Making Connections. Delivering Results.
Have an initiative or project that you’ve been wanting to implement? We can help!
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Equitable RFP & Contract Development
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Diverse Board Development, Workforce, & Recruitment
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Staff Mental Health Programs & Resources
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Evidenced-based Practices & Procedures for DEI and Mental Health
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Community Engagement & Program Planning
Why Choose Us?
With experience as a community worker and grants manager, Charde' leads her team in crafting proposals that adequately address the need, deliverables, and outcome-driven metrics. We also provide project-based support to ensure trainings and strategic plans are not just short-lived experiences but implemented and effective. Relevant Connections takes pride in offering this support by equipping organizations with resources to educate, connect, and empower their communities towards success.
TESTIMONIALS
Social Impact & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Investing in community-based projects and initiatives is something every organization should prioritize. Giving back comes in many forms of currency: time, talents, and treasures. Aligning your giving with the company’s mission, values, and culture is just as important as the amount of currency you choose to invest.
Relevant Connections supports businesses in identifying and managing relationships for local and/or national non-profits that closely reflect the passions and experiences of the company. Gone are the days when dollars are given to largely funded non-profits simply because of popularity and notoriety. Recognizing the work of grass-roots non-profits and supporting them will allow businesses to increase direct services provided to community members and families more effectively.
4 Reasons to Fund at the Grassroots Level:
Better Outcomes
Grassroots organizations often are in the best position to understand and address the underlying and systemic forces at the root of the problem. Although they may fail to achieve their objectives at first, they try and try again, and keep trying until they succeed.
Sustainable Solutions
Grassroots organizers engage deeply with the communities they represent. They know the social fabric of those communities well and are committed (in a way that larger organizations may not be) to developing sustainable solutions that work for their constituents.
Lower costs
Compared to big NGOs that regularly incur the costs of travel, accommodations, temporary consultants, and related expenses, grassroots organizations have lower operating costs because they are embedded in their communities.
Self-sufficient Communities
From problem identification to defining strategies and shared outcomes, grassroots organizing builds permanent infrastructure within communities, so they are better equipped to solve their problems through collective action. It is an essential strategy for building self-sufficient communities and supporting local development.