Master List of Associations
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Addiction Prevention and Recovery Groups
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Anti Crime Groups
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Children’s Safe Haven Neighborhood Group
Police Neighborhood Watch
Senior Safety Group
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Jaycees
Local Chamber of Commerce
Economic Development Council
Local Restaurant Association
Charitable Groups and Drives
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Cat Owner’s Association
Humane Society
Condominium Owner’s Association
Building Council
Tenant Club
Business Organizations/ Support Groups
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Animal Care Groups
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Friends of the Library
Neighborhood Park Advisory Council
Hospital Advisory Group
Block Clubs
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Advisory Community Support Groups
(Friends of…)
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Drug Ministry/ Testimonial Group for
Addicts
Campaign for a Drug-Free Neighborhood
High School Substance Abuse Committee
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Local Hospital Auxiliary
Local United Way
United Negro College Fund
Civic Events Groups
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Local Parade Planning Committee
Arts and Crafts Fair
July 4th Carnival Committee
Health Fair Committee
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Master List of Associations (cont.)
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Local School Council
Local Book Club
Parent Teach Association
Literacy Councils
Tutoring Groups
Elderly Groups
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Hospital Seniors Clubs
Westside Seniors Clubs
Church Seniors Clubs
Senior Craft Club
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Neighborhood Recycling Club
Sierra Club
Adopt-a-Stream
Bike Path Committee
Clean Air Committee
Pollution Control
Save the Park Committee
Family Support Groups
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Education Groups
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Special Olympics Planning Committee
Local American Lung Association
Local Americans with Disabilities Association
Local Muscular Dystrophy Association
Environmental Groups
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Community Choir
Drama Club
Dance Organization
High School Band
Disability/Special Needs Groups
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Teen Parent Organization
Foster Parents’ Support Group
Parent Alliance Group
Black Empowerment Group
Norwegian Society
Neighborhood Historical Society
African American Heritage Association
Health Advocacy and Fitness Groups
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Weight Watchers
TOPS
Traffic Safety Organization
Child Injury Prevention Group
Yoga Club
YMCA/YWCA Fitness Groups
Anti-Violence Group
Senior Fitness Club
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Master List of Associations (cont.)
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Hobby and Collectors Groups
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After School Mentors
Peer Mentoring Groups
Church Mentoring Groups
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Rights of Passage Organizations
Mutual Support Groups
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La Leche League
Disease Support Groups (cancer, etc.)
Parent-to-Parent Groups
Family-to-Family Groups
Democratic Club
Republican Club
Recreation Groups
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The Neighborhood Garden Club
Council of Books Club
Neighborhood Anti-Crime Council
Neighborhood Clean-Up Council
Political Organizations
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Mentoring Groups
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Fraternal Orders
Church Men’s Organizations
Men’s Sports Organizations
Fraternities
Neighborhood Improvement Groups
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Men’s Groups
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Coin Collector Association
Stamp Collector Association
Arts and Crafts Club
Garden Club of Neighbors
Sewing Club
Antique Collectors
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Kite-Flying Club
Bowling Leagues
Basketball Leagues
Body Builders Club
Little League
Motorcycle Clubs
Religious Groups
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Churches
Mosques
Synagogues
Men’s Religious Groups
Women’s Religious Groups
Youth Religious Groups
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Master List of Associations (cont.)
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Service Clubs
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Get Out the Vote Council
Peace Club
Hunger Organization
Vigil Against Violence
Community Action Council
Social Outreach Ministry
Soup Kitchen Group
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Industrial (UAW)
Crafts Unions (Plumbing Council)
Veteran’s Groups
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Bingo Club
Card Playing Club
Social Activity Club
Dance Club
Social Cause/Advocacy/ Issue Groups
Union Groups
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Zonta
Optimist
Rotary Clubs
Lions Clubs
Kiwanis Clubs
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Women’s Veterans Organizations
Women’s Groups
Sororal Organizations
Women’s Sports Groups
Women’s Auxiliary
Mother’s Board
Eastern Star
Youth Groups
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After School Group
4-H
Girl and Boy Scouts
Junior Achievement
Boys and Girls Clubs
Explorers Clubs
Teen Leadership Club
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Five Types of Assets to Connect
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Talents and skills of our people
Associations, and our network of relationships
Institutions and professional entities
Physical assets
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Land
Property
Buildings
Equipment
Economic assets
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Productive work of individuals
Consumer spending power
Local business assets
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The Dilemma . . .
People and Communities
have deficiencies and needs
Individuals and Communities
have skills and talents
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Neighborhoods Needs Map
Unemployment
Truancy
Broken Families
Slum Housing
Grafitti
Gangs
Child
Abuse
Crime
Illiteracy
Mental
Disability
Welfare Recipients
Lead Poisoning
Dropouts
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Consequences of the Needs Map for Local
Residents
 “We are deficient”
 Our local relationships are damaged
 Most money comes into our community for programs – often narrowly defined
 Money can get misdirected towards professional helpers, not residents
 We place focus on leaders who magnify deficiencies
 We reward failure and foster dependency on systems
 Our community has a poor self-image
 We experience hopelessness
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A Sample Community Asset Map
Institutions
Individuals
Physical Space
Local Economy
Schools
Universities
Community Colleges
Police Departments
Hospitals
Libraries
Social Service
Agencies
Non Profits
Museums
Fire Departments
Foundations
Gifts, Skills, Capacities,
Knowledge and Traits of
Youth
Older Adults
Artists
Welfare Recipients
People with Disabilities
Students
Parents
Entrepreneurs
Activists
Veterans
Gardens
Parks
Playgrounds
Parking Lots
Bike Paths
Walking Paths
Forests/Forest
Preserves
Picnic Areas
Campsites
Fishing Spots
For-Profit Businesses
Consumer Expenditures
Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Business Associations
Banks
Credit Unions
Foundations
Institutional-Purchasing
Power and Personnel
Barer and Exchange
CDCs
Corporations and
Branches
Associations
Animal Care Groups
Heritage Groups
Anti Crime Groups
Hobby and Collectors Groups
Block Clubs
Men’s Groups
Business Organizations
Mentoring Groups
Charitable Groups
Mutual Support Groups
Civic Events Groups
Neighborhood Improvement
Cultural Groups
Groups
Education Groups
Political Organizations
Elderly Groups
Recreation Groups
Environmental Groups
Religious Groups
Family Support Groups
Service Clubs
Health Advocacy and
Social Groups
Fitness Groups
Union Groups
Veteran’s Groups
Women’s Groups
Youth Groups
Individuals
Associations
Physical S pace
My
Community
Institutions
Local Economy
S tories
Stories
Of background and personal history
Of what you like to do and contribute
Of existing and ongoing skills and
capacities
Of successful community development
Of economic growth
Of addressing racism
Of including those who are marginalized
Of recognizing the value of everyone
Of a time when you or your group felt
appreciated and valued
Of a time the community was at its best
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United Neighbors Capacity Survey
What would you say are some of the best things about our neighborhood?
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Why did you choose to live here?
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What are some things that you would like to do to improve the neighborhood?
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Have you ever participated in any of the following activities?
________ Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts
________ Church Fundraisers
________ Rummage sales or yard sales
________ Bingo
________ Church suppers
________ PTA or school associations
________ Tutoring
________ Sports teams
________ 4-H or gardening
________ Camp trips or field trips
________ Arts or crafts
________ Political campaigns
________ Chess or game clubs
________ Neighborhood associations
________ Music
________ Other
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United Neighbors Capacity Survey (cont.)
What could we do at the school that could benefit the neighborhood?
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When you think about your own skills, what are three things that you think you do best?
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What are three skills you would most like to learn?
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Kansas City Community Builders
My Personal Inventory
Gifts and Skills
Child care
Cooking
Cooking for large groups
Catering
Carpentry
Gardening
Painting
Electrical w ork
Plumbing
Nursing
Caring for older people
Mentoring children
Mentoring youth
Desk top publishing
Word processing
Draw ing and art w ork
Coordinating volunteers
Distributing new sletters
Playing sports (w hich ones)
Coaching sports (w hich ones)
Office w ork
House maintenance w ork
Yard w ork
Appliance repair
Singing, playing music
Art and craft w ork
Telephone calling
Knitting and crochet
Sew ing
Hair cutting, braiding
Installing alarm systems
Starting my ow n business
Transportation for adults
Transportation for children
Driving truck, bus
I have
I can teach to others
I want to learn
Comments
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Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance
IF I COULD DO ANYTHING FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD I WOULD:
Improvements on my home I want to make are:
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Improvements to my yard I want to make are:
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Improvements needed on my street are:
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Improvements in out neighborhood park or neighborhood in general are:
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CONNECTIONS WITH MY NEIGHBORS
I am willing to…
_________ meet with and get better acquainted with my neighbors
_________ help develop a plan for my block and surrounding neighborhood
_________ help with neighborhood clean-up
_________ look out for my neighbors
_________ help with a crime watch
_________ become a leader
be a “worker bee” with leaders _________
Signed: _____________________________________
Address ___________________________________________
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Sample Personal Capacity Inventory
GIFTS I CAN GIVE MY COMMUNITY
GIFTS OF THE HEAD (Things I know something about and would enjoy talking about
with others, e.g., art, history, movies, birds).
GIFTS OF THE HANDS (Things or skills I know how to do and would like to share with
others, e.g., carpentry, sports, gardening, cooking).
GIFTS OF THE HEART (Things I care deeply about, e.g., protection of the environment,
civic life, children).
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What are Local Voluntary Associations?
Groups of two or more residents joined
together around a common activity, often
sharing a common vision and goal
Might have a small paid staff, but
Members always create the vision and
engage in the work to achieve the goal
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Willingness to Work on Neighborhood
Projects
Have Done Work
Willing but Haven’t
Done Work
Uncertain if Willing
Not Willing
Neighborhood
Beautification
10
6
5
0
Working with Youth
15
4
1
1
Working with Senior
Citizens
12
7
2
0
Supporting Families
8
9
4
0
Improving
Neighborhood Health
10
6
3
2
Neighborhood Safety
8
8
3
2
Based on interviews with 21 association leaders
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Willingness to Work on Neighborhood
Issues
Have Done Work
Willing but Haven’t
Done Work
Uncertain if Willing
Not Willing
Teenage Pregnancy
3
9
4
5
Child Abuse
4
10
4
3
Drug Abuse
5
12
4
0
Domestic Violence
2
10
3
6
Youth Truancy &
Gangs
7
9
2
1
Integrating Disabled
People
4
12
3
2
Integrating ExConvicts
5
9
4
3
Based on interviews with 21 association leaders
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Associations and the Local Economy
Have Done Work
Willing but Haven’t
Done Work
Uncertain if Willing
Not Willing
Start or attract businesses to the
neighborhood
2
15
4
0
Buy at new businesses in the
neighborhood
1
16
2
2
Invest in new businesses in the
neighborhood
2
11
2
6
Buy at existing local businesses
2
16
2
1
Improve the general business
climate (i.e., safety patrols,
parking)
1
15
3
2
Invest in the expansion of local
businesses
0
15
2
4
Get banks to provide credit to
existing local businesses
1
16
2
2
Close undesirable local
businesses
0
0
7
3
Based on interviews with 21 association leaders
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Associations and Job Training/ Placement
Have Done Work
Willing but Haven’t
Done Work
Uncertain if Willing
Not Willing
Start a job training program in
the neighborhood
2
11
2
6
Participate in an existing job
training program in the
neighborhood
5
12
2
2
Participate in an inventory of the
job skills and interests of local
residents
1
12
2
6
Inform members of
neighborhood jobs through
postings
6
11
3
1
Inform non-members of local
jobs through postings
5
13
2
1
Help local teenagers find jobs
4
14
2
1
Connect unemployed residents
to the work places of employed
members
4
13
2
2
Based on interviews with 21 association leaders
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Local Institutions
 Schools
 Libraries
 Parks
 Law Enforcement
 Colleges, Universities, Trade Schools
 Health and Human Services Agencies
 Non-Profits
 Private Business
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Institutional Assets
 Facilities
 Equipment
 Materials
 Purchasing Power
 Employment Capacity
 Training and Development Capacity
 Employees
 Financial Resources
 Political Clout
 Good Connections
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What Does My School Have to Offer?
Personnel
Individuals
Physical Space
Local Economy
Expertise in/outside of
job:
Ability to teach:
Art
Music
Athletics
Social Service
Agencies
Non Profits
Museums
Fire Departments
Foundations
Gifts, Skills, Capacities,
Knowledge and Traits of
Youth
Older Adults
Artists
Welfare Recipients
People with Disabilities
Students
Parents
Entrepreneurs
Activists
Veterans
Gardens
Parks
Playgrounds
Parking Lots
Bike Paths
Walking Paths
Forests/Forest
Preserves
Picnic Areas
Campsites
Fishing Spots
For-Profit Businesses
Consumer Expenditures
Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Business Associations
Banks
Credit Unions
Foundations
Institutional-Purchasing
Power and Personnel
Barer and Exchange
CDCs
Corporations and
Branches
S tudents
Networks
Expertise
Associations
Animal Care Groups
Heritage Groups
Anti Crime Groups
Hobby and Collectors Groups
Block Clubs
Men’s Groups
Business Organizations
Mentoring Groups
Charitable Groups
Mutual Support Groups
Civic Events Groups
Neighborhood Improvement
Cultural Groups
Groups
Education Groups
Political Organizations
Elderly Groups
Recreation Groups
Environmental Groups
Religious Groups
Family Support Groups
Service Clubs
Health Advocacy and
Social Groups
Fitness Groups
Union Groups
Veteran’s Groups
Women’s Groups
Youth Groups
S pace & Facility
School
Stories
Personnel
Economic Power
Materials &
Equipment
Of background and personal history
Of what you like to do and contribute
Of existing and ongoing skills and
capacities
Of successful community development
Of economic growth
Of addressing racism
Of including those who are marginalized
Pf recognizing the value of everyone
Of a time when you or your group felt
appreciated and valued
Of a time the community was at its best
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Capturing Local Relationships - School
Day Care
Center
Police
Library
Computers, films, LSC meeting
space, toys, after-school tutoring
Computers, films, LSC meeting space; afterschool tutoring, classroom collections
Media
Higher
Education
Institution
Local Residents
Employment opportunities, classes, community newsletter
Community-Based
Organization,
Civic Association
Health care, child care, play
therapy, WIC program
Space, referrals
Artists and
Cultural
Institutions
Church or other
Religious
Institute
School
Recruit LSC candidates,
monitor school reform,
advocate for resources
Senior Citizens
Relationship with youth that
prevent arrest later
Banks
Business
Bakery or
Restaurant
Social Service
Agency
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A Guide to Funding Asset-Based
Community Development
We support proposals from community-based groups that:
1. Clearly identify the skills, abilities, capacities and assets which local residents will
contribute to the proposal. How will local residents’ capacities be used to address the
issues identified? Have you developed an inventory of the capacities and skills of local
residents to help guide this process? We are particularly interested in how you will discover
and use the gifts and abilities of the “strangers” in your community – those people who have
been marginalized and overlooked because of labels such as disadvantaged, underclass, elderly,
developmentally disabled, ex-offender, physically disabled, mentally disabled, mentally ill, etc.
2. Clearly identify the capacities of your community’s citizens associations, and indicate how
they will be involved in both governance and problem-solving in your proposal. We are
interested in the involvement of groups such as arts organizations, business associations, church
groups, organizations of the elderly, organizations of men or women, ethnic associations, health
groups, political organizations, unions, service clubs, youth groups, veteran’s organizations, etc.
3. Indicate how this proposal will mobilize, utilize, enhance, and expand these local
capacities. How will local citizens and groups be stronger at the end of this proposal? How
will they be better able to develop local assets?
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A Guide to Funding Asset-Based
Community Development
4. Clearly identify:
• The major institutions in the community – e.g., schools, hospitals, human service agencies, parks,
libraries, etc.
• The many different resources, or “treasures,” held by each of these institutions – e.g., people, space,
equipment, budgets, etc.
5. Clearly indicate how these local institutional resources can be mobilized to solve problems
in the local community, and to enhance the capacities of local residents and their
associations.
6. Contribute to building the local economy by:
• Identifying and mobilizing the enterprise and job-related skills of local residents.
• Identifying and directing local consumer spending towards enterprise development and support of local
businesses.
• Mobilizing the savings of local residents and institutions in business and economic development efforts.
• Involving local citizen associations and institutions in business and economic development efforts.
• Identifying and mobilizing local businesses for economic development efforts.
7. Show evidence of significant investments of resources and time by local residents and
organizations before our funding is initiated. We are particularly interested in projects which
local residents design, carry out and control themselves
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How is the Community Building Model Different From the Social
Service Model?
In subtle, but very important ways…
Community Building Model
Social Service Model
Focus on ASSETS
Focus on NEEDS
Builds from OPPORTUNITIES
Responds to PROBLEMS
Investment Orientation
CHARITY Orientation
Emphasis on ASSOCIATIONS
Emphasis on AGENCIES
Focus on COMMUNITY
Focus on INDIVIDUALS
Goal is EMPOWERMENT
Goal is SERVICE
Power comes from RELATIONSHIPS
Power comes from CREDENTIALS
PEOPLE are the answer
PROGRAMS are the answer
People are CITIZENS
People are CLIENTS
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