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Community Foundations

For more than a century, Community Foundations have been making a significant impact globally, having originated in Ohio, USA, in 1914.

They have become one of the most rapidly growing philanthropic movements worldwide. Over time, Community Foundations develop an expert understanding of the issues in their locality and how best to deliver funding to tackle them.

This is achieved through various means, including:

• Encouraging philanthropy and local giving

• Researching and understanding local need

• Strengthening the local voluntary and community sector

• Facilitating the pooling of community resources

Community Foundations offer a range of grant-making programs funded by a diverse range of sources, including donations from individuals, families and businesses, as well as grants from local authorities and the government.

Uk Community Foundations

The Foundation is a proud overseas member of the UK Community Foundation network, which consists of 47 Community Foundations, united by their shared goal of improving the lives of local people and communities.

10 THINGS THAT SET UK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS’ MEMBERS APART FROM THE CROWD:

1. They give right at the heart of their communities.

2. They address the widest possible range of issues.

3. They have an in-depth understanding of their local areas, what the priority needs are and how best to address them.

4. They carry out extensive local research.

5. They’re able to advise donors on how to fund local causes most efficiently and effectively.

6. As endowed charities they build a sustainable source of funding from and for their local communities.

7. Community foundations support and fund local projects and organisations at the grassroots - they don’t have to be big, registered charities.

8. The causes they fund are as diverse as the communities they engage with.

9. They are community convenors and leaders, able to harness and influence local resources to achieve positive community impact.

10. They are able to bring disparate people and agencies around the table to achieve meaningful social change.