Asset Funders Network Goals and Objectives
Goals and Strategies
Goals and Strategies for the network are to bring funders together to share their own funding goals and strategies and to develop a community of funders committed to asset-building work. Specific goals for the network are:
- Raise visibility about asset-building work within the philanthropic community.
- Provide a forum to discuss strategies, promising new practices and policy.
- Keep funders abreast of key issues facing the asset-building field.
- Offer networking opportunities that encourage and support collaboration among participants.
- Serve as a resource or clearinghouse for funders interested in asset-building work.
2008 Goals and Objectives
The network holds regular collaborative conferences, teleconferences, and hosts a website, all designed to connect its members with the latest asset-building information, strategies and resources.
Provide a forum to discuss strategies, promising practices, and policies.
- Hold an annual membership meeting.
- Participate in philanthropic meetings targeted to the asset-building field.
- Provide a conference call series that presents strategies and information on a diverse array of asset building topics.
- Promote coordination and strategizing among members.
Raise the visibility of asset building strategies within the philanthropic community.
- Develop partnerships and/or working relationships with other asset building networks and groups.
- Reach out to funders interested in asset building strategies.
- Participate in philanthropic forums intended to educate foundation staff about the effectiveness of asset building approaches.
Serve as a resource for funders interested in asset building work.
- Serve as a clearinghouse and link to the latest information from the asset-building field.
- Provide e-newsletters highlighting news, initiatives, policies, and events.
- Maintain a website with up-to-date information and links to important information from the asset-building field.
- Commission funder briefs that highlight strategies, best practices, and initiatives to provide guidance for new funders.
Offer networking opportunities to build funder collaborations.
- Include networking opportunities at all AFN functions.
- Create networking opportunities at other forums/events.
- Join with other groups in asset field (community tax field, NFG, COF, GIST, philanthropy roundtable) - provide content for and/or co-host meetings.
- Create a matrix on who is funding what in the field in order to facilitate funding collaboration.
- Increase philanthropic funding for asset building initiatives.