Reports

For-profit organizational strategy often prizes specialization: pick a lane, build a competitive advantage, and scale up. Yet most community development organizations operate very differently. According to our Money Meets Community research, nearly three-quarters pursue multiple lines of business.

Why do community development organizations take on so many lines of business?

We commissioned a new report by ThirdSpace Action to find out. We are delighted to release the new report — Multiple Business Lines in Community-Based Development Organizations. It draws on interviews with practitioners at rural, small metro, and large metro community-based development organizations.