What We Do
Community Foundations Leading Change
Vision
Community foundations take on challenging issues, pursue cross-sector
solutions, engage citizens, and marshal the needed resources to improve
their communities and provide opportunity for all.
Mission
CFLeads helps community foundations advance the practice of community
leadership to build thriving communities.
Foundation for Community Leadership
- CFLeads was named implementation partner on community leadership by the Council on Foundations' Community Foundations Leadership Team in 2007.
- White paper on community leadership. "Community
Foundations and Community Leadership" was published
in August 2007.
- National Task Force on Community Leadership. In
September 2007, CFLeads convened a National Task Force on Community Leadership,
a group of 30 philanthropic leaders who guided the creation
of two community leadership frameworks, one for individual
community foundations and one for the community foundation
field. Learn more here and Watch for announcements about
the frameworks and related webinars, and other events and
resources.
- Framework for Community Leadership by a Community Foundation. Groundbreaking
resource by the National Task Force on Community Leadership, defines
community leadership and outlines the attributes, skills and characteristics
that strengthen a community foundation’s practice of community
leadership.
- Community Leadership Networks. In early 2008, CFLeads launched the first two Community Leadership Networks, which help Board and staff teams advance their community leadership practice.