Sector Community Improvement and Capacity Building

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A Community Takes on Child Welfare Service Delivery: A Case Study of Community-Based System Reform in Ward Seven of the District Columbia Annie E. Casey Foundation Northern America 2002
Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme: An Integrated Approach to Urban Rehabilitation Aga Khan Development Network Africa, Asia 2007
Al-Azhar Park, Cairo, and the Revitalisation of Darbal-Ahmar Aga Khan Development Network Africa 2005
Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Rise of the Community Development Corporation: Ford Foundation, 1966 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
Birmingham Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Building Community Inside and Out GrantCraft (Ford Foundation) Northern America 2004
C.F. Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Citizen Participation in the Unified New Orleans Plan Rockefeller Foundation Northern America 2007
Comer Science and Education Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Community Change Makers: The Leadership Roles of Community Foundations Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Community Foundations—The Relevance for Social Funds in Urban Areas: The Tanzania Social Action Fund Experience World Bank Africa 2008
Community Organizing Toolbox Neighborhood Funders Group Latin America 2001
Conservation and Development in Hunza and Baltistan Aga Khan Development Network Asia 2005
Conservation and Revitalisation of Historic Mostar Aga Khan Development Network Europe 2004
Cook Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Creating a Financial Bridge to the Private Sector Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Africa, Asia, Latin America 2000
Defining Strategies and Roles Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Africa, Asia, Latin America 2000
Denver Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Development of Social Organization in Tajikistan: MSDSP’s Approach in the Mountainous Areas Aga Khan Development Network Asia 2005
Don Williams' Effort to Empower South Dallas: Helping a Neighborhood Help Itself John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) Northern America 1998
EDF and the Energy Access Programme INSEAD Africa, Europe 2009
Embedded Funders and Community Change: Profiles Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Focused Philanthropy: The Steans Family Foundation North Lawndale Initiative John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) Northern America 1998
Funding Intermediaries as a Strategy for Local Grantmaking: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation & the Local Initiatives Support Corporations (LISC) Chicago Loyola University Chicago Northern America 2007
General Mills Community Action Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Georgia Early Learning Initative: United Way of Metro Atlanta Turns to "Community Building" John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) Northern America 2003
Glades Community Development Corporation: Chronicle of a Community Development Intermediary Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 1998
Grameen Bank: Ford Foundation, 1976 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Asia 2007
Hard Lessons about Philanthropy & Community Change from the Neighborhood Improvement Initiative Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2007
Humayun’s Tomb—Sunder Nursery—Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti Urban Renewal Project in Delhi, India Aga Khan Development Network Asia 2010
Humboldt Area Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Incarnate Word Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
J.F. Maddox Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Jacobs Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
James Ford Bell Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Kagiso Trust (South Africa) Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Africa 1997
Leading the Field: Profiles of Community Foundation Leadership in Building Better Communities Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Northern America 2004
Leading the Field: Profiles of Community Foundation Leadership in Smart Growth and Livable Communities Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Northern America 2001
Learning for Community Change: Core Components of Foundations that Learn Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Learning to Understand the Problems Faced by Cleveland: America’s First Community Foundation: The Cleveland Foundation, 1915 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative, 1991 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC): Ford Foundation, 1979 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
Lyndhurst Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation: Ford Foundation, 1974 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
Marguerite Casey Foundation: Movement Building Helping Low-Income Families Strengthen their Voices and Mobilize their Community Loyola University Chicago Northern America 2007
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Babcock Graduate School of Business (Wake Forest U.) Northern America 2003
Mexican Foundation for Rural Development (Mexico) Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Latin America 1997
Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) Asia 2007
Multiparty Cooperation for Development in Asia Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Asia 1992
National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency (NURCHA): Open Society Institute, 1995 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Africa 2007
Native Arts and Cultures: Research, Growth and Opportunities for Philanthropic Support Ford Foundation Northern America 2010
Neighborhood Partners Initiatives: The Startup Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 1998
New Orleans: Planning for a Better Future Rockefeller Foundation Northern America 2006
Northwest Area Foundation: Comprehensive Planning with the Indian Land Tenure Community Loyola University Chicago Northern America 2007
Open Society Institute—Baltimore Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Options for Financial Sustainability: Collaboration Between Civil Society and Development Agencies in Southeast Asia Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Asia 2003
Overstock.com and Worldstock Harvard Business School Northern America 2008
Pfizer Inc. Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Philippine Business for Social Progress (Philippines) Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Asia 1997
Piton Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Planning for the Historic City of Samarkand Aga Khan Development Network Asia 1996
Price Charities Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Programming on a Blank Slate GrantCraft (Ford Foundation) Asia 2004
Reversing the Decline of a Historic District Aga Khan Development Network Africa 2007
Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Russell Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Seabury Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Self Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Self-Help: Ford Foundation et al, 1984 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
Signs of Promise: Stories of Philanthropic Leadership in Advancing Regional and Neighborhood Equity Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Northern America 2005
Sowing the Seeds of Local Philanthropy: Two Decades in the Field of Community Foundations Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Northern America 2001
Spotlight #10: Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation—Enhancing Quality of Life by Creating and Protecting “Inspiring Spaces” Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Northern America 2007
Spotlight #13: Fairfield County Community Foundation Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Northern America 2007
Spotlight #1: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Northern America 2007
Steans Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004
Stemming the Tide: Relief, Reconstruction and Development in Coastal Andhra Pradesh Aga Khan Development Network Asia 2006
Taking It to the Street: How Roadway Design Helped Shape a Neighborhood’s Development McKnight Foundation Northern America 2005
The Azhar Park Project in Cairo and the Conservation and Revitalisation of Darb al-Ahmar Aga Khan Development Network Africa 2001
The Enterprise Foundation: Surdna Foundation, 1982 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
The Esquel Ecuador Foundation (Ecuador) Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Latin America 1997
The Evolution of Civic Engagement: South Africa: A Case Study American University in Cairo Africa 2008
The Ford Foundation and Community Development Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Latin America 2006
The Ford Foundation and the Grameen Bank Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Asia 2007
The Ford Foundation and TransFair USA Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Africa, Asia, Latin America 2007
The Ford Foundation in the Inner City: Forging an Alliance with Neighborhood Activists University of California at Santa Cruz Northern America 2005
The Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund: Striving to Reshape the Social Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Northern America 2007
The Plan for Transformation of Public Housing in Chicago: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1999 Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (Duke) Northern America 2007
The Role of Social Capital in Building Healthy Communities Annie E. Casey Foundation Northern America 2004
The Sandtown-Winchester Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: Lessons Learned About Community Building and Implementation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2001
The Vital Link—Intermediary Support Organizations: Connecting Communities with Resources for Improvement Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Northern America 1998
Toward Greater Effectiveness in Community Change: Challenges and Responses for Philanthropy Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2003
Urban Conservation and Area Development in Afghanistan Aga Khan Development Network Asia 2007
Walker Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
When Housing and Child Care Meet: Cleveland Housing Assistance Enterprise Foundation Northern America 2003
When Housing and Child Care Meet: Los Angeles Housing Assistance Enterprise Foundation Northern America 2003
When Housing and Child Care Meet: New York City Network Support Enterprise Foundation Northern America 2003
When Housing and Child Care Meet: Portland, Oregon, Network Support Enterprise Foundation Northern America 2003
When Housing and Child Care Meet: Syracuse, New York, Housing Assistance Enterprise Foundation Northern America 2003
When Housing and Child Care Meet: Washington, D.C., Network Support Enterprise Foundation Northern America 2003
Women in Philanthropy: Elisabeth "Betty" Bottomley Noyce John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) Northern America 2000
Woodard Family Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2006
Working with Official Development Assistance Agencies Global Philanthropists Circle (Synergos) Africa, Asia, Latin America 2000
Zanzibar Stone Town Projects Aga Khan Development Network Africa 1997
Zeist Foundation Chapin Hall Center for Children (University of Chicago) Northern America 2004