Collaborative Change Initiative Capacity Building
The cross-sector collaborations supported by the Collaborative Change Initiative are striving to solve some of the Bay Area’s most complex issues. It’s difficult work that often becomes even more complex due to internal dynamics, external influences, and competing priorities.
To address these challenges, the Hellman Foundation has developed a capacity building approach to support our grantee partners. Anchored in the principles of Facilitative Leadership for Social Change, the approach includes a simple and clear process for grantee partners to access capacity building resources to increase their effectiveness, drive results, and achieve bold goals.
Each grantee partner from the Collaborative Change Initiative works with Foundation staff to engage in the Hellman Capacity Building Approach which includes the following 4 steps:
To address these challenges, the Hellman Foundation has developed a capacity building approach to support our grantee partners. Anchored in the principles of Facilitative Leadership for Social Change, the approach includes a simple and clear process for grantee partners to access capacity building resources to increase their effectiveness, drive results, and achieve bold goals.
Each grantee partner from the Collaborative Change Initiative works with Foundation staff to engage in the Hellman Capacity Building Approach which includes the following 4 steps:
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Collaborations receive funding to support:
Leadership Development Executive and emerging leaders are matched with vetted coaches to strengthen their individual leadership and management skills. Infrastructure Building Consulting support for facilitation, governance, strategic alignment, communications, and advocacy needs. Technical Assistance Access to a pool of over 60,000 consultants worldwide who provide technical assistance and build capacity in areas such as HR, database support, and donor engagement. Continuous Learning Team retreats, conferences, trainings, and convenings to keep up to date with timely issues in their community and to disseminate learnings from their work. Impact Measurement Resources to improve data collection and management systems, a key lever to success for launching or scaling a solution. Strategic Communications Advocacy consulting for policy change to shift narratives, increase community engagement, and influence local, state, and federal policymakers. If you’d like to learn more about the Hellman Capacity Building Approach, you can reach out to Dorian Luey.
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