As fewer and fewer schools offer arts learning opportunities, out-of-school programs have stepped in to fill that space. Building on Advancing Well-Being in the Arts, The Wallace Foundation’s current ...

Claire Dunning (“The unintended consequences of Boston’s nonprofit-led urban development,” Ideas, Oct. 9) raises important concerns about the ability of Boston’s well-respected community-based ...

Interventions targeting the early childhood period (0 to 3 years) help to improve neuro-cognitive functioning throughout life. Some of the more low cost, low resource-intensive community practices for ...

Policymakers around the world are increasingly interested in place-based programs that use tax incentives, zoning regulations, and other measures to promote investment, economic growth, and positive ...

Communities across the world have been transformed through Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), a strength-based approach to change. ABCD builds community from ...

Community development corporations (CDCs) are locally based nonprofit organizations that work to help the residents of impoverished areas to improve their quality of life. Such organizations exist in ...

Commentary - In a traditional business ecosystem, a company works with collaborators, while working for consumers and working against competitors. Collaborators are often partners, while consumers are ...

DIGNIFIED WORK: Jesus Hinojosa Luna works with the Chispas team to remodel an older home at the High Oaks Mobile Home Park on Spivey Moutain for a family in the Emma community. Photo by Cindy Kunst ...