Mission
Activate. Equip. Mobilize. Transform.
Vision
Students excel, community members are healthy and whole, and our neighborhoods thrive.
Our Point of View
We are committed to a long-term, community-driven, revolutionary approach that honors human dignity, and rejects current limitations
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- Change requires a long-term commitment to people and place.
- The transformative power of community is undeniable. We must collaborate, as change requires collective effort. Every neighborhood matters.
- We believe everyone has intrinsic dignity and value. Believing in people activates and strengthens the entire community as individuals discover their purpose and contribute something valuable to others
- Everyone deserves the resources to thrive. We reject the current state of schools and neighborhoods because not all have equal resources.
- We foster an abundance mindset and strive to create a win-win situation for everyone involved.
Partnership Map
This map displays our current ENP Partnerships. Click the icon on the top left of the map to view various layers such as:
- School Ratings
- Concentrated Poverty Levels
- Council Districts
- City Limits
- Parks
- School Police Chaplain Sites
Click Here for a printable version of our ENP partnership map
Our History
September of 2002, a group of city leaders connected a few churches with elementary schools in central Fresno. The primary purpose was to provide an outlet where the students at these schools could interact with positive role models during the weekend. It also provided an opportunity for volunteers from these churches to build relationships with the students.
As volunteers spent more time in these communities they became aware of two specific issues. First, the test scores of the students were consistently in the bottom end of all the elementary schools in Fresno Unified. Second, the percentage of the families living at or below the poverty line was higher than most communities in the city.
What started out as a small sports program evolved into a ministry that addressed these issues, including literacy, mentoring and community outreach events. Volunteers from the church became more connected to the neighborhood while discovering many opportunities to be involved in the lives of the community. Other churches began asking about these partnerships and how they might do something similar.
Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) was formed in January 2008 with a desire to see ministries like these replicated throughout the city.
We long for a city that lives into this biblical vision of Isaiah 65:17–25:
“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.”
Philosophies of Work
Faith & Inclusion – Every Neighborhood Partnership is a community-based organization (aka non-profit) that believes complex issues require long-term commitment. We are dedicated to deeply engaging in the places where we work, recognizing every child, family, and individual as possessing inherent dignity and gifts, and viewing the neighborhood as the central hub of real transformative change. We believe that achieving true flourishing in our neglected urban communities requires all of us to work together. Therefore, we collaborate with people of good faith and good will, regardless of their background.
Our purpose is deeply rooted in our faith since we were founded within the Christian Church and maintain a Jesus-centered staff value. Our faith guides us to believe that God envisions a new day in Fresno—a day where everything is right within people, between people, and for all people. Jesus exemplified this in His ministry. We are committed to the welfare of the entire city and, therefore, do not base any of our programs or services on adherence to, or evangelism of, any religious belief.
We believe the Church is part of God’s plan for justice and renewal, so we work to empower and equip the local church to serve their community. We are justice-oriented and value collaboration, ensuring everyone has a seat at the table at ENP, regardless of class, denomination, gender, sexuality, or any other background. We are committed to the belief that every person is an asset to their community, which is why we also commit ourselves to stand up against injustice and oppression and using the connections we have built to pursue equitable resources and access for all. This is not a new way of doing things; it is the original way Jesus did things.
Christian Community Development – The philosophy of Christian Community Development believes that the people with the problem have the best solutions and opportunities to solve those problems. CCD affirms the dignity of individuals and encourages the engagement of the community to use their own resources and assets to bring about sustainable change.
The Eight Components of Christian Community Development
- Redistribution
- Relocation
- Reconciliation
- Leadership Development
- Empowerment
- Wholistic Approach
- Church-Based
- Listening to the Community
Asset-Based Community Development – Listening to the community is vital to Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD for short). ABCD names all the assets in the community, helps the community see its many positive characteristics, and builds upon those for development. After a community decides where they want to focus their attention, it is then directed to the means in which the members themselves can be the solution. What qualities, talents, and abilities does the community have that can help solve these problems? The focus is on the community members seeing themselves as the solution to the problem, not some government program or outside group being their salvation.
Trauma-Informed – Our lived experience and the growing fiend of trauma and resilience research and education has shaped our knowledge and methods for community engagement.
2023 Financial Highlights
Grants (54%)
Businesses (16%)
Individuals (3%)
Churches (1%)
Income (25%)
Financial Info
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