Wildlife Conservation Society

The Heart of Brooklyn (Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park, and Prospect Park Zoo), along with the Center for the Study of Brooklyn, the Institute for Learning Innovation, John Shibley Consulting, and WolfBrown, are developing a model to help strengthen the collective impact of cultural institutions in meeting significant community needs. This project will create tools that enable other cultural alliances to facilitate collaborative action that will benefit their communities. An assessment of each partner’s nonfinancial assets and impact will be conducted, providing a better understanding of the value that each organization provides. This project will also utilize a cross-institutional capacity-building curriculum, a new approach to community listening and to programmatic responsiveness. The Heart of Brooklyn and its community partners will develop new "collaborative muscle,” strengthening cultural partnerships and tying them more strongly to the communities they serve.