Incourage

作为一个传统的社区基金会成立于1994年，鼓励已经发展成为一个以地方为基础的慈善社区管家，致力于威斯康星州中部农村地区的人民并由他们领导。在过去的20年里，我们调整了我们的工作，以满足该地区从严重的投资减少中恢复过来的复杂需求，这种情况与阿巴拉契亚中部相似。今天，Incourage在社区发展中扮演着许多角色:管理者、召集人、推动者、培训师、研究员、资助者、筹款人、投资者和倡导者。我们在努力营造一种环境中发挥着关键作用，让居民们相信，无论是文化复兴还是经济再造，变革都可以存在并蓬勃发展。阿……阅读更多作为一个传统的社区基金会成立于1994年，鼓励已经发展成为一个以地方为基础的慈善社区管家，致力于威斯康星州中部农村地区的人民并由他们领导。在过去的20年里，我们调整了我们的工作，以满足该地区从严重的投资减少中恢复过来的复杂需求，这种情况与阿巴拉契亚中部相似。今天，Incourage在社区发展中扮演着许多角色:管理者、召集人、推动者、培训师、研究员、资助者、筹款人、投资者和倡导者。我们在努力营造一种环境中发挥着关键作用，让居民们相信，无论是文化复兴还是经济再造，变革都可以存在并蓬勃发展。我们的使命是培养一个包容的社区，对所有人开放和富有成效，同时建立一个可持续的、有弹性的地方经济并使其多样化。我们将这些经营目标与我们公平、机会和共同管理的哲学价值观相一致。人是我们最重要的资产，当个人有机会实现他们的全部潜力时，积极的社区变化就会发生。居民在同舟共济中树立主人翁意识、责任意识、命运意识，是推动经济健康、可持续、包容增长的关键。两个重要的理论框架指导着我们所有的战略努力:为了帮助个人和组织学会建立动员变革所需的信任关系，鼓励整合了适应性领导的工具和技术，这是一个面对复杂系统挑战的社区集体行动的实用框架。改变态度和行为可能需要数年的时间才能实现，这种模式有助于鼓励解决在这个渐进过程中不可避免的人际关系挑战。 Incourage also frequently invokes the idea of Connected Capitals- that effective placemaking requires harnessing all assets (or "capitals") that contribute to community health and prosperity: human, economic, environmental, social, cultural, moral and reputational. Many of rural Central Wisconsin's valuable resources were not previously integrated into the once thriving single-industry ecosystem that has now evaporated. By promoting a comprehensive view of community assets, and by spearheading innovative opportunities for cooperative investment, Incourage helps to strengthen cross-sector networks, fill gaps, and nurture a holistic local economy. Now is an especially exciting time for Incourage. Through our work, we have exposed weaknesses in the traditional structure of a community foundation in meeting the greater needs of a marginalized rural community in America. As we focus on creating a community that works well for all people, Incourage seeks long-term community transformation that addresses our deep history of wealth inequality. Specifically, we are working to transform the underlying social, political, cultural, and economic conditions in our community that have hindered access to opportunity and perpetuated the status quo. Community members who have benefited from decades of inequitable business-as-usual cultural norms actively resist our attempts to fuel change. Lessons learned have allowed us to more recently identify and define our role as a disruptor in the sphere of traditional philanthropic community development organizations. We remain committed to the radical idea that community-led philanthropy can drive the transformation of a sustainable, equitable region where all people can truly thrive, and we are now on the cusp of implementing a new, next level structure to leverage our impact and resources for the people we serve.