Lisa Ranghelli
Director of the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project
lranghelli[at]ncrp.org
Lisa Ranghelli is the director of NCRP’s Grantmaking for Community Impact Project, which seeks to increase philanthropic resources for strategies that use policy solutions to address pressing community issues. She developed a methodology for measuring the impacts of advocacy, organizing and civic engagement and has authored or co-authored five of seven reports in the related Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities series. Prior to joining NCRP in 2008, Lisa spent 20 years promoting advocacy and civic engagement, both in the nonprofit and public sectors. Most recently, she was a consultant to foundations and social justice organizations, conducting research, evaluation, and program development. Previously, Lisa was deputy director of public policy at the Center for Community Change, where she helped grassroots organizations mobilize successfully in response to federal and state policy issues. Lisa was graduated fromWesleyan University and holds a master of regional planning degree fromCornell University.
