Policylink

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Nov 15, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$11,538,493

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Community strategies to improve health:where you live, work, learn, and play is a major determinant of health. Healthy communities are places that have access to healthy food and opportunities for active living. Creating such communities involves strategies for building and supporting places to access healthy food, many of which often provide jobs. The built environment of healthy communities includes opportunities to engage in active living. The policylink center for health equity and place is the umbrella that covers a range of policylink activities related to health and place. Working in partnership with multiple organizations around the county, policylink has been instrumental in spotlighting efforts to increase access to healthy food through work on the healthy food financing initiative, the development of a healthy food access portal for online information, in supporting programs for boys and men of color in california, and developing health impact assessments in southern california and in minneapolis. New publications in this arena include healthy food, healthy communities: promising strategies to improve access to fresh, healthy food and transform communities; why place and race matter; and healthy corridors for all: a community health impact assessment of transit-oriented development policy in saint paul, minnesota.

Activity 3

Equitable development:policylink works with a broad range of partners to assist in the implementation of strategies to ensure that all people - including those in low-income communities and communities of color - are able to contribute to and benefit from economic growth and prosperity. Policylink works to increase regional equity through the tools and strategies of equitable development - a comprehensive framework for increasing equitable public investment, the fair distribution of affordable housing, and community strategies to improve health. The idea that equity is the superior growth model has grown in the policylink messaging hierarchy and was prominently featured during the 2011 national summit in detroit, michigan. America's tomorrow: equity is the superior growth model, was written to provide the context and framing for the summit. America's tomorrow is also the theme of a series of videotaped interviews conducted by policylink founder and ceo angela glover blackwell with leaders in the equity field. With data informed by the university of california's program for environmental and regional equity, the america's tomorrow work also includes online graphic representations of data showing the changing demographics of the united states in the coming years. Changing demographics was also the theme for work being done with the center for american progress that included convening roundtables of experts on a variety of topics and in completing work to produce the minnesota tomorrow report.equitable development links the pursuit of full racial inclusion and participation with local, metropolitan, and regional planning and development. It is grounded in four guiding principles: integrating strategies that support people and the places where they live and work; reducing local and regional disparities; promoting "double bottom line" investments; and, including meaningful community voice, participation, and leadership the web-based policylink equitable development toolkit remains a frequently cited, valuable tool among community groups, students, and academics. The toolkit is a resource that highlights policies and strategies that community leaders can pursue to increase opportunity and direct new investments to benefit current residents. In 2011, under the umbrella of urban agriculture, four new tools were added.

Filer

EIN

94-3297479