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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April 2, 2024
NFF and Empire State Team Up to Help NY Community Organizations Secure Low-Cost Capital
NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has been tapped by Empire State Development (ESD) to help New York’s small businesses and...
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
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
Story
June 7, 2022
South Asian Council for Social Services
How one nonprofit adapts to community needs – and delayed government contracts
Projects & Reports
June 18, 2021
Advancing Resilience and Community Health
Lessons Learned from Partnerships Between Networks of Community-Based Organizations and Healthcare Organizations The Advancing Resilience and...
Projects & Reports
January 19, 2021
California Pay for Success: Final Reflections
How Can Outcomes-Based Funding Advance Racial Equity
Blog
November 20, 2020
Four Ways to Overcome Partnership Hurdles and Address Social Determinants of Health
Juliette Price is the Chief Solutions Officer for Helgerson Solutions Group, a global consulting firm dedicated to the move to value in health and...
Projects & Reports
November 17, 2020
Investing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Analysis for state Associations for Infant Mental Health ("AIMHs"), including financial sustainability recommendations
Blog
July 14, 2020
Recovery Funds: Five Lessons from the PPP
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a lifeline for many businesses and nonprofits struggling with the economic devastation of the COVID-19...
Blog
June 15, 2020
COVID-19 & Cash Reserves: How Government Funding Practices Left Nonprofits Unprepared
On March 27, NFF launched the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund, designed to support NY human services and arts organizations with emergency,...
Projects & Reports
October 9, 2019
Los Angeles Early Care and Education Provider Financial Analysis
Policy and systems change solutions that can enhance the fiscal strength of the early care and education sector