Browsing by Subject "Community Foundations"

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    21st -Century Community Foundations
    (2015-06-08) Carson, Emmett
    Community foundations across the United States are actively thinking through how to engage with donors who have local, national, and international interests. This paper examines how different community foundations are responding to changing definitions of community to meet the needs of their donors and their local communities. It posits that the key characteristic of community foundations compared to other donor advised fund providers is their leadership and civic engagement within and outside of their stated geography. I wrote this paper because increasingly, community foundations are wrestling with this definitional issue, which is becoming a fundamental question to their operations. It’s not going away—it shouldn’t go away—and community foundations have a responsibility to explore and debate what can and will happen as a result.
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    The Growing Importance of Community Foundations
    (2014) Sacks, Eleanor
    With 2014 marking the centenary of the first U.S. community foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, this publication details the historical origins of community foundations in the United States. Additionally, it provides a better understanding of what they are, what they do, and provides insight to their role in the future.