Balancing Accountability and Learning Using Dashboards August 17, 2016 | Clare Nolan With ambitious goals and long-term agendas, some foundations struggle to describe their progress and impact to stakeholders. But in recent years, we have seen how dashboards can be useful tools…
The Art and Science of Place-Based Philanthropy August 9, 2016 | Giannina Fehler-Cabral The social sector has a long tradition of focusing funding and programs on neighborhoods and regions as a strategy for improving lives. In recent years there has been a resurgence…
Using Community Health Needs Assessments to Promote Health… June 2, 2016 | Lauren Stein For many years, the public health field focused on individual behaviors—like a nutritious diet, regular exercise, and a tobacco-free lifestyle—as the key determinants of good health. But more recently the…
Evaluation that Supports Community Engagement in Place-based Work April 13, 2016 | Giannina Fehler-Cabral From the early days of the community development movement to the federal Promise Neighborhoods program, funders have long understood the importance of place in addressing the needs of vulnerable communities,…
Bringing Attention to Nonprofit Displacement Challenges March 22, 2016 | Richard Vezina The Bay Area is experiencing a rapid and dramatic increase in commercial real estate costs, with San Francisco recently surpassing Manhattan as the most expensive place to rent office space…
Improving Housing & Supports for San Francisco’s Transitional… January 25, 2016 | Aimée Fribourg In the face of an economic boom and the highest housing costs in the country, San Francisco’s homeless population has grown dramatically over the past several years. Data from 2015…
