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Greater effectiveness in responding to social problems and opportunities – indeed, much greater effectiveness – is possible. The Effective Communities Project is a set of Services, Projects, and Articles meant to help socially concerned organizations achieve this greater effectiveness. Effective Communities, LLC works with the gamut of civic, public, and philanthropic organizations – grassroots groups, donors, foundations, agencies, associations, networks, and systems – to help them achieve greater effectiveness consistent with their mission. We favor organizations that seek to level the playing field, reduce barriers, and otherwise improve conditions that support fair and equitable progress. See Current Major Projects (below), Services, and Articles. CURRENT MAJOR PROJECTS Moving Philanthropy Closer to Racial Equity and Social Justice. Philanthropy can do more to address the disparities in viability that exist in too many American communities, keeping them from being healthy and effective in the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. In this project, supported by the Ford Foundation (www.fordfound.org), we are working with a great variety of philanthropic organizations to discover how “progress” is made and supported, and to make those lessons available. See more… Helping Our Schools Create Promising Futures For Our Kids. Too many high school students are not sufficiently prepared, academically or personally, to lead productive and satisfying lives upon graduation. In this project, supported by Achieve!Minneapolis (www.achieveminneapolis.org), the public foundation serving Minneapolis School District, we are designing and implementing Career and College Centers in each of the District’s public high schools. See more… The Effective Communities Project is a project of Effective Communities, LLC. |
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