What We’re Learning
Insights and Resources from the Partners in Progress Project
Our Vision for a Community Quarterback
Routinizing the Extraordinary
David Erickson, Ian Galloway and Naomi Cytron of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco propose a role for a new player in community development in Investing in What Works for America’s Communities.Read More
Community Development Needs a Quarterback
LIIF’s Nancy O. Andrews and the Citi Foundation’s Brandee McHale describe a holistic approach to creating economic opportunity in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.Read More
What Works Book
From the Low Income Investment Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the book is a collection of essays providing innovative ideas for America’s communities. It calls on leaders to recognize that they can work smarter and achieve more by working together.Read More
Inflection Point: New Vision, New Strategy, New Organization
What does it cost to build a great society? More pointedly, what does it cost to lose a great society? Since the War on Poverty began almost 50 years ago, investments in America’s communities have spurred those questions.Read More
PIP News & Media Coverage
Citi Foundation Awards $3.25 Million to Boost Low-Income Communities
Philanthropy News Digest
Partners in Progress: Initiative Creates One-Stop Shops for Needy Families
Al Jazeera America
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Community Organizations Create Holistic Approach to Poverty Reduction in Los Angeles
Latin Post
Frazier Revitalization, Inc., Receives $250,000 Grant to Plan South Dallas Project at Hatcher Station Village
MMD Newswire
Casa de Maryland Awarded $250,000 to Promote Economic Progress in Langley Park
MetroLatino
LA Unified Getting an Attendance Counselor with National Grant
LA School Report
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PIP Learnings
Early Lessons Learned from Partners in Progress
This paper reflects on grantee experiences following the challenging process of forming coalitions, creating multi-year plans, and measuring outcomes. This is meant to serve as a guide for those interested in creating collective impact.Read More
Case Studies
Explore how three Community Quarterbacks in Maryland, New York and California navigated their first year of coalition-building. These profile pieces give a more in-depth picture of the challenges and successful strategies uncovered in year one of the Partners in Progress program. Read More
Trauma Informed Community Building
Published by BRIDGE Housing and San Francisco State University’s Health Equity Institute, this paper articulates how BRIDGE is engaging public housing residents with strategies that de-escalate chaos and stress, promote social cohesion, and foster community resiliency over time.Read More
Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE): Workforce Development Success Story
Since launching in November 2013, AAFE’s Workforce Development Program has been working tirelessly to assist unemployed and underemployed individuals with job placement and soft skills training necessary to successfully interview for a job.Read More
Sustainable Little Tokyo Community Vision
Little Tokyo Service Center is working with residents and organizations in the community around a new light rail station being built in the Little Tokyo neighborhood — the “Regional Connector” station that is expected to become one of the busiest transit stations in Los Angeles County.Read More
Making Public Housing Work For Families
The P.T. Barnum Partnership improves the lives of families living in Bridgeport, Connecticut’s public housing, and grew out of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation effort to address underlying issues that make families vulnerable to eviction before they actually find themselves without a home.Read More
The What Works Challenge
The What Works Challenge is a platform for finding ways to turn ideas into action. The purpose of this site is to build a community of collaborators, grow emerging ideas and connect people who are actively seeking creative solutions in the field of community development.Read More
Collective Impact Resources
Websites
Collective Impact Forum
The Collective Impact Forum is a resource to support the efforts of those practicing collective impact in the field. They offer the tools and training to achieve success.Read More
Living Cities Collective Impact Page
The Living Cities collective impact page curates tools, resources and topics to support ambitious data-driven, results-oriented cross-sector partnerships.Read More
FSG’s Collective Impact Page
As a pioneer of collective impact, FSG’s website offers the latest news, guides and best practices for pursuing collective impact work.Read More
Publications
What Counts Book
From the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute, the book outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities.Read More
FSG SSIR articles
A collection of seminal articles on collective impact in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, which continues to be a leading source of news on perspectives and approaches to collective impact.Read More
Strive Together blog
Strive Together, a leading network of education organizations using the collective impact framework, shares lessons on its blog: Striving for Change.Read More