Engagement, Rigor, and Flexibility: Essential Elements for Supporting and Evaluating Community Power Building Work
In 2021, Community Science began working with The Colorado Trust (The Trust) to evaluate the Building and Bridging Power strategy. The strategy funded more than 37 grantees (23 grassroots/grasstops organizations and 14 media grantees) from 2019 to 2024. The evaluation focused on the 23 grassroots and grasstops to intentionally bridge power between communities, community organizing (or grassroots) organizations, and grasstops policy advocacy organizations so that community voices could lead the…