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Compassion Alaska is a unique program of Alaska’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI). The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families-Compassion Capital Fund (CCF). Alaska’s OFBCI was one of ten organizations to receive a CCF-Demonstration Grant in 2006. These funds are being used to provide capacity building tools and direct funding to grassroots, faith-based and community organizations across Alaska.

Organizational Capacity Building refers to activities that improve an organization’s ability to achieve its mission effectively and to sustain itself over the long term (Compassion Capital Fund).

Activities

November 2007
- Direct funds were awarded to seven grassroots organizations across Alaska in the amount of $20,000.
- Funds can only be used for capacity building activities
January- March, 2008
- Five, free, two-day capacity building workshops were conducted in Anchorage, Kotzebue, Fairbanks, Bethel, and Juneau. Workshop attendees learned how to
  - Move an organization from being a hodgepodge of people to being a truly aligned and high performing group!
  - Integrate a well developed mission, vision, and core values into ALL aspects of an organization
  - Apply nine principles of community engagement
  - Use the “Balanced Score Card” to achieve an organization’s mission
  - Improve board and management communication and understanding of roles and responsibilities
  - Celebrate what’s right in the world” and how to improve customer service through two media presentations
November, 2007– September, 2008, Compassion Alaska Grantee Highlights