Aga Khan Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation release report on the role of community philanthropy and aid effectiveness

The Value of Community Philanthropy: Results of a Consultation is written by Barry Knight, CENTRIS (and consultant to the GFCF). It is the result of series of consultations in Asia, Africa and North America to explore how community philanthropy can help build local capacity in which GFCF staff, board members and grantees were active participants. The results of these consultations demonstrate the importance of foundations and development agencies partnering with local communities to achieve lasting development outcomes.

The report offers a definition of community philanthropy for practitioners and identifies key priorities for building the capacity of the field of community philanthropy. According to Knight, “The roundtable consultations in Washington, DC, Johannesburg and Dhaka revealed an enormous potential for local community foundations around the globe to build links between partners and identify priority areas and next steps to propel forward the field of community philanthropy.” Read more