We partner with foundations and community-based organizations to provide expert project management from issue analysis to project design and implementation to capacity building and coaching to evaluation.

Values

BuildCommunity is committed to helping foundations and community-based organizations advance their mission by providing expert project management and capacity building to  community leaders. BuildCommunity’s work is grounded in the passionate belief that communities must lead efforts to heal and address persistent inequities. To carry out our mission we are guided by the following values:

Impact
We value impact and results that lead to meaningful change. We seek to advance equity in ways that are life-changing for our communities and transformative for our country. We passionately believe in emerging leadership and community-led solutions.

Respect and Humility
We value the assets, stories, and ideas of communities. We value process and honor protocol. We commit to seeking clarity and partnership and commit to building and maintaining strong relationships. We work to ensure our efforts advance the aspirations of all.

Excellence
We strive for excellence in all we do. We bring rigour, creativity, and urgency to our work. We work in purposeful, strategic, and inclusive ways. We are curious and seek to learn and improve. We operate with a sense of possibility and enthusiasm. We conduct ourselves with the highest of ethical standards and ensure alignment between our actions and our values.

Advancing Equity

We focus our energies on healing communities, addressing policies and practices that create or sustain inequities, and supporting the development of robust community-led solutions.

Capacity Building

Meaningful change in immigrant and rural communities require broad coalitions. We build the capacity of community leaders to convene and lead cross-sector/cross-cultural collaborations.

Health Information Technology

Investments in Health Information Technology are improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of care. We work to ensure that immigrant and rural communities benefit from these investments.