At Community Partners, we believe in the ability of social innovators and entrepreneurs to bring positive change to their communities.

Social innovators and entrepreneurs are individuals who identify solutions to community needs and then actively respond. For example: they are advocates who want to educate immigrant workers on their rights; funders who want to increase their grantees' effectiveness; government officials who want to bridge the digital divide; business leaders who want to see one million trees planted in LA; teachers who want to see their students eat healthy, sustainable food; and actors who want to bring theater to the inner city.

At Community Partners, we provide social innovators and entrepreneurs like these the support and infrastructure needed to advance their ideas into action.

• For emerging leaders of civic and community projects, we handle finance, HR, and legal needs; help them develop their idea into a funded project; connect them with their peers and leaders in the community; and equip them with the tools and training to grow an effective, sustainable project.
• For experienced social innovators and networks of established stakeholder groups, we provide the knowledge and means to get new ideas and coalitions off the ground in a matter of weeks.
• For funders, we provide skilled management of program offices, peer convenings, regranting, and capacity-building programs that strengthen their impact in the community.

What we provide enables social innovators and entrepreneurs to do what they do best - make change happen. Since 1992, we have supported, trained, and invested in more than 500 social innovators and entrepreneurs tackling every imaginable social issue. They have come from the core of our vibrant communities and from every station of civic life: government, foundations, business, the social sector, and neighborhoods everywhere.

Learn more about the depth and breadth of Community Partners' impact in California by reading through the following sections:

• Programs that we provide;
• Facts and financial figures that demonstrate the soundness of Community Partners’ infrastructure; and
• Get involved with Community Partners.

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Turning dreams into reality for a better Southern California

Learn more through stirring stories of people on the frontline of community problem solving. See how Community Partners' expertise can help your organization increase its impact. Understand how Community Partners has worked on special projects that advance policy, increase civic involvement and help funders maximize the impact of their grants.

More than anything, we hope to inspire your dreams & ideas for a better Southern California!

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