The Zambia social fund provides financial support to communities’ education and health initiatives. In Zambia the social fund encourages communities to organize projects that rehabilitate primary schools and health clinics, financing approximately 80 percent of initiatives that communities design and implement. This study considers the targeting and household impact of Zambia’s social fund activities. To collect appropriate data, we augmented a nationally representative household survey, over-sampling in areas where the social fund was active. Using propensity and pipeline match techniques to control for community selfselection, we evaluate household impacts of rehabilitating schools and health posts. The social fund reached poor households, particularly in rural areas. Compared with control groups, education projects increased school attendance and households' education expenditures to a significant degree. Health projects increased use of primary health facilities and child vaccinations. Compared with alternative efforts with similar objectives, community participation in social fund projects was superior in rural areas and inferior in urban areas.