Our Clients
Since 2001, Collective Impact has provided capacity building services to help organizations and communities achieve their mission, realize their vision, and thrive!
Types of Organizations and Communities We Serve
We have extensive experience working with non-profit organizations, government agencies, municipalities, counties, states, colleges and universities, faith-based entities, ministries, entrepreneurs, foundations, systems, networks, associations, coalitions, collaborative groups, and cross-sector/multi-disciplinary teams.
We serve clients tackling issues in numerous fields, including early childhood, family support, human services, youth development, public/population health, education, affordable housing/home repair, homelessness, older adults/aging, community economic development, city planning/revitalization, child welfare, poverty elimination, mental/behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, addiction/substance abuse and recovery, problem gambling, law enforcement/criminal justice, transportation, arts and culture, tourism, recreation and others.
Collective Impact has many years of experience in community-level work. We define the term “community” as a geographic location (neighborhood, town, city, county, region, state, etc.)
and/or a team of individuals and entities assembled around a common purpose (human services councils, small business associations, health collaboratives, community economic development teams, early childhood coalitions, etc.). We also have nearly two decades of experience working in the "intersections" of various and diverse disciplines and industries, helping those we serve make a greater impact collectively. Check out our
Community Design Innovations model!
Locations Where We Provide Our Services
To date, our experience has been in serving clients in urban, rural, and economically distressed communities in California, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. We are always seeking to expand our services into new areas, take on new challenges, and build new and enduring relationships.
So Why Choose Us?
After nearly two decades of providing capacity building services to a broad range of clients in diverse settings, we have developed a deep understanding of the unique strengths, challenges, and opportunities they face. We have a genuine passion in helping organizations and communities make an greater impact, prosper, and thrive!
What's New
Collective Impact is working with faculty members of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, Center for Sustainable Business and Development, Department of Political Science, and Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management to conduct a research project to better understand Appalachian tourism and identify opportunities to grow tourism activities and encourage business development throughout the region. The project is funded through a competitive grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) - a federal economic development agency. The project is the largest and most comprehensive study of tourism ever conducted by the commission, which covers 205,000 square miles across 420 counties in 13 states. Results of the study will help us better understand the state of tourism of the region, new growth areas for tourism in Appalachian communities, and best practices and successful strategies to help the communities succeed. The project will use research, surveys, site visits, and focus groups as part of the research method. The project also will identify communities to use as case studies to illustrate local tourism success stories and best practices for tourism business development.
Success
Collective Impact worked with First 5 Ventura County (F5VC) to implement a “Research to Action” project funded by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) involving several EC-LINC communities. The mission of EC-LINC is to support families and improve results for young children in communities across the country with a focus on accelerating the development of effective, integrated, local early childhood systems. Along with several EC-LINC communities in California and Massachusetts, F5VC set out to establish the effectiveness of playgroups in the continuum of care for serving young children (birth to three) and their families, maximize the benefits of playgroups, and demonstrate the impact of playgroups on long-term outcomes. This project included an extensive literature review, interviews and a survey of current practices with participating communities, development of recommended best practice and evaluation frameworks, onsite convening of participating communities, and the development of a final report with key findings and recommendations.
Testimonials
“Mid-way through our organizational 5 year strategic plan, we felt we needed to ask the tough questions to ensure we were on the right track to accomplish our goals. We turned to Collective Impact. Bruce researched our organization, presented it to us in a way we had not considered, and we have a much better perspective on our direction as a result. We are on track; thanks to Collective Impact.” ~ Jeffrey Fondelier, Vice President of Operations, Community Action Southwest, Washington, PA
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