonprofits Invest in Their Ability to Meet Long-Term Community Needs
The Prudential Foundation Partners with Nonprofit Finance Fund to Lead the Second Newark Nonprofit Capacity Accelerator, a $12 M Initiative...
Commentary
June 5, 2023
6 Ways Nonprofits Can Take Action Amid Economic Uncertainty
Anyone who shops for groceries, worries about recent bank failures, or wonders how to save for things like car repairs or college tuition understands...
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
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,...
Blog
August 8, 2022
Lived Experience, Nonprofit Expertise
Where We Go From Here Video Series
Blog
March 1, 2022
Our Strategic Innovation Fund: How Unrestricted Funding Opened Up New Ways of Working with Community-Centered Nonprofits
In 2020, MacKenzie Scott and the Ford Foundation provided substantial unrestricted grants to NFF – grants that seeded our Strategic Innovation...
Blog
July 19, 2021
Practical tips for a smooth nonprofit audit (even when it’s over Zoom!)
So what is an audit, exactly An audit is an independent examination of the accounting records of an organization – either for profit or nonprofit...
Blog
April 7, 2021
How much does it really cost to do what we do?
Undertaking a costing analysis is an opportunity for those in the nonprofit sector to tell the truth to ourselves about how much it actually...
Blog
August 11, 2020
Without Safety Net, Nonprofits Go Above and Beyond in COVID-19 Response
On March 27, the height of the pandemic crisis in New York City, NFF launched the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund, designed to support...