American FactFinder
Get a Fact Sheet for your community from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Basic Family Budget Calculator
The Family Budget Calculator lets you determine the income needed for particular types of families to make ends meet. Because costs of goods and services vary across the U.S., the calculator customizes the budgets for every U.S. community: 400 in all.

Creating Change: How Organizations Connect with Youth, Build Communities, and Strengthen Themselves
This booklet explores the complex links between youth development, community engagement, and social justice. The Innovation Center has been studying these links through partnerships with local and national organizations, universities, foundations, and businesses. We are learning what works in big cities, small towns, and rural communities. The stories in this book highlight the work of our partners to engage, empower, and strengthen young people and their communities.

Developing Quality Proposals
This document explains in-depth how faith-based and community initiatives can create a quality proposal.

DUNS Number for Federal Grant Proposals
All Federal grant applicants are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.

Matrix Evaluation Model
The Matrix Outcomes Model provides a set of complimentary assessment, case management and evaluation tools. The Institute for Community Collaborative Studies has evolved the Matrix Model with community partners who continue to refine the language, structure, and guidelines of the tool as they apply it to their programs.