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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- April 26, 2015
Can Place-Based Grantmaking Help Turn the Tide of Inequality?
By Dennis Quirin and Steve PatrickThis post was originally published by the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions on March 19, 2015.Today we see many l…
- February 18, 2015
Moving the Needle on Poverty – A Made in Canada Approach
Beginning in 2002, collective impact roundtables in 13 cities across Canada began a consolidated effort to reduce poverty for low income citizens. This movemen…
- February 4, 2015
Facilitative Leadership for Net Impact
This essay was originally posted to IISC's blog on January 29, 2015.“Our world is, to a very real extent, based on dialogue. Every action taken that involves m…
- January 27, 2015
How to Transform the Lives of Low-Income People
The Integration Initiative began in 2010 with the promise of transforming the lives of low-income people and the communities in which they live in cities acros…
- December 17, 2014
Achieving Collective Impact Starts with Asking Hard Questions
This essay was first published at Youth Thrive on Oct. 28, 2014.Communities across the country are embracing the collective impact approach as a way to move th…
- November 24, 2014
Don’t Talk to Me about “Driving” Social Change
I recently met with the former head of a major pharmaceutical company to talk about improving the lives of kids. This well regarded executive was excited to in…