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Transforming Government |
For every social problem, there are both faith-based and community-based organizations that possess assets and capabilities positively complement government efforts. However, designing programs that can draw effectively on these capabilities is a policy challenge of the first order. A principal contribution of the FBCI has been the design, operation, and evaluation of innovative program models that address this dilemma. This section describes how these proven models allow government to tap into small and novice nonprofit organizations to address vexing social ills on a national and international scale.
The Mini-Grant Model of grant making provides smaller amounts of funding to smaller—typically under $75,000—to faith-based and community-based organizations in order to meet the needs in their community.
The Intermediary Model describes a model of grant making which empowers a third party to provide training and sub-grants to small grassroots faith- and community-based organizations according to specific criteria or within a specific service area.
The Choice-Based Model describes a funding mechanism based on the genuine and independent choice of the client receiving services.
