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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...
Story
July 31, 2020
Voices in Contemporary Art
Full cost bright spot
Blog
July 28, 2020
Reflections on Full Cost from Voices in Contemporary Art
Guest blogger Lauren Shadford is executive director of Voices in Contemporary Art In 2017, our small nonprofit Voices in Contemporary...
Story
July 27, 2020
Arts for Healing and Justice Network
Full cost bright spot