Under federal law, banks are required to reinvest capital, services, and loans back into Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) communities where they operate. When you show a banker how your program helps them meet their regulatory compliance goals, you stop asking for
The Nonprofit Sector Has an “Asking” Problem For decades, the structural design of philanthropy has trained community organizations to operate from a posture of scarcity. We are taught to craft pitches that focus heavily on what we need rather than
The latest episode of Anatomy of Partnership features a compelling conversation between Betsy Blanchard of Youth Business Alliance (YBA) and Akira Nakano of the Fox Family Foundation. Their collaboration serves as a blueprint for how small nonprofits and private foundations
For small, community-based nonprofits, securing a corporate partnership often feels like an uphill battle against invisibility. Despite doing the bulk of on-the-ground work, these organizations frequently lack the resources to scale their impact. In a recent conversation with the Partnership
In the social impact sector, we often speak of the challenges we face in terms of scarcity: scarcity of funding, scarcity of time, and scarcity of staff. However, a closer look reveals that our most critical shortage may not be
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