Community
Investment Strategies
Connecting Passion to Action
Like the
nonprofit organizations and foundations we serve, Community Investment Strategies
is committed to making a difference in our community. Our mission—our passion—is to strengthen the
effectiveness of foundations and nonprofits as they achieve their desired
results. Our services include:
Philanthropy
Defining Passion
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Facilitating
strategic planning sessions that result into an action plan
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Determining
vision, mission, grant guidelines, and funding strategies
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Researching
current trends in key areas of interest
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Identifying
key areas of impact and ways to increase results
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Analyzing
past community investments
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Convening
forums on important community opportunities
Connecting to Action: Program Management
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Creating
programs that achieve desired results
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Managing
grant inquiries and requests including preparing a program, organizational and
financial analysis of prospect grantees
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Filtering
unsolicited requests
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Accepting
and reviewing grant proposals
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Arranging
site visits to nonprofits
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Processing
denials
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Negotiating
community investment (grant) agreements
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Maintaining
working relationships with nonprofits throughout the investment periods
Nonprofits
Defining Passion
v
Facilitating
strategic planning sessions that result into an action plan
v
Determining
vision and mission focused on results
v
Identifying
key areas of impact and ways to increase results
v
Researching
current trends in areas of interest
v
Analyzing
past activities
v
Convening
forums on important community opportunities
Connecting to Action
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Building
effective boards and other volunteer committees
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Motivating
staff and volunteers
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Identifying
and promoting new community and investment partnerships
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Promoting
activities which result in a more inclusive organization
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Providing
executive coaching for staff and boards
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Designing
effective programs which lead to results
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Managing
change: strategic restructuring and growth
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Marketing
and public relations
Clients of
Community Investment Strategies include:
§ Excellence and Justice
in Education
§ Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad
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§ Project Walk
§ Public Schools Services
§ The
§ USD’s Center for Families of
Children with Special Needs
Patricia
Sinay is
the founder of Community Investment Strategies, a consulting firm connecting
nonprofit and foundation’s passion to action.
Prior to consulting, Patricia worked for nearly six years with The San
Diego Foundation. It was there, as an Associate Vice President, that she
created The Foundation’s Civil Society Program which fostered community problem solving built on the
diverse perspective and talents of San Diegans and its Organizational
Success Program which supported nonprofit organizations in strengthening their
ability to effectively achieve their missions.
In addition to her program responsibilities, Patricia worked closely
with The Foundation’s donors to help them achieve their philanthropic visions.
Patricia’s work experience includes being
a Multi-Cultural Fellow with The San Francisco Foundation and a Field Services
Manager in
To complement
her academic & professional experience, Patricia has participated in the
following trainings:
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Appreciative
Inquiry by Philanthropic Quest
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Outcome
funding by Rensselaerville Institute
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Fundraising
by
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Proposal
writing by
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Strategic
restructuring by LaPiana Associates
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Community
building by San Diego Regional Community Policing Institute
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Public
relations by UCSC Extension Program
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Facilitation
by the
In 2002,
Patricia was selected as a German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Fellow in
Contact Information
Patricia S. Sinay – Principle Consultant
(858) 576-9676 * cell (858) 761-4320