Guides and reports
Guides and community impact reports.
Every program we run publishes a quarterly report: what came in, what went out, and what it built, with the community foundation's fund statement attached. Reports are written for residents first and published here.
Agreement, ordinance, plan, or workforce agreement: which instrument a community actually needs
Five instruments that all get called a CBA: who signs, what binds, what happens after, and the gap they share. Version 1.0, September 5, 2026.
What a data center community benefit agreement should contain, and who makes sure it is kept
Contents, structure, and the after-signing layer most agreements lack, drawn from the Lancaster agreement, Brookings, the NAACP template, and 72 catalogued frameworks. Version 1.0, September 5, 2026.
The Pennsylvania Community Benefit Plan
A practical guide to a plan that meets GRID's community standard and survives the township hearing. Version 1.2, September 5, 2026. Free, reproducible with attribution.
Sample program dashboard and quarterly report
A worked example for a fictional Pennsylvania township: the public dashboard a program keeps, and the report it publishes each quarter. Same figures in both.
Open the dashboard, read the report, or download the report PDF
No program reports published yet
Baseload Commons is a new firm. The first program report will appear here the quarter after the first fund opens. A sample report showing the format is in preparation and will be posted when it is ready.