Tools

Authorized Voice & Power in the Boardroom: Reimagining Governance to Fulfill Philanthropy’s Purpose

BoardSource
A Call to Action and Guide for Foundation Boards

The Patterns That Limit Organizations—and What Nonprofit Leaders Can Do About It

Dominique Samari
For collaborative leaders and teams seeking deeper transformation, this free-to-read resource offers a compelling framework to move beyond surface-level solutions and address the human dynamics that can most often delay progress and challenge your work.

Future Over Fear: Tools to Build a Different Story

The Opportunity Agenda
This toolkit is designed to help changemakers harness narrative power and messaging skills to advance a vision of a multiracial democracy rooted in equity, inclusion, and collective action.

Rent in Public Housing

If you are a tenant in public housing in Massachusetts, this booklet will give you answers to questions about how rents are set in both state and federal public housing.

Security to Wellbeing Framework Practice Guide

Héctor Malvido, Senior Manager of Partnerships at the Building Movement Project
This guide is for anyone looking to move their organization toward becoming a Service and Social Change Organization—one that not only meets immediate community needs but also works to shift the systems that create those needs in the first place.

Climate and Community Health

Build Healthy Places Network
When community developers and health partners join forces, they don’t just build resilient infrastructure, they create healthier communities. As extreme weather becomes the norm, these partnerships represent a powerful approach for protecting health and wellbeing across the country.

Democracy Resilience Toolkit

Government Alliance on Race & Equity
Prompts and Actions for Navigating Change and Sustaining Racial Equity

Know Your Rights: Understanding and Addressing Appraisal Discrimination

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
As part of her commitment to preserve and expand access to safe, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for all Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released the office’s first-ever ‘Know Your Rights’ guide designed to help homebuyers and homeowners understand, recognize and report appraisal discrimination.

Healthy Homes: What You Need to Know about Pests and Pesticides

Boston Public Health Commission
What you need to know about pests and pesticides to protect your family's health.

Massachusetts Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Toolkit

Massachusetts Integrated Pest Management
This toolkit consists a self-assessment checklist and resources for procurement staff, managers, and owners of affordable housing.

Resources for Mission-Driven Organizations

This resource hub is designed to support nonprofits by providing updates on federal executive orders and policy changes, insights into their implications for the sector, and strategies to navigate these shifts while centering equity and justice in their work.

Winter Energy Price Spike Communications Toolkit

MAPC
A communications and social media toolkit for Massachusetts municipalities.

Engagement for Equity

Health Resources in Action
HRiA offers a toolkit and playbook for government entities, community organizations and residents to address health inequities and advance equitable outcomes.

Center for Housing Data

Massachusetts Housing Partnership
We collect, interpret, and share data to improve state policy, foster effective community conversations and ensure that we meet our housing needs throughout Massachusetts.

The 2024 Elections and Beyond: Fortifying Ourselves, Our Organizations, and Our Ecosystems

Building Movement Project
Election cycles can be opportunities to deepen community engagement, sharpen narratives, and clarify organizational and movement values. As we head towards the November 2024 elections, how can we prepare ourselves as individuals and organizations to play the right roles, to respond quickly to unfolding events, and to buttress our connections and partnerships?

Beyond Democracy: Mobilizing BIPOC Voters in the South

The Opportunity Agenda
Voters of color in the South have been instrumental in challenging systemic inequalities and shaping the political landscape nationwide. Yet, many often feel overlooked, despite being crucial to building a more inclusive and representative democracy. To strengthen your communications in these communities, The Opportunity Agenda developed "Beyond Democracy: Mobilizing BIPOC Voters in the South," a narrative guide that provides tips for telling the story of community, activism, and the importance of civic engagement to protecting our democracy. By creating and promoting a cohesive narrative about the power of collective action, we can build upon BIPOC Southerners’ legacy and rally for policies that create better communities for everyone.

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