Blog
April 22, 2025
Invite Communities In
How philanthropy can support nonprofits in times of crisis
Aisha Benson, Marcus Walton
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...
Kristine Alvarez
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
Elise Miller, Jennifer Talansky, Anjali Deshmukh
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...
Aisha Benson
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News
November 15, 2023
Nonprofit Finance Fund Receives $5.5 Million to Support Community-Owned Assets in New Jersey
NEWARK, NJ (Nov 15, 2023) — Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is pleased to announce a $5 million investment from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
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...
Aisha Benson
Story
July 10, 2023
Recycling, Sustainability, and Community in the Heart of Brooklyn
Sure We Can’s work toward environmental and economic justice
Story
June 26, 2023
Columbia River Mental Health Services
“The strength to show up”
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
News
February 7, 2023
Nonprofit Finance Fund Awarded $12 Million Charter School Credit Enhancement by Department of Education
New York, NY – February 7, 2023 – Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) has been awarded a $12 million grant through the United States Department of...
Story
November 28, 2022
Seeing Our Adolescents Rise
A Colorado nonprofit spreads its wings
Story
October 24, 2022
Jenesse Center’s New Facility Aims to End Domestic Violence in its Community and Beyond
Transitioning families from crisis to self-sufficiency
Blog
August 8, 2022
Lived Experience, Nonprofit Expertise
Where We Go From Here Video Series
Aisha Benson, Henry A. J. Ramos
Story
April 18, 2022
LifeArk
Could modular, plastic homes help address Southern California's housing and homelessness crisis
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...
Annie Chang
Story
February 7, 2022
Why Not Prosper
Rev Michelle’s vision for a path beyond prison