Polishing Up the Diamond
How did the Jacobs Foundation help revitalize a neighborhood? By listening to its residents.
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Neglecting the Neediest
Foundations favor urban poor over rural residents.
An Accidental Good
How savvy social entrepreneurs seized on a tax loophole to raise billions of corporate dollars for affordable housing.
From Roadblocks to Road Rage
Lessons on neighborhood cooperation from a neighborhood torn apart.
Sticking Together
A California mayor’s challenge leads to an innovative resource-pooling strategy.
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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Revitalizing Struggling American Cities
Living Cities is working with five US municipalities to develop an ecosystem for solving urban problems.
How Good Is Your Evidence?
A new, and easier, scientific approach to determining the quality of evidence can help the social sector better assess—and therefore better address—social problems.
Reconnecting Youth in America’s Cities
A new report examines the relationship between place and race, and disconnected youth in the United States.
Outrun the Recession
The seven healthy habits of nonprofits most likely to survive the economic downturn.