The Future of Smart

Transforming Local Ecosystems Through Radical Partnership

Episode Summary

In today’s episode, Ulcca speaks with Deanna James, president of the St. Croix Foundation for Community Development, about the foundation's approach to transforming local ecosystems through radical partnership and grantmaking on the island of St. Croix.

Episode Notes

In today’s episode, Ulcca speaks with Deanna James, president of the St. Croix Foundation for Community Development, about the foundation's approach to transforming local ecosystems through radical partnership and grantmaking on the island of St. Croix.

Relevant Links

Philanthropy and Race in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Deanna James, 2020

Cracking the Code: Making the Case for a Comprehensive Policy Analysis of the Virgin Islands Public Education System to Achieve Whole-System Reform, St. Croix Foundation, 2017

 

Collective Work and Impact: the article below is a wonderful review of the research on how system change occurs; and the Nonprofit Consortium 5-Year Retrospective demonstrates our working model of system building via collective impact that is rooted in relationships!

The Relational Work of Systems Change, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2022

Nonprofit Consortium 5-Year Retrospective, St. Croix Foundation, 2021