1. Investing for Community Change
Innovative Funding Practices and Evaluation
Investing for Community Change
Good Morning I am Diane Altwasser a community planner at Untied Way I have been with United Way just over 5 years. I am happy to be here this morning to tell you about how the money that is raised in the community gets invested back into the community invested in building the well being of children, individuals, families and communities. Our focus is assisting those that are the most vulnerable in the community to have the opportunity to lead healthy sustainable quality lives. We want to be able to demonstrate both individual and community impact as a result of our investment in the community.
Diane Altwasser, Angelica Miller
Community Impact Planners
November 4, 2013

2. Groups of Organizations Policy/Systems Change
Community Impact
Traditional
Community Impact
United Way
Fund Agencies
and Programs
Impact on
Individuals
Lives
Fund Agencies and
Programs +
Neighborhoods
Collaborations
Research & Evaluation
Groups of Organizations
Citizen Engagement
Policy/Systems Change
Shifting Public
Attitudes
Impact on Social
Conditions
Impact on Populations
Impact on Resources
Impact on Policy
Impact on Attitudes
United Way

3. Lack of school participation
From Simple to Complex
Simple social issues
Hunger
Bulling
Lack of school participation
Lack of money

4. Complicated solutions with high certainty
From Simple to Complex
Complicated solutions with high certainty
Social Issues
Poverty
School failure
Health

5. From Simple to Complex
Complex

8. Use expertise, experiment and
Create stability, look for
opportunities to innovate.
Learn-by-doing,
see what emerges,
adapt.
Develop common
ground,
compromise
or compete.
Follow the
‘best practice’
recipe.
Use expertise, experiment and
build knowledge.

9. Innovative Funding Practices
From social change to social innovation
Simple community issues
Complicated community issues
Complex community issues

10. Simple tools for complex issues
Theory of Change
Strategy Maps
Process of collaboration for social innovation
Evaluation

11. Simple Tools for Complex Issues
A theory of change: There is nothing as practical as good theory. Carol Weiss

12. Children and Youth Reach Their Full Potential
Strategy Maps
Kids
Children and Youth Reach Their Full Potential
30 % of Funding
Poverty
Build Resiliency and Enable Possibility for Families and Individuals Living in Poverty
14 % of Funding
Communities
Build Resilient Communities, Families and Individuals That are At-Risk of or are Experiencing Poverty
54 % of Funding

13. Simple Tools for Complex Issues

14. Use expertise, experiment and
Simple Tools for Complex Issues
Create stability, look for
opportunities to innovate.
Evaluation
Learn-by-doing,
see what emerges,
adapt.
Develop common
ground,
compromise
or compete.
Follow the
‘best practice’
recipe.
Use expertise, experiment and
build knowledge.

15. So when is an UWC Investment Successful?
Evidence-based and achieving outcomes
Collaboration
Investments
Addressing a critical community need
Community owned Results
Purposely addressing, simple complicated and/or complex situations
Policy shifts
Systems behave differently
All Stakeholders see their role within the Sector

16. High Impact Initiatives

17. Questions?