Services

In our view, the groundwork for success has to do with authentic community and user engagement, inclusive and creative planning methods, designing for evaluation and high-fidelity implementation, establishing learning routines and cultures, and building system-level partnership for enduring impact. Groundwork is well positioned to work in the following areas:​

Collective impact initiatives - by providing:

(a) initiative design (including governance), and (b) backbone facilitation.

Nonprofits - by providing:

(a) program design and development support; (b) needs assessments, formative/feasibility evaluation, field testing, and evaluability assessments; (c) organizational culture development; (d) support for organizational learning initiatives; (e) market research; (f) partnership development; and (g) boards of directors training and facilitation.

Philanthropy - by providing:

(a) field engagement; (b) placed-based inquiry and intelligence gathering; and (c) funder collaborative facilitation.

Public Institutions - by providing:

(a) program design and development for economic mobility pathways; (b) needs assessments, formative/feasibility evaluation, field testing, and evaluability assessments; (c) support for organizational learning initiatives; (d) partnerships development, and (e) strategy and practice for authentic youth involvement/governance.

Governance Design and Development

• ​Board of Directors training and development / nonprofit governance

• Collaborative and network governance design and facilitation

• Community and stakeholder engagement and inclusion