Helpful Links

Below are links to organizations and publications that offer useful perspectives and tools on bottom-up community building:

Annie E. Casey Foundation

• The New Neighbors:  A User's Guide to Data on Immigrants in U.S. Communities
• Reflections on Community Organizing and Resident Engagement

Aspen Institute

• Measuring Community Capacity Building:  A Workbook in Progress for Rural Communities
• Rural Development Philanthropy Learning Network

Asset Based Community Development Institute

• ABCD Institute Publications
• Jody Kretzmann on Small Grants Programs
• ABCD in Action:  When People Care Enough To Act by Mike Green & Henry Moore

Blogs

• CitizenPost -Cynthia Gibson's blog for "all things citizen centered"

CFLeads - Community Foundations Leading Change

The Citizen's Handbook:  A Guide to Building Community

Community Foundations of Canada

• Neighbourhood Grantmaking Toolkit

Deliberative Democracy Consortium

The Funding Exchange

Global Greengrants Fund

GrantCraft  - Practical Wisdom for Grantmakers

The Grantmaking School

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

• Grassroots Leadership Development:  A Guide for Grassroots Leaders, Support Organizations and Funders
• Grassroots Leadership Development:  Workbook for Aspiring or Current Grassroots Leaders
• Grassroots Leaders:  Growing Healthy & Sustainable Communities
• Developing Community Capacity

Leadership Plenty

Neighborhood Funders Group

• Community Organizer's Toolbox:  A Funder's Guide to Community Organizing
• Evaluation:  The Good News for Funders

NeighborWorks America

• NeighborWorks Training Institute
• Community Leadership Institute

Neighborhoods USA

• Neighborhood of the Year Award Competition
• Annual Conference

Project for Public Spaces

• The Great Neighborhood Book

Pew Partnership for Civic Change

Rainbow Research

• Supporting Low-Income Neighborhood Organizations:  A Guide for Community Foundations
• Building Support for Neighborhood Action
• Helping Neighborhood Groups and Leaders Grow Stronger
• Mobilizing to Strengthen Neighborhoods
• Resource for Effective Neighborhood Action

Study Circles Resource Center

• Building Strong Neighborhoods:  A Study Circle Guide for Public Dialogue and Community Problem Solving

Suggestions for additions? Please contact Janis Foster.