Auburn University
Award Amount, Year 1: $950,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Auburn University is a large, highly ranked institution
of higher learning located in Auburn, Alabama. As part
of the State’s land-grant institution system, Auburn
University has a commitment to link the university’s
system of educational resources in a broad range of disciplines
with communities and partners at the national, state,
and local levels to promote enhanced quality of life for
all Alabamians.
Project Description:
The Center for Children, Youth, and Families at Auburn
University will launch the Alabama Marriage and Family
Project (AMFP) partnership with the Department of Human
Development and Family Studies, the College of Business
Outreach Center and Leadership Institute, the Economic
Development Institute, and the Alabama Cooperative Extension
System. The AMFP will work to assist agencies in building
capacity to provide programs and services that strengthen
families and communities through healthy marriages, two-parent
involvement, and family stability.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The State of Alabama
Partnering Organization:
The Alabama Children’s Trust Fund
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards in the amount of $390,000 will be awarded to
approximately 20 faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) located in Alabama. Sub-awards from $15,000 to
$25,000 may be used to build organizational capacity and
sustainable community collaborations that support the
work of FBCOs.
Project Objectives:
- To offer effective capacity-building training to a broad
range of FBCOs.
- To creatively use technology to launch a state-wide sustainable
infrastructure that connects community agencies and collaboratives
and state-level resources to enhance FBCO growth and capacity
for offering programs addressing healthy marriages.
- To support sub-award recipients through technical assistance
that builds organizational capacity and sustainable community
collaborations to support the work of FBCOs including
those working with issues of healthy marriages.
- To evaluate
the implementation process and project effectiveness of
the AMFP to provide a model for replication.
Project Strategies:
AMFP will offer three forms of capacity-building assistance to FBCOs: (1) broad-range trainings and resources available to all Alabama FBCOs; (2) sub-awards to approximately 20 FBCOs; and (3) direct, intensive, customized capacity-building technical assistance for sub-award agencies.
Project Outcomes:
Short-term Outcomes
- Gains in leadership development knowledge and practices.
- Gains in organizational development knowledge and practices.
- Gains in fund development knowledge, skills, and practices and increase in income/assets.
- Gains in community engagement strategies knowledge and practices; CHMIs established.
- Gains in knowledge and strategies to integrate and offer services that support healthy marriages, responsible fatherhood, and family stability.
Long-term Outcomes
- Viable and sustainable FBCOs that serve their communities.
- Strong community collaborations that support social capital, economic growth, and human well-being.
- Healthy relationships, marriages and families: lower youth dating violence and domestic violence; lower divorce rate; fewer non-married births; greater two-parent involvement and support.
Contact Information:
Human Development and Family Studies Department
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5131
334-844-4151
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Black Ministerial Alliance of
Greater Boston, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $1,400,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston (BMA)
is an alliance of 83 faith-based and community organizations,
with a 40-year history of serving the Black community
in Boston. The mission of BMA is to provide spiritual
nurture for clergy as well as advocacy and program services
for the larger Black community. BMA mobilizes and coordinates
resources and distributes funding, training, and technical
assistance to strengthen faith-based and community organizations.
Project Description:
The Boston Capacity Tank builds organizational and programmatic
capacity, collaborations and public/ private partnerships
for up to 200 faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) to improve organizations and their programs that
address the needs of high-risk and at-risk youth in the
City of Boston.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The City of Boston
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards totaling $560,000 will be made available in
two fair and open competitive funding rounds for the FBCOs
receiving training and technical assistance through this
initiative. The first round of sub-awards will issue $280,000
in 14 individual grants with an average grant size of
$20,000. The second round will issue 7 “cluster
grants” to lead organizations that represent clusters
of 3-5 FBCOs with similar strategic goals. A total of
$280,000 will be awarded in “cluster grants”
with an average grant size of $40,000. A total of 35-49
FBCOs that provide direct services to youth and operate
within the City of Boston will benefit from sub-awards.
Priority Areas:
At-risk youth
Project Objectives:
To build capacity and organizational effectiveness for up to 200 faith-based and community organizations to improve programs that address the needs of high-risk and at-risk youth in the City of Boston.
Project Strategy:
BMA's strategy addresses the five critical areas of capacity building: organizational development, leadership development, funding, programs/services and community engagement. Further, it includes capacity assessments, group training workshops, individualized technical assistance, $560,000 in sub-awards, and a high-risk youth system network to strengthen the connections between high-risk youth providers, City and State agencies, public schools and faith-based and community organizations, to expand and enhance services for high-risk youth and reverse the growing trend of youth violence.
Project Outcomes:
Initial Outcomes (Service Plan Outcomes)
- FBCOs understand the details of their baseline capacity assessment, their strengths and deficiencies, and the purpose of their service plan.
- FBOCs participating in training workshops increase their understanding of Financial Management, Board/Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Outcome Measurement, Funding, and/or Collaborations/ Partnerships with other organizations/public agencies servicing high-risk youth.
Intermediate Outcomes (Service Plan Outcomes)
- FBCOs improve capacity by achieving their service plan objective(s).
Long-Term Outcomes (Program Outcomes)
- FBCOs achieve positive program outcomes in alignment
with mission; such as generated new donors, acquired
new funding source, partnership formed to address gaps
in youth service, increase in number of youth served,
new tracking system records positive youth outcomes.
Contact Information:
2326 R Washington Street
Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119
617-445-2737 ext. 13
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California Healthy Marriages
Coalition
Award Amount, Year 1: $583,475
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The California Healthy Marriages Coalition (CHMC) empowers
marriage- and family-support coalitions throughout the
State of California. The mission of CHMC is to build a
coalition of coalitions that will forge the capacity needed
for families throughout California to have greater access
to Relationship Skills Training (RST) programs. RST equips
families with the skills and knowledge necessary to form
and sustain a healthy marriage and family, overcome the
risk of gang influence and involvement, and make the transition
from welfare to work.
Project Description:
The California Healthy Marriages Project will develop
and nurture a coalition of coalitions to help families
within California have greater access to programs that
will equip them with the skills and knowledge necessary
to form and sustain a healthy marriage and family, overcome
the risk of gang influence and involvement, and make the
transition from welfare to work.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The State of California
Subaward Plan:
CHMC will offer a total of $250,000 in sub-awards to approximately
20 competitively selected coalitions and organizations
to help build their capacity as they work to build healthy
marriages and families.
Priority Areas:
Marriage education and preparation services to help couples form and sustain healthy marriages; at-risk youth; and families in transition from welfare to work.
Project Objectives:
Through the Healthy Marriage & Families Project, CHMC will assist marriage- and family-strengthening coalitions and organizations throughout California to increase sustainability and effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services, diversify their funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve those in need. CHMC will accomplish these objectives by providing training, technical assistance, and sub-awards to selected grassroots faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) to build their organizational capacity in the five critical areas of capacity building.
Project Strategy:
CHMC will foster the development of approximately 20 marriage- and family-support coalitions/organizations around the state-enabling grassroots organizations to maximize their social impact in providing Relationship Skills Training (RST) services, and becoming the country's first statewide coalition of coalitions working to support healthy marriages and families.
Project Outcomes:
This project will lead to an increase in capacity, effectiveness, service-level offerings and sustainability of the marriage- and family-strengthening coalitions and organizations participating in this project, which will result in an increase in the availability and accessibility of Relationship Skills Training (RST) services throughout the state-enabling a greater number of California residents to obtain the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy marriage and family, overcome the risk of gang influence and involvement, and make the transition from welfare to work.
Contact Information:
2740 Fulton Avenue,
Suite 129B
Sacramento, CA 95821
562-407-0340
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Catholic Charities of Kansas
City-St. Joseph, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $828,548
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Inc. is
a provider of comprehensive social services to individuals
and of effective leadership to organizations and communities
throughout Missouri with headquarters in the Kansas City,
Missouri, area. Its mission is to serve, advocate, and
provide for the needs of the vulnerable as they seek to
achieve self-sufficiency.
Project Description:
Through Concepts for Effective Service, Catholic Charities
seeks to empower faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) to increase effectiveness to sustain programming
and services, diversify funding sources, and create collaborations
to better serve those within their respective communities.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Thirteen counties of Central and Northwest Missouri, including
metropolitan Kansas City.
Partnering Organizations:
Alliance of Greater Kansas City United Ways
Subaward Plan:
Catholic Charities will distribute sub-awards, in a competitive
process, to 30 small FBCOs that have not received federal
grants and are interested in completing a comprehensive
program of required pre-assessment, 12 days of training,
sustained mentoring, and technical assistance support.
The average grant award is anticipated to be $12,000.
Project Objectives:
- To improve participants' organizational effectiveness.
- To encourage increased collaborations.
- To present 6, two-day capacity-building trainings focused on critical areas identified in the pre-assessment surveys.
- To customize technical assistance and mentoring support within each participant organization's community.
- To facilitate improved sustainability in 30 FBCOs by providing one-time capacity-building grants.
Project Strategies:
Concepts for Effective Service offers two approaches: 1) three one-day capacity building trainings for at least 150 interested grassroots organizations, and 2) a more comprehensive program for a subset of 30 FBCOs.
Project Outcomes:
The following are project outcomes for FBCOs participating in the Concepts for Effective Service project:
- Sub-award agency understanding and acknowledgement of training needs for sustainability of effective organizational capacity.
- Improvements in organizational functioning.
- Compliance with program, financial, administrative standards.
- Sub-award satisfaction with comprehensive program content and agency improvements.
- Development and implementation of diversified funding plan.
Contact Information:
1112 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64105
816-333-2040, ext. 101
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Clemson University
Award Amount, Year 1: $799,938
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The South Carolina Center for Grassroots and Non-profit
Leadership is dedicated to building the capacity of the
nonprofits most in need of assistance in the state. The
Center was formed in 1998 as a result of a collaboration
of major foundations, universities, nonprofit and faith-based
networks, and state agencies. The Center is located within
the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson
University and has served as a CCF intermediary since
2002.
Project Description:
Through the South Carolina Rural Communities Compassion
Project, the Center will help build the capacity of rural
faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) throughout
South Carolina.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Rural areas of the State of South Carolina.
Partnering Organizations:
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
- Spartanburg County Foundation
- Community Foundation of the Low Country
- Francis P. Bunnelle Foundations
Priority Areas:
Homelessness, elders in need, at-risk youth, families in transition from welfare
to work, those in need of intense rehabilitation such as addicts or prisoners, and couples
who need skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages.
Project Objectives:
- Provide capacity building training through distance learning events and 4 state regional workshops.
- Provide individualized technical assistance through website and referral.
- Execute an open and fair sub-award process (establish sub-award committee and timelines, announce RFP, select sub-award winners).
- Provide individualized technical assistance and monitor sub-awardees.
- Pre-and Post-assess training participants and sub-awarded technical assistance participants. Collect and analyze data.
Project Strategies:
The Center will provide distance training events, workshops, web resources, and technical assistance referrals to all interested FBCOs.
Sub-awardees will be provided additional technical assistance through face-to-face consultation with key FBCO personnel and board members.
Project Outcomes:
The following are project outcomes for FBCOs participating in the South Carolina Rural Communities Compassion Project:
- Improved knowledge in one of five critical areas of capacity building.
- Implementation of changed practice and/or policy.
- Improved knowledge in two or more of the five critical areas of capacity-building (for sub-awardees).
- Outcome measure of sub-award achieved (for sub-awardees).
Subaward Plan:
The Center and its partners anticipate providing 20-30
sub-awards ranging from $5,000-$20,000 for a total of
$400,000 in sub-awards to rural FBCOs in South Carolina
to build capacity to address social service priority areas.
Contact Information:
Institute on Family &
Neighborhood Life
158 Poole
Agricultural Center
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-5702
864-656-6286
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The East Los Angeles Community
Union
Award Amount, Year 1: $750,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) was born
out of a community’s deep desire to improve the
lives of its people. Officially incorporated in 1968,
TELACU, a nonprofit Community Development Corporation
(CDC), was formed by community leaders to provide youth
and families the tools for true self-empowerment and self-sufficiency
for the purpose of improving their lives.
Project Description:
The Capacity for Hispanic Healthy Marriage and Gang Involved
Youth Organizations Project focuses on building the capacity
of organizations serving the distressed communities where
there is a high need for support among couples who choose
marriage and/or intervention with youth at-risk of gang
involvement and influence. Capacity building will focus
on sustainable growth and development among culturally
competent organizations while fostering effective programmatic
responses to these critical issues, particularly within
the Latino community.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The greater metropolitan area of Southern California,
including the western portions of Los Angeles, Orange,
San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties.
Partnering Organizations:
- Templo Calvario, Community Development Corporation
- Orange County Marriage Resource Center
- Urban Strategies
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards will be available to a pool of 25 organizations
that have competed and been selected for technical assistance.
A total of $300,000 will be distributed in sub-awards
with amounts ranging from $15,000 to $25,000.
Priority Areas:
Youth at-risk of gang involvement and couples who choose marriage for themselves.
Project Objectives:
- Build capacity of FBCOs who provide services to high need priority populations.
- Participating organizations will improve within the 5 critical development domains.
- Organizations will build capacity to deliver quality services to youth who are at risk of gang influence and couples who choose marriage for themselves.
- Organizations will build sustained patterns of capacity development and service improvement.
Project Strategies:
Initial outreach for the project includes five workshops on the five critical areas of organizational development.
Sub-awards will be an integrated part of the technical assistance process and will support specific goals set by each
organization based upon an assessment of the five critical development areas. An open competition will be conducted in which
25 FBCOs serving the Latino populations will receive one-on-one technical assistance and effective supports. The 25 organizations
receiving one-on-one technical assistance will be eligible to compete for sub-awards totaling $300,000.
Project Outcomes:
- 25 organizations will achieve an 80% attendance rate at both one-on-one TA and workshops.
- 100 organizations will attend 60% of topics within the critical areas of capacity-building: leadership development, organizational development, program and service development, diversified funding, and community engagement.
- 80% of participating organizations will improve organizational capacity in at least 2 of the critical areas based upon the pre- and post-assessment.
- At least 40% of organizations will demonstrate improvement in organizational capacity from EACH of the 5 critical areas based on a pre- and post-assessment.
- 80% of organizations will demonstrate improvements in service quality or quantity for high need populations.
- At least 40% of participating organizations will add new program elements or leadership/staff skills that are evidence-based and directly targeting youth at risk or couples who choose marriage.
- At least 40% of organizations will make organizational commitments to ongoing capacity building addressing at least 2 of the critical areas.
Contact Information:
5400 East Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90022
323-721-1655
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Institute for Contemporary Studies
(Bay Area Inner City Leadership Alliance—BAICLA)
Award Amount, Year 1: $366,179
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Institute for Contemporary Studies (ICS), founded
in 1974, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research institute.
The Bay Area Inner City Leadership Alliance (BAICLA),
an independent subsidiary of the Institute for Contemporary
Studies, Inc., will conduct the CCF project. BAICLA was
founded in 2001 as a leadership and program development
organization. A user-cooperative of small faith-based
and community organizations (FBCOs), it was designed to
help these organizations compete for grants and provide
higher levels of service. BAICLA is a self-governing intermediary
organization.
Project Description:
Through the CCF project, the Bay Area Inner City Leadership
Alliance will build the leadership and program capacities
of small FBCOs in four San Francisco/Bay Area low-income
communities by delivering technical assistance through
an expanding, linked system of hubs and satellites. Hub
organizations are FBCOs that provide specified courses
and technical assistance, maintain a minimum of two Certified
Marriage Educators, and hold monthly planning meetings
with satellites. Satellite organizations are FBCOs that
have been selected through the sub-grant competition and
have specified capacities.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Oakland, Alameda County, San Francisco, and San Francisco
County.
Subaward Plan:
A total of $91,545 will be awarded in sub-grants to FBCOs
that are most committed to becoming satellite organizations
for the four BAICLA programs focusing on marriage and
family strengthening ($71,000 in sub-awards), and four
additional programs focusing on mentoring exoffenders
and their families ($20,545 in sub-awards). The goal at
the end of the three-year period of the grant is to have
ten satellite FBCO networks operating at each of their
hubs.
Partnering Organizations:
The California State Healthy Marriage Initiative (CSHMI), formerly the Bay Area Healthy Marriage Initiative, founded and managed by Pastor Dion Evans, is a branch of BAICLA, and will be responsible for the marriage and education trainings and the hub and satellite operations.
Project Objectives:
Demonstrate in three San Francisco-Bay Area low-income communities that a user cooperative of small FBCOs operating through a hub-and-satellite organizational structure can build capacity and sustain enhanced service delivery.
Increase awareness and provide technical assistance to other communities in California interested in building area-wide user cooperatives to build their capacity.
Project Strategy:
- Deliver capacity-building and technical assistance through an expanding, linked system of hubs and satellites. In year one, BAICLA will work with their own hubs, building their capacity by adding satellites through competi-tive grants in Oakland and San Francisco;
- Target four issues that are key to ensuring the effectiveness of inner-city organizations: providing leadership that has a clear strategy and vision; building organizational capacities of fiscal and administrative management; educating members on their mission; and developing an action strategy for realizing goals and building and sustaining collaboration and evaluation;
- Focus on three critical service issues: strengthening marriages and families, mentoring ex-offenders, and mentoring children and families of ex-offenders.
Contact Information:
3100 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA 94611
510-238-5010
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Institute for Youth Development
Award Amount, Year 1: $1,500,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Institute for Youth Development (IYD) is a non-partisan,
non-profit organization founded in 1996 to help teens
make healthy choices. To meet this goal, IYD conducts
research and develops programs to educate teens, parents,
educators and youth development professionals about the
importance of avoiding alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco and
violence. IYD has served as a CCF intermediary since 2002.
Project Description:
Through its Compassion Capital Fund Project, IYD will
conduct intensive capacity-building educational conferences
for faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) in
12 cities, representing 11 states and one territory.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Anchorage, AK: Little Rock, AR; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa, FL;
Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Baton Rouge, LA; Helena, MT;
Albuquerque, NM; Buffalo, NY; Oklahoma City, OK; and San
Juan, PR.
Subaward Plan:
IYD will issue two requests for proposals (RFPs) and provide
direct funding assistance to 20-30 FBCOs totaling $600,000.
Priority Areas:
The homeless; elders in need; the hungry; at-risk youth, particularly those facing the specific risk of gang influence and involvement; families in transition from welfare to work; individuals needing intensive rehabilitation, such as addicts and prisoners; and couples who choose marriage for themselves to develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages.
Project Objectives:
- To conduct 12 capacity building educational conferences with workshops in the five critical capacity-building areas of leadership development, organizational development, programs/services, funding and community engagement.
- To provide 1,600 one-on-one TA contacts in the five critical capacity-building areas to 630 FBCOs to address individual capacity-building issues and/or obstacles.
- To grant 20-30 financial sub-awards totaling $600,000 to FBCOs to increase their organizational capacity to address the five critical areas of capacity building.
Project Strategies:
IYD will provide approximately 1,600 individual technical assistance sessions to FBCOs on the five critical areas of capacity building, both at the educational conferences and by electronic means, primarily email. The sub-award process is designed to increase the skills and capacity of FBCOs to successfully access federal grant funds. Strategies include simulating the federal funding competitive grant process from the announcement of available funds, through the application and review process, the announcement of sub-award recipients, and sub-awardees' reporting and accountability requirements.
Project Outcomes:
- 80% of FBCOs increased their knowledge, skills, and resources of organizational capacity-building activities.
- 20-30 FBCOs receive financial support in at least two of the five critical areas of capacity building.
Contact Information:
1329 Shepard Drive
Suite 1
Sterling, VA 20164
703-433-1640
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Iowa Family Policy Center
Award Amount, Year 1: $800,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Iowa Family Policy Center (IFPC) was founded in 1996
by statewide grassroots organizational leaders, business
and community "champions" to help enhance the
viability of Iowa faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) and the communities they represent. IFPC equips
FBCOs to better serve Iowa's poor, gain organizational
strength, compete for public funding, encourage effective
partnerships among and between public agencies and FBCOs,
and measure the impact of partnerships.
Project Description:
IFPC's project, Compassion Iowa, is dedicated to building
the capacity of smaller Iowa FBCOs in addressing the social
service priorities of homelessness, re-entering prisoners,
children of prisoners, at-risk youth, addicts, elders
in need, families in transition from welfare to work,
and organizations that provide marriage education and
preparation services.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The State of Iowa
Partnering Organizations:
- Marriage Matters of Iowa
- Move the Mountain Leadership Center
- Iowa State University Extension
- Iowa Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Subaward Plan:
A total of $320,000 will be distributed to 21-35 Iowa
FBCOs during the grant period. Individual FBCOs will be
eligible for awards up to $15,000.
Priority Areas:
Homelessness, re-entering prisoners, children of prisoners, at-risk youth, addicts, elders in need, families in transition from welfare to work, and organizations that provide marriage education and preparation services to help couples who choose marriage for themselves develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages.
Project Objectives:
- To enhance and expand the knowledge base of Iowa grass-roots FBCOs.
- To make sub-awards to 21-35 FBCOs through a prescribed, fair RFP process.
- To provide a system of training/technical assistance in the 5 critical areas to enable FBCOs to become effective and viable.
- To encourage and facilitate models and best practices.
- To seek additional funding to sustain successful regional practices.
- To measure and demonstrate the achievement of intended outcomes.
Project Strategies:
ICCP plans to implement an online assessment that will allow FBCOs to better determine their organizational needs. FBCOs will use this assessment resource to prepare their responses to the RFP for capacity building sub-awards. Following extensive outreach, ICCP proposes to hold five half-day workshops throughout the state to explain the CCF project and its sub-award resources to fledging FBCOs. Successful sub-awardees will further participate in a self-administered web-based organizational assessment tool (OAT) in collaboration with the TCC Group. Results of the OAT will support 10 hours of one-on-one technical assistance each month for each awardee. FBCOs not receiving a capacity building sub-award will be encouraged to participate in quarterly regional training sessions based on needs identified in initial web surveys.
Project Outcomes:
Project outcomes for participating FBCOs include:
- Baseline measures of need, organizational readiness, and community collaboration established.
- Funding opportunities pursued to sustain capacity building efforts.
- Increased capacity of organizations to provide social services.
- Greater community integration/ acceptance.
- Increased network and collaborative relationships.
- Improved community collaboration capacity.
Contact Information:
1100 N. Hickory
Suite 105
Pleasant Hill, Iowa 50327
515-263-3495 ext. 21
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JVA Consulting, LLC
Award Amount, Year 1: $1,000,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
With an eighteen-year record of working with nonprofits,
JVA Consulting, LLC (JVA) has built the capacity of thousands
of organizations in Colorado and across the country through
training and individual technical assistance, resource
development, strategic planning and evaluation. JVA has
served as a CCF intermediary since 2002.
Project Description:
The Colorado Compassion Initiative will target Colorado’s
most distressed communities and those faith-based and
community organizations (FBCOs) providing services to
the neediest populations.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The State of Colorado
Subaward Plan:
JVA and Metro Denver Black Church Initiative will distribute
a total of $400,000 in sub-awards up to $10,000 to a minimum
of 48 Colorado FBCOs. Twelve additional awards will be
made through private matching funds.
Priority Areas:
Homeless, families transitioning from welfare to work, elders in need, addicts, youth at risk of gang involvement, prisoners reentering society, children of prisoners and marriage strengthening.
Project Objectives:
Goal 1: A minimum of 60 FBCOs will participate in the full capacity-building program, including six full-day workshops, 30 hours of one-on-one technical assistance, 20 hours of client support, and sub-awards.
Objective 1.1: The average organizational capacity score of participating organizations will show statistically significant gains from the pre- to post-assessment.
Objective 1.2: Organizations receiving technical assistance from JVA in each critical capacity area will achieve designated objectives.
Goal 2: JVA will serve 60 additional FBCOs and 100% will receive the six-day workshop series in nonprofit management and Internet-based supplemental services.
Objective 2.1: 80% will demonstrate an increased knowledge in the five critical capacity areas as measured by self-report surveys administered at the end of each workshop.
Goal 3: Foundations and funding agencies that partner with JVA will demonstrate a stronger commitment to supporting one-on-one technical assistance.
Objective 3.1: 100% of JVA's partners' funding organizations will show increased commitment to funding capacity-building technical assistance for FBCOs.
Project Strategy:
JVA and its partners will first select participants for the full capacity-building program, including training workshops, technical assistance and capacity-building awards. These organizations will receive services that target five critical areas of capacity building in order to improve client services and community impact. To maximize impact of services provided, additional organizations will participate in workshops and online support systems.
Project Outcomes:
Organizations receiving funding, training workshops and consulting services will demonstrate increased organizational capacity as measured by the JVA Organizational Assessment tool. Organizations receiving technical assistance in critical capacity areas will demonstrate the following gains: 70% will show gains in leadership development; 75% will show gains in organizational development; 60% will show gains in programs and services; 75% will show gains in funding; and 60% will show gains in community engagement. Of those participating in the workshop series, 80% will show increased knowledge in five critical capacity areas. JVA partners will show increased commitment to funding capacity building.
Contact Information:
4907 W. 29th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80212
303-477-4896
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Latino Coalition for Faith and
Community Initiatives, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $978,551
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Latino Coalition for Faith and Community Initiatives
(The Latino Coalition) is a nonprofit intermediary dedicated
to strengthening and expanding the capacity of faith-based
and community organizations.
Project Description:
The Equal Sides Everywhere Project (ESE) will work to
expand the role of Latino faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) in addressing the causes and consequences of youth
gang involvement. The Latino Coalition will provide training,
technical assistance and sub-awards to small FBCOs in
six cities with a large concentration of Latinos and youth
gang problems.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Bakersfield, California; Los Angeles, California; Denver,
Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and Lawrence,
Massachusetts.
Subaward Plan:
A total of $400,000 will be given in sub-awards for 44
FBCOs. Four types of sub-awards will be available: Start
Up (up to $3000); Capacity Building/Expansion (up to $5000);
Technology Assistance (up to $15,000); and Coalition Building
grants (up to $20,000).
Priority Areas:
At-risk youth and gang prevention and intervention.
Project Objectives
The Equal Sides Everywhere Project will:
- Expand participation of grass-roots FBCOs in addressing issues related to the causes and consequences of gang influences.
- Strengthen the organizational competencies of participating organizations in the areas of: financial management, agency leadership and management, programs and services, human resources, community relations and engagement, board of directors/governance, and program evaluation and outcome measurement.
- Increase the diversity and stability of the funding base for participating organizations.
- Establish more collaborative working relationships and partnerships.
- Implement outcome measurement within participating organizations.
- Incorporate best practices for dealing with gangs and their influence into existing programs and services to improve client service and effectiveness.
Project Strategies:
The Equal Sides Everywhere Project consists of four elements: 1) organizational needs assessments; 2) the Capacity Building Academy; 3) Equal Sides Everywhere Conference; and 4) sub-awards.
Project Outcomes:
- Increase number of FBCOs engaged in programs/services to at-risk Latino youth and families.
- Improved organizational competencies in focus areas.
- Increased levels of funding for FBCOs.
- Increase knowledge of strategies to curb, prevent and reduce gang involvement.
- Development of best practices for FBCOs to address gang issues.
Contact Information:
1601 New Stine Road
Suite 260
Bakersfield, CA 93309
661-835-7938
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Latino Pastoral Action Center,
Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $708,334
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Founded in 1992 by Rev. Raymond Rivera, the NYC-based
Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC) is a national faith-based
organization that aims to educate, equip, and empower
Latino and other urban churches to develop holistic ministries.
Project Description:
The National Holistic Ministry Development Project seeks
to assist faith and community based organizations (FBCOs)
in building holistic ministries that help children, youth,
and adults to become strong, independent, articulate leaders
who legitimately represent and are accountable to their
communities.
Geographic Scope of Project:
New York City, New York; and Chicago, Illinois.
Subaward Plan:
The Holistic Seed Grant Program anticipates making 8-16
capacity-building sub-awards at each site, ranging from
$5,000-$10,000.
Subaward Plan:
The Holistic Seed Grant Program anticipates making 8-16 capacity-building sub-awards at each site, ranging from $5,000-$10,000.
Priority Areas:
At-risk youth, early childhood development, literacy, fatherhood, healthy marriages, homelessness, drug rehabilitation, gang and violence prevention, college and career development.
Project Objectives:
- Improve the capacity of 200 FBCOs across five sites to engage board members, staff, and volunteers in the institutional operations.
- Improve the capacity of FBCOs across five sites to develop and maintain fully operational infrastructure and systems.
- Improve the capacity of 200 FBCOs across five sites to provide programs that involve participants in leadership and service roles within and outside the organization.
- Increase the capacity of 200 FBCOs across five sites to establish a fully diverse and sustainable funding pool.
- Increase the capacity of 200 FBCOs across five sites to engage community residents in collaborations, needs assessments, and asset mapping.
Project Strategies:
The National Holistic Ministry Development Project will operate its Holistic Ministry Leadership Institute and Holistic Seed Grants Program in two sites. The project will conduct 2-3 outreach symposia, monthly general trainings on the five capacity building areas, a TA hotline for information sharing and troubleshooting, and field visits to model programs for interested faith-based and community based organizations. Selected organizations will create a personalized TTA agenda, attend five general trainings as well as 3-5 trainings focused on identified needs, and six half-day technical assistance visits. Participants will be eligible for the Holistic Seed Grant Program.
Project Outcomes:
Initial Outcomes
70-80% of participating FBCOs will:
- increase personal development training.
- increase infrastructure and systems.
- improve program designs and services.
- increase funding partners.
- increase community participation.
Intermediate Outcomes
50-60% of participating FBCOs will:
- improve formal leadership training for individuals and groups.
- develop well-defined infrastructure and systems.
- expand programs with high participant input and data collection.
- establish a strong financial position with varied donor types.
- foster high levels of community engagement and collaboration.
Long-term Impact
20-30% of participating FBCOs will establish holistic community ministries that help children, youth and adults become strong, independent, articulate leaders who legitimately represent and are accountable to their communities, as indicated by having:
- effective leaders.
- sound infrastructure.
- effective character and leadership development programs.
- diverse funding.
- fully engaged community residents.
Contact Information:
14 West 170th Street
Bronx, NY 10452
718-681-2361
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Morehouse School of Medicine
Award Amount, Year 1: $547,397
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is a historically-black
institution established in 1975 to address the growing
shortage of African-American and other minority physicians
in the United States, and the critical unmet health care
needs in rural and inner city areas. The MSM recruits
and trains minority and other students as physicians,
biomedical scientists, and public health practitioners
who are committed to the primary health-care needs of
the underserved.
Project Description:
The Morehouse School of Medicine Technical Assistance
Support Center (MSM-TASC) will design training events
and technical assistance protocols that will build organizational
capacity to address risk factors that influence gang involvement
and other at-risk behaviors among youth in the target
communities.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The Atlanta metropolitan area (Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas,
and Fulton Counties) and Bibb, Brooks, Crisp, Dougherty,
Muscogee, Stewart, Sumter, and Thomas Counties in southwest
Georgia.
Partnering Organizations:
- Georgia Department of Human Resources
- Metro Atlanta (Region Three) Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases (MHDDAD) Regional Office
- Southwest Georgia (Region Four) MHDDAD Regional Office
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards in the amount of $250,000 will be made to 20-40
faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) for capacity
building. Individual awards will start at $2,500. Priority
will be given to programs that address risk factors and
negative social indicators that contribute to delinquency
and gang involvement of at-risk youth in the target communities.
Priority Areas:
At-risk youth
Project Objectives:
- Leadership Development: Provide training and technical assistance in leadership development to 600 leaders of FBCOs in Metro Atlanta and Southwest Georgia MHDDAD Regions.
- Organizational Development: Assist at least 52 FBCOs to develop and sustain a planning process to address risk factors that contribute to gang involvement and other at-risk behaviors of youth through training and technical assistance.
- Programs/Services and Funding: Provide seed funding to 25-40 qualified FBCOs to develop plans to provide effective prevention services addressing gang involvement and other at-risk behavior of youth.
- Community Engagement: At least 52 FBCOs will collaborate with community stakeholders and residents to develop an action plan which will form strategies to prevent gang involvement and other at-risk behavior among youth.
Project Strategies:
Participating organizations will enhance their knowledge and capacity to not only provide prevention services, using best practices and promising approaches, but also develop skills to secure funding to maintain quality services and programs that will decrease risky behavior and improve the life outcomes for youth and families in their service area.
Project Outcomes:
FBCOs will:
- Enhance organizational leadership and infrastructure to implement effective prevention programs.
- Work collaboratively with local agencies and organizations to provide and maintain prevention services and programs to address gang involvement and other at-risk behavior of youth.
- Increase ability to implement and monitor effective prevention programs.
- Increase ability to compete for government and non-government funding to support prevention activities.
- Better serve the needs of youth and communities through collaboration and community ownership of the solutions to address identified problems and needs.
Contact Information:
720 Westview Dr., SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
404-752-1500
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OneStar Foundation, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $1,000,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The OneStar Foundation is a nonprofit corporation, established
by Executive Order of the Governor of Texas, to work on
behalf of the State of Texas to strengthen the capacity
of local communities to address their most pressing needs.
OneStar uses three primary strategies to achieve its mission:
promoting an ethic of service and volun-teerism, forging
effective public and private partnerships, and increasing
the performance of non-profit organizations. OneStar initiatives
include the Governor’s Faith-Based and Community
Initiative, Governor’s Mentoring Initiative, National
Service Initiative, Emergency Management Initiative, and
Volunteer Services Initiative.
Project Description:
The Texas Demonstration Project seeks to build the capacity
of faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) so
they can increase the scale and effectiveness of their
services in their respective communities, form strategic
partnerships and collaborations to better serve those
in need as well as to increase their access to Federal
and other resources.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Bexar County (San Antonio); Harris County (Houston); Tarrant
County (Ft. Worth); and Travis County (Austin), Texas.
Partnering Organizations:
- Cornerstone Assistance Network of Tarrant County
- The Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- The Urban Alternative
- Baylor University's Center for Religious Inquiry Across the Disciplines
- Venture CD
Subaward Plan:
OneStar anticipates offering sub-awards in three tiers--up
to$10,000, from $10,000 to $20,000, and from $20,001 to
$30,000--to organizations with operating budgets of less
than $500,000 a year. Applicants for capacity-building
sub-awards must attend a minimum of four of the six training
workshops offered in their area. An estimated ten FBCOs
in each targeted area will receive sub-awards which can
be used to build their capacity in the five identified
critical areas of capacity-building.
Priority Areas:
Homeless, prisoners reentering the community, children of prisoners, at-risk youth, persons suffering from chemical dependency, elders in need, families in transition from welfare to work, couples choosing marriage education, groups assisting at-risk youth to overcome the perilous risk of gang influence and involvement.
Project Objectives:
-
Build the capacity
of 40 sub-awardees through training, technical assistance
and financial assistance in the five critical capacity
areas.
- Build the capacity of all interested faith-based
and community organizations (FBCOs) through training and
technical assistance in targeted communities in five critical
capacity areas. Target: Minimum of 300 FBCOs will attend
at least one training workshop.
- Forge 10 strategic
partnerships between FBCOs and government including public
schools and state agencies as demonstrated by a memorandum
of understanding or similar agreement.
- Gather critical
data through a series of case studies to better understand
how to build and sustain the capacity in FBCOs.
Project Strategies:
The OneStar Foundation will launch its Texas Demonstration Project in each of the four target communities with a community-wide capacity-building symposium. The training symposia will be followed by a series of five training workshops held once a month in each targeted area. Sub-awards will be announced in month six after the conclusion of the training workshops. Sub-awardees will receive customized technical assistance, including the facilitation of the McKinsey Organizational Assessment Tool and the creation of an individualized Technical Assistance Work Plan. Participating organizations will be assisted in the completion of a "post-project" operational plan to sustain and continue measuring the impact of their award.
Project Outcomes:
- 70% of grantees report "noticeable" or greater improvement in a minimum of two of five capacity areas as demonstrated by survey instrument.
- 70% of workshop attendees will report an increase in knowledge and understanding of the capacity area topic they received and report on how the knowledge impacted their organization in the particular area as defined by survey instrument.
- Seven out of the ten new partnerships will demonstrate a measurable leveraging of resources to better serve those in need.
- Based on the experiences of sub-awardees, faith and community-based intermediaries around the country will learn from published case studies on building and sustaining capacity in FBCOs.
Contact Information:
816 Congress
Suite 900
Austin, TX 78701
512-473-2140
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The Providence Plan
Award Amount, Year 1: $950,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
A community-based organization, The Providence Plan’s
mission is to improve the economic and social well being
of Providence, its neighborhoods, and its residents. The
Providence Plan was started in 1992 as a collaboration
between city and state government and the private sector
to curb poverty and urban decline in the capital city.
Project Description:
The Providence Technical Assistance Collaborative (Prov-TAC)
will expand the organizational capacity of small, grassroots
faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) in Providence
to improve their abilities to provide support services
for people in need.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Providence, Rhode Island.
Partnering Organizations:
- Third Sector New England
- The Rhode Island State Council of Churches
- Providence Making Connections
- The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
- The Rhode Island Family Life Center
- Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning Center
Subaward Plan:
A total of $380,000 will be provided in sub-awards to
24 FBCOs competitively selected to be “Prov-TAC
Associates.” Sub-awards will be used by each Prov-TAC
Associate to hire technical assistance consultants to
assist the Associate with organizational needs. Sub-award
amounts are expected to range between $10,000 and $30,000.
Priority Areas:
Prisoner re-entry, children of prisoners, at-risk youth, and welfare to work.
Project Objectives:
- Implement a 12-part capacity-building curriculum and a series of small group trainings (Learning Circles) for 70-80 FBCOs.
- Deliver individualized technical assistance to 24 FBCOs that builds and improves their organizational capacity so that they can design and operate programs consistent with the four service priority areas.
- Manage a sub-award grant program for 24 FBCOs that builds their organizational capacity, expands their ability to serve people in need, provides practice in working with technical assistance providers, and offers experience with managing federal funds.
Project Strategies:
To reach as many FBCOs in need of general capacity-building training as possible, Prov-TAC will design and operate a 12-month workshop series on capacity building and a series of Learning Circles (small group trainings) that focus on the five critical areas of capacity building. In addition, Prov-TAC will use an open and competitive process to select 24 FBCOs to serve as "Prov-TAC Associates." Each of these FBCOs will complete a rigorous pre-assessment process; receive an individualized Action Plan specifying ongoing, one-on-one technical assistance from Prov-TAC partners; obtain funding through a sub-award grant for specified capacity-building activities; and receive a post-assessment to measure outcomes attained during the grant period.
Project Outcomes:
Short Term Outcomes (1year)
- Increase FBCO knowledge of the issues and challenges of developing a non-profit.
- Increased level of understanding of what capacity building means for the organization at board and management levels.
- Increased skill at defining current organizational reality, preferred future state and what capacity and learning is needed to move from current place to next.
- Improved functioning of organization in area it chose for capacity building during year one.
- Skills built in how to be constituent based.
Mid-Term Outcomes (2-3 years)
- Increase in skills among board and staff in other defined areas of capacity building for the organization (e.g., improved governance or fund development functions).
- Incremental adoption of policies, practices that improve the organization's structure systems and effectiveness.
- Continuous organizational learning is institutionalized.
Long Term Outcomes (3-7 years)
- FBCOs are in continuous and transparent feedback loop with constituents and other stakeholders and base planning and future programming on their input.
- FCBO leadership is stable with succession plans in place.
- FBCO staff are paid just wages and benefits.
- Staff development and continuous learning is institutionalized.
- FBCO can continuously adapt to internal and external change.
Contact Information:
56 Pine Street
Suite 3B
Providence, RI 02903
401-455-8880, ext. 204
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Technical Assistance for Community
Services (TACS)
Award Amount, Year 1: $696,924
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Technical Assistance for Community Services (TACS) has
served the non-profit community in Oregon for over 25
years providing training, consultation, information, and
resources for nonprofits. TACS operates the NPower Oregon
program, an affiliate in the national network of NPower
technology programs.
Project Description:
The Oregon Faith and Community-Based Initiative (OFCI)
seeks to strengthen the organizational infrastructure
and stability of faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) in rural Oregon as well as the Portland metropolitan
area.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Portland metropolitan area (Multnomah, Clackamas, and
Washington Counties) and 22 selected rural communities.
Partnering Organizations:
- Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization
- Rural Development Initiative
Subaward Plan:
The OFCI project will offer FBCOs that are enrolled in
the intensive consultation services the opportunity to
apply for 12-month sub-awards linked to their technical
assistance plan goals in order to build infrastructure
and organizational capacity. The OFCI project anticipates
providing a total of $280,000 in 12-15 sub-awards with
amounts ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 per organization.
Priority Areas:
Homeless, elders in need, at-risk youth, families in transition from welfare to work, those in need of intensive rehabilitation such as addicts and prisoners, and organizations that provide marriage education and preparation services.
Project Objectives:
Project objectives include providing training, technical assistance and sub-awards to assist faith and community based organizations to:
- develop leadership skills,
- improve programs and services,
- expand their capacity to raise funds,
- increase community engagement and collaboration, and
- develop stronger organizational structures including increasing the effectiveness of boards and management.
Project Strategies:
The project will offer assistance to FBCOs through an enhanced Nonprofit Organization Helpline and support for non-profit resource centers. A selected group of targeted organizations will receive intensive one-on-one consultations and training workshops. Selected organizations will be eligible to apply for sub-awards linked to their technical assistance plan.
Project Outcomes:
- Increase in diverse organizations prepared to seek federal funding. Funding and organizational barriers reduced/removed.
- Nonprofit application process simplified.
- Improved community partnerships in place.
- Improved organizational function.
- Enhanced awareness of federal funding opportunities.
Contact Information:
1001 SE Walter Ave
Suite 490
Portland, OR 97214
503-239-4001
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Temple University
Award Amount, Year 1: $890,186
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Center for Social Policy and Community Development
(CSPCD) of Temple University is a mechanism for increasing
the University’s response to the surrounding neighborhood.
Its mission is to serve as a bridge between the social
concerns of communities and the academic and service goals
of Temple University. CSPCD’s major emphasis is
to build or strengthen the capacity of communities to
meet social, economic and educational challenges.
Project Description:
The Building Leadership and Organizational Capacity (BLOC)
program will enable CSPCD to serve as a formal intermediary
agency to small, neighborhood faith-based and community
organizations (FBCOs). The program will focus especially
on organizations that provide services in the areas of
youth violence and gang prevention.
Geographic Scope of Project:
North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Partnering Organization:
Ayuda Community Center, Inc.
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards in the amount of $365,075 will be given to
8-10 faith-based and community organizations, with individual
awards ranging from $40,000 to $50,000.
Priority Areas:
Homeless, elders-in-need, at-risk youth, families in transition from welfare to work, addicts or prisoners, and couples who choose marriage for themselves.
Project Ojectives:
- Recruit a minimum of 25 organizations to participate in an information session.
- Assist organizations in completing pre- and post-assessments using the McKinsey Assessment Grid.
- Give training courses to 10-15 FBCOs.
- Give capacity-building sub-awards to 8-10 FBCOs.
- Facilitate bimonthly networking meetings.
- Evaluate the enhanced organizational capacity of participating organizations.
Project Strategies:
BLOC will invite interested FBCOs to submit an initial assessment. The assessment will identify 10-15 organizations with the greatest need for training and technical assistance and the strongest commitment to underlying program goals. These organizations will complete a detailed "Capacity and Aspiration Plan" and will receive training, networking opportunities, and 78 hours of technical assistance. These organizations will be eligible to compete for a capacity-building sub-award.
Project Outcomes:
Immediate Outcomes
FBCOs will:
- Increase knowledge of strategies to improve program effectiveness.
- Increase knowledge about designing and developing program evaluation tools and activities.
- Increase knowledge about fund-development and grant-writing strategies.
Long Term Outcomes
FBCOs will:
- Successfully obtain external funding for continuation of program activities.
- Increase organizational capacity to better serve clients.
- Increase ability to document program outcomes.
- Improve financial management strategies.
- Increase sustainability, efficiency, and capacity.
Contact Information:
Center for Social Policy and Community Development
1601 N. Broad Street
Room 100
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-7491
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University of Hawaii
Award Amount, Year 1: $950,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
The Center on the Family (COF) is an academic unit of
the University of Hawaii-Manoa. The COF’s mission
is to enhance interdisciplinary research, service, and
education that support and strengthen families. The COF
is the state’s foremost resource for data and information
relating to children and families and has been a Compassion
Capital Fund intermediary since 2002.
Project Description:
The Hawaii Moving Forward Project will build a collaborative
network among faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) to enrich programs, reduce duplication and enhance
services. The project will build FBCOs’ organizational
capacity, and enhance and diversify their revenue base.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The State of Hawaii
Partnering Organizations:
- Hawaii Community Foundation
- Hawaiian islands Ministries
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards in the amount of $540,000 will be awarded to
approximately 40 FBCOs accepted into the Hawaii Moving
Forward Project Fellows Program, with individual awards
ranging from $10,000 to $20,000.
Priority Areas:
Homeless, addicts, healthy marriages, ex-offenders, at-risk youth.
Project Objectives:
Through training, TA, and sub-awards, the project seeks to build the knowledge and capacity of:
- FBCOs throughout Hawaii via training workshops.
- A select group of FBCOs in Hawaii through technical assistance, customized training, and sub-awards provided by the Fellows Program.
Project Strategies:
The project will consist of two integrated tiers. The first tier targets all FBCOs in Hawaii and will provide free training workshops on leadership and organizational development, programs and services, and funding. The second tier targets a smaller group of competitively selected FBCOs who will receive intensive training, technical assistance, and sub-awards through the Hawaii Moving Forward Fellows Program.
Project Outcomes:
Hawaii FBCOs will:
- Increase Knowledge of various capacity building subjects
Fellows organizations will obtain:
- Enhanced web based reporting system for use with various funders.
- Stronger operating structures.
- Larger network of and collaboration with other organizations.
- Increased ability to evaluate program effectiveness using outcomes data.
- Diversified funding.
- Improved board and organizational leadership.
Contact Information:
Center On The Family
2515 Campus Road
Miller 103
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-5303
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Volunteers of America, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $962,985
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Founded in 1896, Volunteers of America is a national,
faith-based organization, providing a broad array of human
service programs. Through local offices, Volunteers of
America serves nearly 2 million people in 44 states. For
40 years, they have been a major faith-based partner with
the government, thereby helping millions of needy families.
VOA has served as a CCF intermediary since 2002.
Project Description:
The Compassion Capital Fund Demonstration Project will
use a comprehensive approach to capacity building that
integrates training, technical assistance, and sub-awards
and provides high levels of support and specialized training
to faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) in
Alabama, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Geographic Scope of Project:
The States of Alabama, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Subaward Plan:
Sub-awards will build capacity of FBCOs in Alabama, North
Dakota, and South Dakota to further social services in
priority areas listed below. Sub-awards will be made to
approximately 48 FBCOs with individual awards ranging
from $5,000 to $10,000.
Priority Areas:
Homelessness; at-risk youth, especially related to gangs; children of prisoners; elders in need; the transition from welfare to work; those in need of intensive rehabilitation, such as addicts and prisoners; and marriage education.
Project Objectives:
- Build organizational capacity in five critical areas of capacity building for 980 FBCOs through training workshops.
- Build organizational capacity in the five critical areas for 100 FBCOs through one-on-one technical assistance.
- Build efficiency and capacity in priority service areas for 48 FBCOs' social services through sub-awards.
Project Strategies:
Key elements of VOA's project strategy include: 1) fully integrating training/technical assistance and sub-awards to support on-going capacity building; 2) focusing more resources on one-on-one technical assistance, while opening workshops to all interested FBCOs to pique their interest; 3) establishing formal roles for program graduates as Alumni mentors; and 4) introducing knowledge on emerging service issues, including gang prevention and re-entry to help focus on these community needs.
Project Outcomes:
Intermediate Outcomes
Organizations will adopt most (over 50%) of the best practices for each of the selected dimensions of the critical areas of capacity building: leadership, organizational development, programs/services, funding, and community engagement.
End Outcomes:
Organizations will achieve the results/outcomes for each of the selected dimensions of the critical areas of capacity building listed in the VOA organizational assessment tool.
Contact Information:
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-341-5080
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Winston-Salem State University
Award Amount, Year 1: $548,961
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is a historically
black public university whose primary mission is to offer
high quality educational programs at the baccalaureate
and masters level for a diverse student population. As
a public service and research center, the Center for Community
Safety (CCS) of WSSU works to build lasting capacity of
the community to address a broad range of quality of life
issues affecting Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.
Project Description:
The Forsyth County Capacity Building Training Initiative
(CBTI), also known as “Operation Strengthen,”
will provide capacity-building training and customized
technical assistance to faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) in distressed neighborhoods within Winston-Salem
and Forsyth County to address the needs of at-risk youth.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Partnering Organization:
Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods
Subaward Plan:
CBTI expects to award up to $11,000 per organization to
20 FBCOs in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County that have
a range of service goals, affiliations, beliefs and that
target at-risk youth.
Priority Areas:
At-risk youth
Project Objectives:
- To provide training to FBCOs serving at-risk youth in Forsyth County to increase the organizations' knowledge base and skill level.
- To provide technical assistance customized to the needs of FBCOs that support their development, programmatic sustainability, and effectiveness.
- To provide 20 sub-awards to FBCOs to support capacity-building activities and projects that allows them to serve at-risk youth.
- To increase the number of healthy and skilled FBCOs working collaboratively with at-risk youth in Forsyth County.
- To evaluate the effectiveness of capacity-building training and customized technical assistance provided to FBCOs.
Project Strategies:
CBTI will provide capacity-building training and technical assistance to all interested FBCOs addressing the needs of at-risk youth in the service area through a two-phased approach: 1) orienting all organizations to CBTI followed by capacity-building training workshops and limited technical assistance; 2) customized technical assistance and the awarding of sub-awards to a smaller subset.
Project Outcomes:
Project outcomes include increased capacity for participating FBCOs in areas that are key to the organization's effectiveness and sustainability, such as: mission, board, staff, systems, strategy, and relationships. Potential impacts include: more effective programs; success in achieving intended outcomes; resources to implement and evaluate programs; more successful fundraising; stronger partnerships; and positive, meaningful evaluation results
Contact Information:
Center for Community Safety
500 W. 4th Street
Suite 102
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-750-3475
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World Vision, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1: $750,000
Award Year: 2005
Organization Description:
Founded in 1950, World Vision is a Christian relief and
development organization dedicated to helping children
and their communities worldwide reach their full potential
by tackling the causes of poverty. Domestically, World
Vision works in ten regions in the United States in collaboration
with thousands of faith-based and community organizations
(FBCOs) to reach out to more than 800,000 children and
families. World Vision in Los Angeles has been serving
LA’s most distressed communities since 1986 and
has provided capacity building training and technical
assistance to more than 500 FBCOs through their Vision
to Reality Training Program.
Project Description:
The Tools for Transforming Communities project will help
build the capacity of grassroots social service organizations
in two distressed Los Angeles communities to better serve
those most in need.
Geographic Scope of Project:
South Los Angeles and Pomona, California.
Subaward Plan:
World Vision anticipates awarding 25 sub-awards in amounts
ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 for a total of $300,000.
The final sub-award amount will be dependent on the needs
of the organization, ability to manage the grant, and
a request amount that reflects no more than 20% of the
organization’s management budget. Awards will be
made to organizations that complete a Capacity Building
Plan and participate in training and technical assistance
components of the program.
Priority Areas:
Homeless, re-entering prisoners, children of prisoners, at-risk youth, elders in need, families transitioning from welfare to work, healthy marriage programs.
Project Objectives:
- 75 grassroots faith-based and community organizations will self-complete capacity-building needs assessments.
- 60 of these organizations that historically have not received grants from the Federal government will participate in technical assistance workshops to assist them in building capacity in the five critical areas of capacity building.
- At least 40 of the organizations participating in the training program will receive individualized technical assistance.
- Approximately 25 of the organizations participating in the T/TA program will receive sub-awards to build organizational capacity in one or more of the five critical areas.
Project Strategies:
The project will be implemented in five phases: Phase I: Outreach and Information; Phase II: Orientation and Self-Assessment; Phase III: Technical Assistance Workshops; Phase IV: Individualized Technical Assistance; and Phase V: Subawards and Capacity Building Plan Implementation. Based on organizational learning achieved in Phases I-IV, participating organizations will implement a Capacity Building Plan with the support of a subaward grant.
Project Outcomes:
- FBCOs implement Capacity Building Plans based on organizational assessment tool, training, technical assistance, and sub-awards provided by the project.
- Post-Assessment results capture gains in Capacity Building skills, knowledge, and organizational capacity
Contact Information:
34834 Weyerhaeuser
Way South, PO Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063-9716
323-397-6492
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