Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Sharing Power

with Communities

Community Member or Funder/grantee speaking to value of resources

One of the core values that we share with many of our nonprofit and foundation partners is our deep commitment to listening and learning in pursuit of a more just and equitable world. We firmly believe those closest to the issues are closest to the solutions. While many nonprofit and foundation leaders share this belief as it relates to the communities they seek to serve, they don’t always know how best to engage those communities in shaping their work.

Step 1

Insert Interactive Spectrum for Community Engagement to Ownership

Step 2

Choose Your Learning Path

Starting Out/Making the Case

Starting Out/Making the Case

For organizations that want to understand different models of community engagement, think about how they could be applied to their organization, and work on ways to make the case within their organization for greater community engagement.

Ready to Launch

Ready to Launch

For organizations whose staff and leaders are aligned around the importance of community engagement but want to develop a plan to execute on it. What should it look like? How do we do outreach? How do we compensate etc.