Corporate Community Development: Meeting the Measurement Challenge

This report presents four case studies of corporate community economic development projects: Renew Moline (undertaken by John Deere); Siyeza Foods (General Mills): Project Zero / Grand Rapids (Cascade Engineering); and Harlem USA (JPMorganChase).

Document Highlights 

The Conference Board’s Working Group on Corporate Community Economic Development, which conducted a number of case studies to examine how some particularly successful corporate community development projects were undertaken. This report includes an overview of general themes that emerged in the course of the research, detailed descriptions of the four case studies, and an ROI analysis of the projects.

Topics covered:

• Reimagining Strategic Community Investment
• Case Studies: initiatives of John Deere, General Mills, Cascade Engineering, and JPMorganChase
• Growing the Pie: A New Measure of Success
• Project Analysis