Village Relations

Village Relations is a consulting group that believes in the power of unlikely relationships to solve social problems. We build relationships between people, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, businesses, government, and communities. We apply a unique version of the Collective Impact Framework first published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Collective impact allows individuals and organizations from different sectors to come together and solve a specific social problem using a common agenda and shared measures of success. We coordinate the problem-solving process, serving as the backbone support organization that helps communities initiate and adopt mutually developed plans. We have expertise in: - Strategic planning - Facilitation and mediation - Fundraising, development, and grant writing - Organizational development - Program evaluation - Community organizing