In this workshop trainers do a deep dive into capital campaign readiness and the importance of organizational capacity for effective capital campaign fundraising. Regardless of where you are on your campaign journey, if you know a capital campaign is on the horizon, taking steps now to build out your fundraising capacity is critical to your organization’s long-term success.
Read MoreWhat does it look like to build the new economy - new ways of being in relationship to money, work, land, and one another? There are communities re-envisioning and shifting how they work and building new models and innovations that answer these questions. As part of our July speaker series event, Cultivating Community Imagination: The New Economy, we heard from three community leaders re-imagining what land ownership and our local economies can look like - and creating space for these different ways and models to emerge.
Read MoreCommunity Partner News, Accolades, Awards and Acknowledgements - August 2021
Read MoreThis workshop provides a high-level overview of capital campaign fundraising concepts and terms including campaign feasibility study, prospect research, gift pyramids, and other fundraising activities within the context of a capital campaign. Also included is a review typical capital campaign timelines and using a community-centric fundraising lens, an exploration of fundraising strategies that can leverage broader support for an organization’s vision and mission by centering on a shared vision for the future.
Read MoreCommunity Passageways’ mission is to “create alternatives to incarceration for youth and young adults by rebuilding our communities through committed relationships centered on love, compassion, and consistency.”
Read MoreRecapping the Cultivating Community Transformation discussion and reflections on the journey of COO — the difficulties of shifting systems and institutions to enter into more relational and authentic conversations with community, the early intentions of COO coalesce around shared values, listen to the leadership within communities, and the work to invest in and strengthen community partnerships that can inform and bring momentum to the policy and systems changes needed for a more equitable King County.
Read MoreJoin COO's "Cultivating Community" 6 part series, designed to amplify and learn from the efforts of our community driven partnerships.
Read MoreIn this first session, participants explore community-based strategies to build an equitable and regenerative economy, using the Just Transition framework.
Communities of Opportunity partner spotlight: In 2020, after years of relationship-building and community-led design, the Food Innovation Network (FIN), a program of Global to Local, opened Spice Bridge to enhance the local food system, increase access to healthy and culturally specific foods and support local food businesses in South King County.
Read MoreJune dates for Learning Community opportunities and resources: Real Estate 102, Communications Capacity Building, and the Role of Data in Racism as a Public Health Crisis. Register now!
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