1.2 Realizing the Anchor Mission
Anchor Institution Task Force, MARGA Inc.
1.3 The Emergence of Anchor Collaboratives
Anchor Institutions Toolkit: A Guide for Neighborhood Revitalization, The Netter Center for Community Partnerships (2008)
Living Cities Integration Initiative Evaluation, Mt. Auburn Associates (2014)
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions , Democracy Collaborative (2019)
1.4 Getting Started: Forming the Collaborative and the Backbone
City Health Dashboard, NYU School of Medicine (2019)
Forward through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity, The Ferguson Commission (2015)
Segregation in St. Louis: Dismantling the Divide, Washington University in St. Louis (2018)
2025 Strategic Plan for the City of Tacoma, City of Tacoma (2025)
HAN Leadership Commitments, Healthcare Anchor Network (2024)
Building the Backbone, StriveTogether (2014)
Nonprofit Finance Fund's Place-Based Partnership Toolkit, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Backbone Starter Guide, Collective Impact Forum (2021)
Starting a Coalition , Community Toolbox
Exploring the Collaboration Cycle, Tamarack Institute (2022)
Place-Based Partnerships Toolkit, Nonprofit Finance Fund (2019)
Anchor Institutions Partnerships Database, Anchor Institutions Task Force, MARGA Inc (2024)
2 Understanding Anchor Strategies
Resources for the Anchor Mission, Healthcare Anchor Network
2.1 Impact Workforce
New Bridge Cleveland, NewBridge (2022)
MIT Local Living Wage, Dr. Amy Glasmeier and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024)
MMDC Hire Local program, Memphis Medical District Collaborative (2024)
Impact Workforce strategy, MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board (MHHCWB)
Western Mass Economic Development Council Anchor Collaborative Benefits Businesses, Western Mass Economic Development Council (2023)
Southwest Partnership Workforce Grants, Southwest Partnership
Inclusive, Local Hiring Toolkit, Healthcare Anchor Network (2016)
Case Studies of HAN members’ Impact Workforce strategies , Healthcare Anchor Network (ongoing)
Aspen Institute's Workforce Strategies Initiative, Aspen Institute (2024)
National Fund for Workforce Solutions, National Fund for Workforce Solutions
2.2 Impact Purchasing
ShopBIPOC, Denver Anchor Network
Regional Vendor-Anchor Marketplace, South Florida Anchor Alliance
Anchor Alliance Toolkit: Business Opportunities with Institutions, Urban Impact Lab and Miami-Dade County
Feeding Anchors, Denver Anchor Network
Local Procurement Dashboard, West Side United (2024)
Denver Anchor Network Curated Caterer List, Center for Community Wealth Building (2023)
Healthcare Anchor Network Data Companion, Healthcare Anchor Network (2024)
Economy League Philadelphia Anchors for Growth and Equity (PAGE), Economy League Greater Philadelphia
Healthy Neighborhoods Albuquerque, Farmer Infrastructure Project
Anchors in Resilient Communities: A Summary of the Democracy Collaborative's 2015 Assessment of East Bay Communities, Emerald Cities Oakland Bay Area and Health Care Without Harm
Impact Purchasing Toolkit , Healthcare Anchor Network (2016)
Case Studies of HAN members' Impact Purchasing strategies , Healthcare Anchor Network (ongoing)
The Local Multiplier Effect: How Independent Locally Owned Businesses Help Your Community Thrive, American Independent Business Alliance (2012)
The Future of Health is Local: A Field Guide for Health Sector Leadership, Business Alliance for Living, Local Economies (2016)
Billion Dollar Roundtable , Billion Dollar Roundtable (2023)
Health Care Without Harm , Health Care Without Harm
2.3 Place-based Investing
West Side United's Journey to Impact Investing, West Side United (2022)
Place-based Investing Toolkit, Healthcare Anchor Network (2016)
Case studies of HAN members’ Place-based Investing strategies, Healthcare Anchor Network (ongoing)
Investing Together: Emerging Approaches in Collaborative Place-Based Impact Investing, Urban Institute (2018)
New Mexico Impact Investing Collaborative, New Mexico Impact Investing Collaborative
We Lift: The Coachella Valley's Housing Catalyst Fund, Lift to Rise
Improving Community Health by Strengthening Community Investment, Center for Community Investment, Initiative for Responsible Investment, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2017)
Community Closeups, Build Healthy Places Network (ongoing)
2.4 Complementary Anchor Strategies
Brochure: North Central Massachusets Anchor Collaborative (2021), North Central Massachusetts Anchor Collaborative (2021)
Benefit Cliffs and Other Challenges in the Utah Public Benefit System, Weber State University and OgdenCAN (2023)
Neighborhood & Physical Environment, West Side United (2021)
MMDC Real Estate Report, Memphis Medical District Collaborative (2024)
Strong Communities Fund, Brooklyn Communities Collaborative (2022)
Commerical Improvement Program, Southwest Partnership (2024)
3.1 A Shared Imperative
Anchor Institutions Leveraging Big Buyers for Small Business, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (2021)
SMARTIE Framework, The Management Center (2021)
Designing a Powerful Shared Intent, CoCreative (2020)
People, Tools, and Processes that Building Collaborative Capacity, Teagle Foundation (2015)
Anchor Mission Leadership Commitments, Healthcare Anchor Network
Readiness Matrix for Cross-Sector Collaboration, Public Health Foundation
Higher Education’s Anchor Mission: A Sharpened Imperative & A Framework for Action, Healthcare Anchor Network (2022)
The Overlooked Anchors: Advancing a New Standard of Practice for Arts and Culture Organizations to Create Equitable Opportunity in America’s Cities, The Kresge Foundation (2019)
3.2 Activated Champions
The Dawn of System Leadership, Stanford Social Innovation Review (2015)
Collaborative Leadership, Community Toolbox
Supporting Pioneering Leaders as Communities of Practice: How to Rapidly Develop New Leaders in Great Numbers, Margaret J. Wheatley (2002)
3.3 Effective Governance
BUILD Health Challenge's Community Health Workbook, The BUILD Health Challenge and ChangeLab Solutions (2023)
The Constellation Model for Collaborative Social Change, Singapore Management University (2008)
HAN Working Group Work Plan Template, Healthcare Anchor Network (2024)
A Practical Guide for Consensus-Based Decision Making, Tamarack Institute (2017)
Core Functions in Leadership; Making Decisions, Community Toolbox
Best Practices for Inclusive, Participatory Budgeting, Urban Institute (2022)
Collaborative Governance: An Introductory Guide, Collaboration for Impact and Clarion Call (2020)
Building a Collective Governance Framework, National Policy Consensus Center (2020)
3.4 Collaboration with Community
Racial Equity Toolkit by the Collective Impact Forum, Collective Impact Forum (2023)
Assessing Community Needs and Resources: Identifying Community Assets and Resources, Community Toolbox
The BUILD Health Challenge Community Health Workbook, The BUILD Health Challenge and ChangeLab Solutions (2023)
Human-Centered Approach to Job Design, National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Participatory Action Research, Brooklyn Communities Collaborative
Centering Community: Organizational Self-Assessment, Full Frame Initiative (2023)
Internal Coalition Effectiveness (ICE) Instrument, The University of Nebraska Medical Center (2007)
Anchor-Community Engagement Workbook, Anchors in Resilient Communities (2023)
What is Community Anyway?, Stanford Social Innovation Review (2015)
Tools and Resources for Project-Based Community Advisory Boards, Urban Institute (2021)
Understanding and Describing the Community, Community Toolbox
3.5 Sustainable Resourcing
Update from the Field: Health Conversion Foundations, Grant Makers in Health (2021)
Determination of Need Community-Based Health Initiative Planning Guideline, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (2017)
Community Benefits Agreements, PolicyLink (2024)
Funding Streams for Place-based Partnerships, Nonprofit Finance Fund (2021)
Full Cost Workbook for Backbones of Place-Based Partnerships, Nonprofit Finance Fund (2021)
Anchored in Place: How Funders are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies, Funders Network (2020)
Social Determinants of Health: How are Health Conversion Foundations Using Their Resources to Create Change? , Health Affairs (2018)
3-Year Backbone Budget Scenario Analysis Tool, Collective Impact Forum (2015)
3.6 Quality Data and Impact Measurement
HAN Data Companion, Healthcare Anchor Network (2024)
Equal Employment Opportunity Data Collections Reporting System, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
West Side United Measurement Framework, West Side United
West Side United Metrics Dashboard, West Side United
StriveTogether Methodology for Collaboratve Improvement , StriveTogether (2021)
Anchor Strategy Data Collection Template, Healthcare Anchor Network (2024)
Tableau-developed Health Disparity dashboards, Tableau Public
Neighborhood Atlas, Neighborhood Atlas
3.7 Strategic Communications
Anchor Mission Communications Toolkit, Healthcare Anchor Network (2020)
Tools for Defining the Organizational Imperative, Healthcare Anchor Network
Southwest Partnership mid-year and annual reports, Southwest Partnership
Southwest Partnership Vision Plan, Southwest Partnership
Template for Strategic Communications Plan, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (2020)
A Guide to Navigating Communications for Social Impact, Cause Communications