Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Making Municipal Governments More Responsive to Their Citizens - Grants

Recent grants in this program include:
Organization NameProject DirectorProject Title
National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc.Barbara Cohn BermanTo sustain and continue advancing the field of citizen-informed and citizen-based performance measurement and reporting.
Rutgers UniversityMarc HolzerTo sustain and support the Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network with the National Center for Public Performance as its secretariat.
Association of Government AccountantsEveanna BarryTo support the AGA's promotion of citizen-informed performance measurement and reporting.
CCAF-FCVI, Inc.Michael EastmanTo increase the relevance to potential users of Canadian Public Performance Reports and to infuse the experience of the CCAF-FCVI into the work of GASB in the United States.
Institute of Internal AuditorsAlbert G. HolzingerTo help the Institute of Internal Auditors further strengthen and expand auditors' roles in government performance measurement and reporting.
Government Finance Officers AssociationAnne KinneyTo fund the research leading to the publication of a State and Local Performance Measurement Sourcebook.
The Urban InstituteHarry HatryTo create and try out on local elected officials new educational and training materials on performance measurement.
City of PortlandEileen ArgentinaTo implement ParkScan for use in Portland parks.
Pioneer Institute Inc.Amy DainTo support the Benchmarking Initiative Component of the Pioneer Institute's Middle Cities initiative.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc.Elder WittTo enable Governing Magazine to continue a multi-media publishing program on performance measurement and reporting in government.
International City/County Management AssociationCory FlemingTo support a program to encourage local governments to adopt Citizen Relationship Management systems, including 311 and online equivalents.
Public Technology InstituteAlan SharkTo launch a Citizen-Engaged Community Designation Program to identify, recognize and promote best practices in Citizen Relationship Management systems, including 311.

Program Director: Dr. Ted Greenwood Bio