Initiatives

Niagara  Community Foundation is regularly invited to participate in community initiatives and collaborations. Our involvement has varied and has included: consultation with respect to strategic plan development; participation in focus groups around particular initiatives or issues; membership on collaboratives, steering or advisory committees for region wide initiatives or acting as financial host for a regional initiative. Typically our involvement fits into one of the following categories: organizational development, community development or project development and it needs to meet the following criteria:

• Reflects key principles of trust, flexibility, respect and collaboration and is consistent with the mission, vision and values of NCF
• Acknowledges that change takes time
• Embraces clear and measurable outcomes - recognizing community building is evolutionary by nature
• Brings a diverse group of people to the table
• Is committed to a common purpose
• Avoids duplicating what currently exists in the community, or will in the future
• Produces a clear community benefit
• Is action-oriented in both planning and implementation