Research and Demonstration Projects

Our Ongoing Organization "Lab" Yields Innovative New Practices

Fieldstone Alliance conducts research and hosts demonstration projects that have promise for improving performance and results in the nonprofit sector. Through this work we mine best practices, package the findings into practical, easy-to-apply tools, and disseminate them throughout the sector.

Current projects

Kellogg Action Lab
A three year project in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund to strengthen the performance and sustainability of W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s U.S. grantees, and to use what is learned to strengthen the broader nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.

Innovative Practice Fund
An aspect of the Kellogg Action Lab is the Innovative Practice Fund. This fund is a grant program to support testing, development, and application of innovative practices in the nonprofit sector.

College of Consultants
This is a vetted, national database of consultants available to work with organizations around the country. (How to apply to become a member of the College of Consultants.)

Recent projects

Heading Home Minnesota
A long-term, cross-sector partnership effort that aims to harness the considerable muscle of the business, foundation, faith, and provider communites, increase public attention, and mobilize resources to reduce homelessness in Minnesota.

The Nexus Project
A two-year project, funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation, designed to research best practices in capacity building with immigrant- and refugee- led organizations, and strengthen the work of ten to fifteen leading capacity-building organizations nationally that work in this area.

Habitat Urban Strategies Initiative
A thirty-month partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, which increased the capacity and performance of their urban affiliates in thirty metropolitan areas across the U.S. This project resulted in the creation of the "Seven Factors for Urban Success Framework." It also yielded twenty models of success, highly practical case studies illustrating best practices in each of the seven factors. These and other tools were incorporated in to Habitat's Urban Programs, created to sustain and support high performance among Habitat affiliates.

 

For more information, please contact Tim Brostrom at 651.556.4514 or email him at tbrostrom@FieldstoneAlliance.org.