Communities

Overview

<p>Colleges and universities are uniquely positioned to help identify, study, and disseminate best practices, and the Charles Koch Foundation is interested in supporting scholarly projects that offer real-world impact by contributing to the body of knowledge on which policies and practices best position the independent sector to contribute to strong communities.</p> <p>We are particularly interested in supporting research and initiatives that:<br>• Provide voluntary associations with the tools necessary to solve community problems using a combination of local knowledge and evidence-driven strategies.<br>• Advance understanding of where and how civil society produces the greatest value for individuals and communities.<br>• Define and measure the health of communities, with a particular interest in projects that improve insight into the process of personal transformation.<br>• Clarify and assess the overlap between private, public, and independent sector solutions to problems such as poverty, addiction, or education, with a particular interest in projects that help identify the cost of unintended consequences.<br>• Shed light on the historical, intellectual, and political development of voluntary associations in America, with a particular interest in case studies that offer insight into contemporary challenges.</p>