Tools & Resources
Governance is Governance
This tool (from Independence Sector) describes the functions, roles, responsibilities, and leadership dynamics between a board of directors and executive director.
Mobilizing the Immigrant Voice Toolkit, Section 1: Planning
This tool (from Partnership for Immigrant Leadership Action) is a comprehensive toolkit for mobilizing any electoral action. It includes a Leadership Development Audit Worksheet that can help you identify what your group needs to do to keep building community leadership, pp. 23-26.
Leveraging Diversity and Building Power
This tool (from Interactive Institute for Social Change) focuses on two strategies for deepening cultural competency and working across differences in ways that maximize creativity, catalyze strategic thinking, and build commitment to shared action. It can be found in Work Together under ...
Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth
This tool (from Foundation Strategy Group) is a report that calls communities to bring together systems and stakeholders to improve outcomes for Opportunity Youth and to provide a high-level framework for a collective impact approach that will enable them to do so. Opportunity Youth are between the ages of 16 and 24 and are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market...
Sustainability Planning Guide for Healthy Communities
This tool (from CDC's Healthy Communities program) helps public and community health professionals develop a sustainability plan and learn key sustainability approaches. It can be found in Act on What’s Important under ...
Tools for Assessing Startup Nonprofits
This tool (from La Piana Consulting) can help you understand what funders are looking for to determine the viability of a new startup organization, pp. 15-29.
Articles of Incorporation Sample Template
This tool provides steps and sample language if you decide to incorporate as a 501c3 organization.
Coalition Member Survey
This tool (from Coalitions Work) is a 45-item survey for members to rate the coalition on aspects related to planning, implementation, leadership, local and statewide involvement, communication, participation, progress, and outcomes.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under...
Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide
This tool (from Prevention Institute) provides a helpful framework for establishing a coalition.
Sphere of Influence
This tool (from CHR&R) helps you identify personal connections with the people who know the decision makers. It asks who do you know who knows the key decision makers? Your answers will help to build advocacy for the policy or system change you desire.