Expanding Resources for Community Organizing
A Project of the Center for Community ChangeCommunity organizing is essential to a functioning democracy. It is a key strategy for creating an informed and involved constituency with the power to make decisions that effectively govern their communities.
Unfortunately, community organizing has rarely received the attention it deserves, or the funding it needs to expand the resource base for grassroots community organizing beyond individual electoral cycles or specific issue campaigns.
With initial support from the Open Society Institute, the Center for Community Change has embarked on an ambitious, multi-faceted campaign to spread the word about the power of community organizing and to make the case for serious investment in the growth of the sector.
This new effort will map the field of community organizing to clearly show its depth and breadth, and develop compelling language, illustrative stories, and profiles of dynamic grassroots leadership.
Click on the link below to read the report summary of “Promising Practices in Revenue Generation for Community Organizing:”
“Promising Practices in Revenue Generation for Community Organizing”
Marjorie Fine, a leader in progressive philanthropy for over 20 years, leads this project. Prior to joining the Center, Margie was the Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, and also directed the North Star Fund. She has served on the committees and boards of many philanthropic institutions, including: New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, Interfaith Funders, National Network of Grantmakers, and Social Justice Infrastructure Funders.
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