Nonprofits are scrambling to protect federal funding. Some have chosen self-censorship.
Nonprofits Self-Censoring in Wake of Trump Actions
What Happens When Your “Climate Haven” Is No Longer Safe?
As climate change triggers more regular extreme weather events in every part of the globe, was any place ever a safe haven?
Disability Under Trump’s Anti-DEI Agenda
How are the president’s anti-DEI executive orders impacting the largest minority group in the world?
Empathy as a Strategy of Resilience
Not only is empathy not a sin, it’s necessary to survive. If we can use empathy, we emerge with them closer to whole together, robust and rebuilt.
How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership
The limited equity housing cooperative offers a valuable tool to facilitate home ownership for people of modest means. It should be used much more broadly.
What San Antonio Can Learn from Its German Sister City amid a Rise in Migration
As places like San Antonio, TX, and its German sister city of Darmstadt face immigration-related challenges, they could benefit by learning from their counterparts.
Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?
In a world where higher education’s public value is increasingly under attack, a coalition of labor unions has arisen to call higher education back to its public mission.
Can Compassionate Lending Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide?
What is compassionate lending? It’s an approach that combines low or no-cost loans backed by a CDFI and community partners to address racial divides in capital access.
Ask Rhea
Introducing NPQ’s new fundraising advice column, Ask Rhea!
How the Wealthy Took Control of Nonprofits
Today’s nonprofit boards evolved from 16th-century British laws favoring the wealthy, and haven’t changed much since. This is the first article in a three-part series by Ananda Valenzuela on building better nonprofit boards.
Cultivating a Liberatory Board
Many nonprofit boards and staff operate within rigid power structures that don’t serve them. Through collaboration, accountability, and power-sharing, a more liberatory board is possible. This is the second part in a three-part series by Ananda Valenzuela on how to build better nonprofit boards.
A New Framework for Governance Duties: Loving Accountability and Abundant Resourcing
This final installment in a three-part series by Ananda Valenzuela offers a roadmap to a more liberatory board, starting with redefining board responsibilities to focus on loving accountability and abundant resourcing.