Monday, June 09, 2014

To Stay Relevant, Community Funds Must Adapt to a Radically Changed World - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

To Stay Relevant, Community Funds Must Adapt to a Radically Changed World - Opinion - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: As the Cleveland Foundation, the nation’s first community foundation, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, it’s worth asking what may be in store for the second century of community philanthropy.

America’s community foundations now collectively hold nearly $60-billion in assets (as much as the Gates, Ford, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations combined) and serve as important gateways to philanthropy for thousands of local donors. But a rich and storied history is not, on its own, a license to operate for the next 100 years

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