TFA Strategic Articulation & Fund Development Strategy

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Alliances

The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

City

Minneapolis Saint Paul

Year Founded Type of Collaborators

1994

Coalition of 32 community-based organizations and advocacy groups

Regional Equity: racial justice, economic justice, environmental justice, and health equity Beginning to focus of eTOD

Issue Area

The 11-mile Green Line light rail opened in June 2014, linking aging, racially-diverse neighborhoods that had experienced “decades of disinvestment” with the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and other employment hubs, including the University of Minnesota and the state capitol. The line has exceeded ridership projects with an average weekday ridership of 30,000.

Political Opportunity

Geographic Scope

Twin Cities region

Coalition Organizing: Organize coalitions that cross the boundaries of race, culture, geography, and issues Community Engagement: Ensure communities are engaged in public decision-making processes that determine policies and systems in our region Strategic System Navigation: Provides technical expertise, analysis and strategy development to support leaders navigating complex projects overtime Field Building: Develops stronger set of relationships, collaborations, best practices and understanding of collective power.

Organizational Function

a. Regional Equity b. Elevating the wisdom of communities

Common Agenda

c. Coalition building and connecting grassroots organization to more power and resources d. Shared leadership, ideas and resources for collective among many groups and individuals while promoting accountability

Targeted Beneficiaries Size of Beneficiaries

Twin Cities residents of color, indigenous, immigrant, and low-income communities

Twin Cities residents

High Awareness: Combination of social and traditional media a. Website entails a their report, and newsletter b. Active FB and Twitter pages that are clearly linked from their website c. Have branded themselves as champions of regional equity, which is a term they’ve coined to represent their overlapping issue areas d. Have a logo that symbolizes their overlapping model of regional equity elaborated on their website e. Website consists of a mailing list that their audience can easily sign up Local Initiatives Support Corporation Funding Strategies in Agenda: http://thealliancetc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Our-AREA.pdf, Note: Need to call director for more funding information

Branding Awareness

Donors

Funding Model 501c3 Alliances: 990 Forms

Policy Innovator

http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/411/411977419/411977419_201712_990.pdf

Executive Director: Russ Adams Phone Number: 612-332-4471 Email:

Point Person

russ@theallianceetc.org

Website and other Links

http://thealliancetc.org/

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