ICom - Instituto Comunitário Grande Florianópolis
Rua Lacerda Coutinho 100, Centro
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 88015-030
Brazil
Mission
To promote community development by mobilizing, connecting and supporting donors and nonprofits and other social initiatives in Florianópolis and neighbor cities
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Most Meaningful Change
ICom’s leadership brought to the local agenda the case for transparency among nonprofits, creating collaboratively an online platform (www.portaltransparencia.org.br) to help strenghten nonprofits and their relationship with the community as a whole. We are coordinating a group of almost 80 organizations in a movement to work with and evaluate local government in order to improve public policies. The movement passed a law to make it mandatory for the local government to establish a plan of goals and to be accountable for those goals to the entire population annually. ICom has opened a Center for Social Innovation, offering services to nonprofits and individuals to test, prototype and implement initiatives aiming to improve quality of life.
2005 Year Founded
4 Paid Staff (Full-Time Equivalent)
$79,100 Endowment Value
$36,200 Total Annual Grantmaking
Organization | ICom - Instituto Comunitário Grande Florianópolis |
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Address 1 | Rua Lacerda Coutinho 100, Centro |
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Address 2 | Did not answer |
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City / Town | Florianópolis |
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State / Region | Santa Catarina |
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ZIP / Postal Code | 88015-030 |
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Country | Brazil |
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Continent | South America |
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Map Address (If Different) | Did not answer |
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Map City / Town (If Different) | Did not answer |
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Map State / Region (If Different) | Did not answer |
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Map Zip / Postal Code (If Different) | Did not answer |
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Map Country (If Different) | Did not answer |
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Phone | 483.222.5127 |
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Email | icomfloripa@icomfloripa.org.br |
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Website | www.icomfloripa.org.br |
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Organization Leader (Name, Title) | Anderson Giovani da Silva, Executive Manager |
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Primary Contact’s Name | Anderson Giovani da Silva |
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Primary Contact’s Position | Executive Manager |
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Year Founded | 2005 |
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Mission Statement | To promote community development by mobilizing, connecting and supporting donors and nonprofits and other social initiatives in Florianópolis and neighbor cities |
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Organization Description | Community Foundation |
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Other Description | Did not answer |
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Approximate Size of the Population Serviced | 1,000,000 |
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Total Paid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 4 |
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Total Unpaid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 2 |
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Total Board Members | 18 |
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Organization’s Total Income in Last Fiscal Year | $450,000 |
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Organization’s Gifts Income in Last Fiscal Year | $430,000 |
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Organization’s Total Expenditures in Last Fiscal Year | $352,000 |
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Organization’s Grantmaking Budget in Last Fiscal Year | $36,200 |
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Does Organization Have an Endowment | Yes |
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Value of Endowment (or Financial Reserves) as of the End of Last Fiscal Year | $79,100 |
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Change in Financial Status Over Last Three Years | Declined |
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Factors that Played a Role in the Origins of Your Organization |
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Community leadership | Played a centrally important role |
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Philanthropic gifts | Played an important role |
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Grassroots activism | Played an important role |
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Inadequate government services | No role |
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Changes in the political environment | No role |
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Changes in the economic environment | No role |
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Government initiative funding | No role |
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Foundation initiative funding | Played a centrally important role |
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Bilateral or multilateral initiative funding | Played a slight role |
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Favorable legal or fiscal policies | No role |
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Time Spent Working in Following Areas |
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Neighborhood | Fair amount of time |
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Locally | Lots of time |
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Regionally | Lots of time |
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Nationally | Fair amount of time |
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Internationally | Very little time |
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Rate Importance of the Following Functions |
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Grantmaking | Important but not central |
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Having local people as leaders in the organization | Centrally important |
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Seeking local donations | Centrally important |
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Having a gender balance in the organization | Not important |
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Board reflective of community diversity | Centrally important |
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Building an endowment | Important but not central |
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Serving donor needs | Important but not central |
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Acting as a fiscal intermediary for the community | Centrally important |
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Building inclusion and trust in the community | Centrally important |
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Pursuing equity | Centrally important |
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Accountability to local people | Centrally important |
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Raising money for grantmaking annually | Centrally important |
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Community development | Centrally important |
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In the Last Year, Extent to Which Programming and/or Grantmaking Involved Work in the Following Areas |
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Arts and culture | Not at all |
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Education | Fair amount |
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Environment | Little |
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Health | Little |
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Human and social services | Fair amount |
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Human rights | Fair amount |
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International relations | Little |
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Religion | Not at all |
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Economic development | Little |
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Conflict resolution/bridging different parts of the community | Fair amount |
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Information technology | Fair amount |
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Strengthening local or regional government | Fair amount |
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Housing | Not at all |
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Children | Fair amount |
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Water | Not at all |
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Alternative energy | Not at all |
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Disaster relief | Little |
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Advocacy with authorities | Fair amount |
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Job training | Little |
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Nongrantmaking Services Offered to Community in Recent Years |
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Convening for issues of local concern | Often |
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Promote collaboration between grantees | Often |
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Promote understanding of public policy | Often |
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Training/capacity-building for local organizations | Often |
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Advocacy | Occasionally |
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Loaned staff | Occasionally |
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Research | Occasionally |
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Community needs assessment | Often |
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Leadership development | Often |
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Internships | Occasionally |
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Providing space for local organizations | Often |
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Access to information technology | Often |
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Publishing/knowledge sharing | Occasionally |
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Main Trends Over the Past Year in Geographic Area Served |
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Poverty | Getting better |
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Crime | Getting worse |
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Trust among different sections of the community | Getting better |
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Equitable distribution of resources and services | Getting better |
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Social position of marginalized groups | Getting better |
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Responsiveness of authorities | Getting better |
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Appropriateness of public policies | Getting better |
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Value of community assets | Getting better |
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Quality of the environment | Getting worse |
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Number of people and organizations working to change and improve their community | Getting better |
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Levels of innovation and risk taking in addressing community problems | Getting better |
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Networks and links between different parts of the community | Getting better |
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Gender equity | No change |
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Charitable giving through the community foundation | Getting worse |
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Number of people and organizations involved in philanthropic giving | Getting worse |
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Extent to Which Organization Can Claim Tangible and Measurable Achievements in the Past Three Years |
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Poverty | Some important achievements |
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Crime | Work in the sphere but no measurable achievement |
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Trust among different sections of the community | Some important achievements |
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Equitable distribution of resources and services | A few small achievements |
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Social position of marginalized groups | Some important achievements |
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Responsiveness of authorities | Some important achievements |
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Appropriateness of public policies | Some important achievements |
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Value of community assets | Some important achievements |
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Quality of the environment | Work in the sphere but no measurable achievement |
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Number of people and organizations working to change and improve their community | Much achievement |
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Levels of innovation and risk taking in addressing community problems | Much achievement |
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Networks and links between different parts of the community | Much achievement |
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Gender equity | Do not work in this sphere |
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Charitable giving through the community foundation | A few small achievements |
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Number of people and organizations involved in philanthropic giving | A few small achievements |
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Active Partnerships |
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Formal community associations and groups | Lot |
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Informal associations of citizens | Lot |
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Non-governmental organizations | Lot |
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Local government | Lot |
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National government | Not at all |
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Universities | Lot |
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Schools | Little |
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Businesses | Lot |
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Other Institutions Helpful to Our Work |
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National association of grantmakers | Very helpful |
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Regional association of grantmakers | N/A |
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Global Fund for Community Foundations | Very helpful |
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Particular foundation | Very helpful |
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Other organization | Helpful |
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Involvement of Local People |
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Regularly survey local people about our programs | Yes |
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Local people are engaged in the delivery of our work | Yes |
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Local people control what our organization does | Yes |
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Have local people represented on our board | Yes |
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Have regular sessions where local people advise us what our programs should do | No |
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Actively engage local people as volunteers | Yes |
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All of our board is composed of local people | Yes |
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Account to local people about our successes and failures each year | Yes |
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Assistance in Overcoming Main Difficulties Faced in Developing Organization Further |
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Increased funding | Very important |
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Better legal or fiscal environment | Neither important nor unimportant |
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More volunteers | Neither important nor unimportant |
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Access to advice or technical assistance | Important |
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Better local culture of giving | Very important |
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Stronger civil society | Important |
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More responsive authorities | Important |
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Other | Did not answer |
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Most Meaningful Change that Organization Has Helped to Bring About in the Last Three Years | ICom’s leadership brought to the local agenda the case for transparency among nonprofits, creating collaboratively an online platform (www.portaltransparencia.org.br) to help strenghten nonprofits and their relationship with the community as a whole. We are coordinating a group of almost 80 organizations in a movement to work with and evaluate local government in order to improve public policies. The movement passed a law to make it mandatory for the local government to establish a plan of goals and to be accountable for those goals to the entire population annually. ICom has opened a Center for Social Innovation, offering services to nonprofits and individuals to test, prototype and implement initiatives aiming to improve quality of life. |
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