"A MUST-READ for grantmakers"

Fragmented problems and fractured resources. Power issues and turf protection. The appearance of collaboration without real substance. Small wonder so many funders get frustrated-and so many community problems go unsolved. It doesn't have to be that way. By focusing on solutions -by helping communities uncover and explore their highest aspirations, and by supporting and sustaining systematic, strategic efforts to reach them-funders can be the lasting change they want to see. Based on five years of research and hands-on experience, Community Visions, Community Solutions is for any funder who wants to encourage, enable, and be a real part of community problem solving.

Filled with fresh ideas, concrete strategies, wisdom from the field, compelling case studies, and contact information so you can find out more, this book provokes both thought and action, fosters new ideas, and leads to solutions.

"A must-read for grantmakers, individual donors, or any philanthropic professionals who hope to see community change in their lifetime."
Elwood Hopkins, Director, Los Angeles Urban Funders, Los Angeles, CA
"Any leader,whether in a foundation, a nonprofit organization, or a public agency, should read this book and ponder 'what might be' in more effective community problem solving."
Eugene Wilson, Senior Vice President, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City,MO
"As funders attempt to enhance the community's problem-solving capacity, services integration, and human and financial resources coordination, this book will be invaluable."
Paula Allen-Meares, Dean and Professor, Norma Radin Collegiate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI
"Authors Connor and Kadel-Taras help funders understand the dynamics and the process of community problem solving and become a responsible part of the solution."
Richard K. Rappleye, Vice President, Field Services,C.S.Mott Foundation, Flint,MI
"This book can help foundations examine their policies and procedures as a stimulus for doing business in an enlightened twenty-first century style."
Patricia Denhart, Community Liaison, Northwest Area Foundation, Saint Paul, MN