Find exercises and resources that propel nonprofits forward to tackle leadership challenges, integrate service and social change, and work together to build movement momentum. Feel free to adapt these tools to your needs.
Evaluation Work for Racial Equity
This toolkit offers a comprehensive set of resources for groups “Who want to know more about how to do evaluation; Who are working on changing their communities; and Who want to […]
Pathways for Individual and Collective Empowerment
This is a detailed diagram illustrating how collective involvement and individual development empower social justice actions within a community. (Developed by Margi Clarke and Emily Goldfarb, consultants to social change […]
Sharing Values
When engaging in a new partnership or strengthening a current collaboration, it is important for all partners to share an understanding about what is important to each of you, and […]
Continuum of Change
This agenda and worksheet can be used to create a “continuum of care” model for your community. This model includes the range of services that would be needed to support […]
Crossing Organizational Boundaries to Build New Partnerships: A Series of 5% Shifts
This report explores partnerships initiated in cities in two different parts of the country that are facing similar social and economic struggles: Detroit and Albuquerque. The economic and political problems […]
Discussion Guide for Exploring Community Engagement
This is a series of small-group discussion questions for use during an agency retreat or extended meeting that offers a structured opportunity to explore the agency’s potential for community engagement […]
Community Engagement Assessment Worksheet
This tool helps agencies take stock of their current level of community engagement by presenting a set of activities and prompting agencies to think about how often they currently engage […]
Causes or Consequences
As discussed in the Root Cause Analysis exercise, understanding the often invisible sources of some of our communities’ most persistent problems takes learning about why and how things work. It […]
Theory of Social Change
Many service agencies use some sort of Theory of Change or Logic Model to articulate their service provision goals. Both of these tools use a visual representation of work and […]
Advancing Community Level Impact: A Series of 5% Shifts
Service providers are on the front lines of our nation’s struggles with the effects of poverty and inequity. While the sector has always focused on helping people, service organizations underwent […]