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Going All In: CFLeads Survey

About the survey

Through the practice of community leadership, community foundations are stepping up to serve as vital partners, problem-solvers and leaders in the local landscape.  Through our Igniting the Future of Community Foundations project, we examined where the community foundation field is now, where it wants to go and how it can get there.  The result: the identification of three independent areas of momentum in the field -- insisting on racial equity, amplifying community voice, and influencing public policies and systems.

Insisting on Racial Equity
Community foundations focus on achieving racial equity in all aspects of life, including health, education, economic mobility, safety and housing, as well as in their own internal operations.

Amplifying Community Voice
Community foundations serve as conveners, elevate resident engagement and power, invest in local journalism, and support civic participation that fuels a healthy democracy.

Influencing Public Policy & Systems
Community foundations disseminate local research, mobilize stakeholders and advocate for comprehensive public policy and systems changes that lead to widespread significant results.

As CFLeads supports community foundations to take action in one or more of these areas, we want to hear from you!  We appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey on the types of program offerings that would most help you.  It should take approximately ten minutes to complete.
Insisting on Racial Equity
1.Is applying a racial equity lens a key element of your community foundation's current work?(Required.)
2.How would you characterize your current work on insisting on racial equity?(Required.)
3.Is your foundation interested in doing more to advance racial equity?
4.What program offerings would be most helpful to you in your work in this area?(Required.)
5.What are the opportunities for your work in this area?
6.What are the barriers to your work in this area?
Amplifying Community Voice (includes resident engagement, local journalism, civic participation)
7.Is amplifying community voice a key element of your community foundation's current work?(Required.)
8.How would you characterize your current work in amplifying community voice?(Required.)
9.Is your foundation interested in doing more to amplify community voice?(Required.)
10.What program offerings would be most helpful to you in your work in this area?(Required.)
11.What are the opportunities for your work in this area?
12.What are the barriers to your work in this area?
Influencing Public Policy & Systems
13.Is influencing public policy and systems a key element of your community foundation's current work?(Required.)
14.How would you characterize your current work in influencing public policy and systems?(Required.)
15.Is your foundation interested in doing more to influence public policy and systems?(Required.)
16.What program offerings would be most helpful to you in your work in this area?(Required.)
17.What are the opportunities for your work in this area?
18.What are the barriers to your work in this area?
Final questions
19.What additional learning formats, not listed above, are of interest to your community foundation?  Do you have additional thoughts to share on desired learning formats?
20.Are there any other issues not listed above that are of interest to your foundation?
Tell us about yourself
21.What is your name?(Required.)
22.What is your email address?(Required.)
23.What is the name of your community foundation?(Required.)
24.What is your foundation city, state, and zip code?(Required.)
Thank you!