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IN THE COMMUNITY Advocacy

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In 2009, KDK-Harman Foundation embarked on becoming more readily educated and involved in advocacy. We realized that in order to make a sustained, positive impact in our community, supporting effective organizations and programs is only one component to the multi-dimensional world we live in. Attention must also be focused on systems and policies to enable promising opportunity of maximum benefit for women and families our organizational mission seeks to assist.

 
In this pursuit, our advocacy tactics and strategies have spanned to include:
 
  • Building Knowledge – Utilization of resources to encourage understanding, dialogue and collaboration between organizations interested in taking action in public policy;
  • Direct Involvement - Participation in local, state and national forums, informing lawmakers of the impact of the nonprofit and philanthropic communities;
  • Convening – Connection of funders, grantees and legislators to identify opportunities and synergies for development of positive policy and systems changes
  • Demonstration Grants – Deployment of foundation’s funding to innovative projects and collaborations designed to demonstrate better and more effective ways of delivering quality educational services
 
The roots of our approach can be found in several of KDK-Harman’s core principals. For a detailed view of our advocacy strategy, view our Advocacy logic model.
 
We stand committed to the belief that society is best served when sectors work collaboratively to advance the common good. In this commitment, rather than staying limited to a role as a transactional grantmaker, we see opportunity to embrace multiple roles in which funders can affect positive change. In our quest to break the cycle of poverty through education while promoting a culture of giving excellence, the chart below illustrates the roles KDK-Harman currently and projects to fulfill in our effort to mobilize sustainable, quality education to all Central Texans and beyond!
 
Special thanks to the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative and Conference of Southwest Foundations in facilitating the thoughtful, communications workshop, in which served as a framework for our roles in advocacy below.

 

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Below is KDK-Harman Foundation’s advocacy logic model:

Download PDFKDK-Harman’s Advocacy logic model is available in PDF.
 

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