Fondazione Di Comunità Di Messina Onlus
Messina, Italy 98151
Italy
Mission
The Messina Community Foundation was launched in 2010 to promote human development in Messina, a city in Southern Italy, which has been caught in the poverty threshold trap for years. Here the Foundation is experimenting with a new model of social policy structurally entwined with productive, civil economy clusters that are able to generate an evolved community welfare system, are environmentally sustainable and based on networks. Such a system can create many opportunities and act as support for the most vulnerable people: the model, unlike the “atomistic” approaches, is based on the idea that a network based on local, human and economic development all feeds on and amplifies social capital, people’s capabilities and the economic resources of the participating clusters. The model implements customized projects in an interdependent way, to foster the inclusion of vulnerable people addressing the main areas of human functions: income/employment, housing, knowledge, participation and democracy. The aim of the experimentation is to design socio-economic paradigms that can set individual rights of weaker people and the growth of their capabilities, as well as environmental sustainability, as external constraints to profit maximization.
Most Meaningful Change
The strategy to operate with an holistic approach, linking production systems, welfare systems, endowment of knowledge, research and development, and social capabilities in the territories in which the Foundation operates, has generated since 2010 a significant impact: 6 monuments complexes, and the surrounding environmental area have been restored. 120 micro-companies and cooperatives have been supported during their start-up and consolidation. 400 job positions have been created and/or consolidated. 100 vulnerable people are involved in customized projects aimed at restoring their rights and strengthening their capabilities.
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Organization | Fondazione Di Comunità Di Messina Onlus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Address 1 | Forte Petrazza, Camaro Superiore, Messina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Address 2 | Did not answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City / Town | Messina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
State / Region | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ZIP / Postal Code | 98151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continent | Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map Address (If Different) | Forte Petrazza, Camaro Superiore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map City / Town (If Different) | Messina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map State / Region (If Different) | Did not answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map Zip / Postal Code (If Different) | 98151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map Country (If Different) | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phone | +390909032761 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
info@fdcmessina.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.fdcmessina.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization Leader (Name, Title) | Mr. Gaetano Giunta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Contact’s Name | Giuseppe D'Avella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Contact’s Position | Head of Communication Office | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foundation at a Glance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Founded | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mission Statement | The Messina Community Foundation was launched in 2010 to promote human development in Messina, a city in Southern Italy, which has been caught in the poverty threshold trap for years. Here the Foundation is experimenting with a new model of social policy structurally entwined with productive, civil economy clusters that are able to generate an evolved community welfare system, are environmentally sustainable and based on networks. Such a system can create many opportunities and act as support for the most vulnerable people: the model, unlike the “atomistic” approaches, is based on the idea that a network based on local, human and economic development all feeds on and amplifies social capital, people’s capabilities and the economic resources of the participating clusters. The model implements customized projects in an interdependent way, to foster the inclusion of vulnerable people addressing the main areas of human functions: income/employment, housing, knowledge, participation and democracy. The aim of the experimentation is to design socio-economic paradigms that can set individual rights of weaker people and the growth of their capabilities, as well as environmental sustainability, as external constraints to profit maximization. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization Description | Community Foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Description | Did not answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximate Size of the Population Serviced | 250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Paid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Unpaid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Board Members | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Organization’s Total Income in Last Fiscal Year | $1,500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Gifts Income in Last Fiscal Year | $1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Total Expenditures in Last Fiscal Year | $1,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Grantmaking Budget in Last Fiscal Year | $1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Does Organization Have an Endowment | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value of Endowment (or Financial Reserves) as of the End of Last Fiscal Year | $14,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in Financial Status Over Last Three Years | Significant improvement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Most Meaningful Change that Organization Has Helped to Bring About in the Last Three Years | The strategy to operate with an holistic approach, linking production systems, welfare systems, endowment of knowledge, research and development, and social capabilities in the territories in which the Foundation operates, has generated since 2010 a significant impact: 6 monuments complexes, and the surrounding environmental area have been restored. 120 micro-companies and cooperatives have been supported during their start-up and consolidation. 400 job positions have been created and/or consolidated. 100 vulnerable people are involved in customized projects aimed at restoring their rights and strengthening their capabilities. |