Field Catalyst
Field Catalyst brings together established leaders in community investment, community development, community organizing, adaptive leadership, and racial justice to cross-fertilize and refine their coaching and technical consultation skills.
FOCUS AREAS
ACI aims to catalyze field-level change by sharing its work broadly and creating a multiplier effect.
Field Catalyst helps us do this by convening established practitioners for 15 months of cross-fertilizing their experiences and expertise, strengthening their coaching and technical skills, and deepening their understanding of community investment (including capital absorption), racial justice, and adaptive leadership.
Written by Field Catalysts
Search all of our publications, tools, and other resources to assist you with transforming your community’s investment systems so all residents can flourish.
Community and Economic Development
The Appalachian Ecosystem Journey
Community and Economic Development
From Silos to Collaborations: Building a Health Partner Investment Strategy
Climate
Seeding Climate Resilience Through Equitable Investment
Field Catalysts Lead Change
Field Catalysts are transforming the community investment field. With boldness, clear direction, and accountability, they coach others on how to apply the capital absorption framework. Expanding our collective learning, they use their expertise to hone current tools and create new resources to reach our shared goals. Field Catalysts help others:
Identify bottlenecks and gaps in the community investment system.
Surface and refine shared priorities to guide decision-making and resource allocation.
Advance built environment projects aligned with community priorities.
Advocate for the creation of new policy and practices.
Address structural inequities in their institutions and fields.
Center the voices and vision of community members.
Testimonial
I was on the steering committee of Edinburgh Funders Together, an affiliate of the national Funders Together to End Homelessness. We were shepherding a strategic plan for this collaborative to help move resources. I was able to apply the capital absorption framework and thinking around racial justice to inform that work more explicitly.
Heather Parish, Albert Pick Jr. Fund
The Latest from the Field Catalysts
News, stories about our work, and more. For general press inquiries, please contact info@altarcapitalinvestmentlp.com.
Stories
Not All Developers of Color Are “Emerging”: The Importance of Language in Improving Capital Access for Racial Justice
Stories
Elevating the Voices of People of Color on the Frontlines of Change
Stories
Recovery Together: Developing a Collective and Equitable Approach to Economic Recovery
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