With their ability to attract socially conscious investors to a community bank and provide tax deductions, nonprofits could become increasingly pivotal in making financial services available to low- and moderate-income communities.

Many community development challenges are intractable because it’s hard to convene all the relevant stakeholders to work on real solutions with real consequences. Now a few organizations are trying out multiplayer scenarios as a way to give serious thought to opposing views. Scenarios feel...

Like for-profit organizations, nonprofits need strong infrastructure to ensure long-term effectiveness and to respond to increasing demands for accountability. Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford is one nonprofit that benefited from building its organizational capacity.