$47K in expenses

The crosscutting strategies portfolio includes initiatives that provide an underlying service to all areas of policylink's work, creating an enabling environment for policy change, supporting and growing the equity movement, and building new alliances and partnerships. These include:a. Data + research - developing data and research to equip community leaders and policymakers with the tools necessary to advance equitable growth and to inform community action.b. Communications - establishing a national voicethrough narrative, arts, and cultureto advance policy and catalyze the imagination necessary to envision alternative futures and build the will to make them real.c. Impact - leveraging results-based accountability to measure the effectiveness of our work and drive continuous improvement of our programs and internal operations.d. Fiscal sponsorship of projects aligned with policylink equity action network's mission.

$6K in expenses

Thriving communities - the thriving communities portfolio aims to create communities where all children and families prosper through equitable infrastructure, affordable housing, quality education, human services delivery, and clean water. Thriving communities honor the dignity of every person, promote physical and economic mobility, and protect residents from legal and environmental harm.