Bringing People Together — Building Lasting Communities
Something powerful happens when people come together. New ideas emerge, collective capacity grows, and impact multiplies.
Designing new learning communities. Strengthening existing networks. Sustaining connection and impact over time.
Relevant Experience
Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Life & Legacy and JCamp180 initiatives: Consulting on Communities of Practice, peer learning, and capacity building.
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
Coached staff in designing and facilitating peer-learning experiences that strengthen engagement, collaboration, and shared learning.
Purpose Built Communities
Supported peer learning and network development across a national network of communities working toward neighborhood transformation.
Three Decades of Experience
Work with network-serving organizations in education, philanthropy, and the Jewish nonprofit sector.
Building Connections That Last
I help organizations design, strengthen, and sustain peer-learning networks that build capacity, accelerate innovation, and extend the reach and impact of their investments.
Through coaching, facilitation, reflection, and practical results-measurement approaches, I help organizations build lasting systems for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
These communities help us become stronger together.— Karen Sponder, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
About Naava Frank
Dr. Naava L. Frank is the founder of Knowledge Communities. With a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she has spent more than three decades helping foundations, nonprofit organizations, and networks strengthen professional learning, organizational capacity, and collective impact. Her work bridges the perspectives of funders, nonprofit leaders, and practitioners, helping organizations turn peer connection into sustained learning and collective action.
Let’s Connect
Interested in building a cohort, engaging alumni, or strengthening a Community of Practice? I’d welcome a conversation about what you’re working on and what might be possible together.