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Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation

Publication date: 
11/2008
Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it's the best option when you want to promote civic engagement and support lasting solutions to a community's problems. Yet many funders, concerned about the ability to measure its impact and effectiveness, hesitate to take up community organizing as a strategy. In this guide, funders and organizers discuss what makes community organizing unique and uniquely effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker's special role in fostering change.
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Resource type 
Report
Topic(s) 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area 
Community Development
Social Justice

Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation

"What are we doing, and why do we think it's going to make a difference? Are we being effective?" Grantmakers ask evaluation questions like these of their grantees and themselves. This brief guide explains why grantmakers use theories of change to guide their questioning, unearth assumptions that underlie their work, establish common language, and develop strong action plans. Contributors to the guide also describe how a theory of change sets the stage for evaluation by clarifying goals, strategies, and milestones.
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Report
Topic(s) 
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
12 Jun 2019

CFF Annual Gathering 2019

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 -
5:30pm to 8:00pm
... to be hosting our 7th Annual Gathering ! Please join us to celebrate accomplishments from the past year and hear ... or just entering the field of food systems change. Join us at the CFF Annual Gathering for...
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Event type 
Issue-Based
Format 
Presentation
Reception
Audience 
All Funders
Funding Area 
Food Systems
15 Aug 2023

Corporate Racial Equity Advantage - A Webinar Hosted by Philanthropy Ohio

Tuesday, August 15, 2023 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Zoom link: https://philanthropyohio.zoom.us/j/84121785380 Meeting ID: 841 2178 5380
... Equity, PolicyLink Who should attend? Staff of corporate foundations and corporate giving programs, and corporate ... details here: Zoom link: https://philanthropyohio.zoom. us /j/84121785380 Meeting ID: 841...
10 Oct 2024

The Youth Mental Health Crisis: A Half-day Convening Focused on How Philanthropy Can Make All the Difference

Thursday, October 10, 2024 -
1:00pm to 5:30pm
... of Behavioral Health Laurel Dumont , Senior Director, Grantmaking , the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Panel 3: ...
12 Jul 2023

Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy Part 5 of 6 - What Does Evaluation Look Like in a Trust-Based Context?

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... While this approach is generally associated with six core grantmaking practices such as multi-year unrestricted funding ... Facilitator Who should attend? All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to...

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