Sandy O'Donnell
Sandy O’Donnell has more than 25 years of experience in applied community research and consults with foundations and nonprofits.
Fundraising Practices in Community Organizing
How do we grow or even stabilize when we’ve topped out our dues income and have to do more and more to keep the level of foundation support we have?
Turning Parents into Strong Community Leaders (COFI)
Late last winter, Nancy Santiago, as a member of the "Parent Policy Committee," helped convince Chicago Public Schools to involve parents and communities more...
Community Building & Community Organizing Issues in Creating Effective Models
It's time for organizers to take their boxing gloves off, for developers to take their hard hats off, and for funders to come out from behind their desks, to begin a serious dialogue about how organizing can be integrated into – and, yes, drive – community development strategies.