Resources
On the Road to Social Transformation: Utilizing Cultural and Community Strengths to End Domestic Violence
By: Elsa A. Ríos This report suggests the benefits of adopting cultural proficiency standards that foster program innovation to support organizations in the anti-violence movement.
Community Organizing Toolbox: A Funder’s Guide
By: Larry Parachini and Sally Covington for the Neighborhood Funders Group (2001) This document includes a framework and tools to encourage grantmakers to learn more about community organizing and to support organizations using this approach.
Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy and Organizing
By: Gita Gulati-Partee, Lisa Ranghelli, and Julia Craig These case studies examine the impact of nonprofits using public policy advocacy and engaging affected constituencies directly in the problem solving process.
Keeping Track: A Guide to Record Keeping for Advocacy Charities
By: John Pomeranz for Alliance for Justice This guide is designed to help the staff, officers, and board members of 501(c)(3) organizations that engage in lobbying understand how to prepare and maintain the records that are required for tracking and reporting their lobbying activities. The guide includes templates and worksheets to help do record keeping.
Transactions Transformations Translations: Metrics That Matter for Building, Scaling, and Funding Social Movements
By: Manuel Pastor, Jennifer Ito, and Rachel Rosner Published October 2011 Funded by the Ford Foundation with assistance from USC’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity