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Finding Common Purpose’s Starter Dashboard Project: Increasing Access to Community Dashboards
Most community dashboards don’t survive. A few years ago, FCP researched and counted community dashboards maintained by place-based partnerships across the country. Two years later, […]
Measuring What Matters: A Reflection from the ED
Accountability can be scary. Especially for nonprofits and philanthropies working to improve lives in America. This country has a history of turning accountability into punishment. […]
Sustaining Community Dashboards in Place-Based Partnerships
Community dashboards are one of the most effective tools a place-based initiative can use. When they work right, community dashboards communicate a theory of change, […]
Effective Practice #6: Data Infrastructure
Central to FCP’s mission is the belief that publicly accessible and actionable outcomes data is key to strengthening the cross-sector collaborations that ensure that working […]
Naugatuck Valley Project
The Naugatuck Valley Project’s problem has never been a lack of work. It was a lack of tools to show that work to the outside […]
St. George CDC
Facing the compounding impacts of COVID-19, a surging opioid crisis, rising housing costs, and a contracting local economy that pushed young people out of their […]
Aligned Impact Muscatine
Aligned Impact Muscatine is a leading cradle-to-career initiative of United Way in Muscatine County, Iowa. AIM and its partners rely on data to align strategies, […]
Steamboat for All
Most efforts to fix a community’s affordability crisis start with an organization. Someone builds a coalition, hires staff, writes a strategic plan. The dashboard comes […]
Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet
The leaders of the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet knew their community had untapped potential. Poughkeepsie, New York is rich with opportunity, not just because it’s close […]
United for Brownsville
United for Brownsville has spent years building the infrastructure for community-driven change in Brooklyn. They convene families, healthcare providers, schools, and social services around a […]
Place Based Partnerships’ Growing Use Of Community Dashboards
Across the country, place-based partnerships(PBPs) are transforming their communities through collective action. Place-based partnerships enable a cross-sector of community leaders from the public, private, and […]
Six Areas of Practice for Effective Community Dashboard Implementation
In our brief titled Place-Based Partnership’s Growing Use of Community Dashboards, we outlined six key practices that are integral to the use of outcomes in […]
Effective Practice #1: Theory of Change
Central to FCP’s mission is the belief that publicly accessible and actionable outcomes data is key to strengthening the cross-sector collaborations that ensure that working […]
Effective Practice #2: Media Engagement
Central to FCP’s mission is the belief that publicly accessible and actionable outcomes data is key to strengthening the cross-sector collaborations that ensure that working […]
Effective Practice #3: Community Engagement
Central to FCP’s mission is the belief that publicly accessible and actionable outcomes data is key to strengthening the cross-sector collaborations that ensure that working […]
Why?
During his time at Root Cause, FCP’s founder, Andrew Wolk penned a series of field notes examining the field of social innovation and entrepreneurship, the […]
Philanthropy’s Moment: Advocating For and Funding What’s Essential
During his time at Root Cause, FCP’s founder, Andrew Wolk penned a series of field notes examining the field of social innovation and entrepreneurship, the […]
My Vision for the Next 10 Years
During his time at Root Cause, FCP’s founder, Andrew Wolk penned a series of field notes examining the field of social innovation and entrepreneurship, the […]
End of Year Reflections on Social Innovation and Investing in What Work
During his time at Root Cause, FCP’s founder, Andrew Wolk penned a series of field notes examining the field of social innovation and entrepreneurship, the […]
Andrew Wolk Donor Letter
Founding Donor Letter For more than twenty years, I’ve spent my career building organizations focused on one thing: helping communities deliver better results for the […]