Elin Zurbrigg

Aug 7, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Astra Taylor |Hannah Appel |Meredith Klenkel |Elin Zurbrigg

Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” For tens of millions of people, the American dream is no longer owning a house with a white picket fence; it is getting out of crushing debt.1 Our economic system leaves many if not most of us no choice but to borrow for healthcare, housing, education, and other basic needs.2 Starting in the 1970s, the United States (and much of the rest of the world) moved from a tax-funded...

Jun 26, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb |Roshan Abraham |Tram Hoang |Elin Zurbrigg

In April 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced a $400 million grant to support renewable energy lending to a consortium of 63 lenders, led by the Native CDFI Network (NCN). As the National Law Review reports, the grant will support 58 Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and five other Native financial institutions.