Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equality
The Organizing Apprenticeship Project's 2009 Report Card includes a hard look at the real consequences of budget cuts, stimulus investment and unallotment on Minnesotans and Minnesotans of color.
This report by Funders for LGBTQ Issues shows that U.S. foundations awarded nearly $1.3 million in 2007 to LGBTQ organizations and programs throughout Minnesota.
Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing, and Civic Engagement in Minnesota
To understand the impact of community organizing in Minnesota, read this research report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Report highlights include the remarkable statistic that every $1 invested in advocacy and organizing work leveraged $138 in benefits to Minnesota communities.
I like to see measurable change not through a survey per se, but through personal accounts where it is trickling down so it is actually measurable in people's lives and you can see it in their lived experience.