What's Next for Community Philanthropy

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COMMUNITYPHILANTHROPY

NEXTWHAT’S for

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HOW WOULDYOU CELEBRATEYOUR 100TH

BIRTHDAY?

Would you still

be adventurous

enough to try

something new?

2014 marks the 100th birthday of

community foundations, organizations

that mobilize financial and human

resources on behalf of a particular

geographic community.



Instead of

sitting back

and remaining

unchanged as theworld advances,

this spry centurion

will need to...

Community foundations aren’t the only ones

who need to be on their toes right now.

PUT ON THEPROVERBIALDANCING SHOESAND PREPARE FORITS NEXT ACT.

COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPY

ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL KINDS

WILL NEED TO START DANCING

TO A DIFFERENT BEAT TOO.



HY?

Because the landscape around

community philanthropy today

looks very different than it did

when many of its current practices

and systems were developed.



AND THE

PACE OFCHANGE IS

SPEEDING U

ONLY



Community foundations

United Ways

Place-based private funders

Commercial charitable gift funds

Giving circles

Online giving platforms

THAT’S A LOT OFCHANGE TO HANDLE.

PHILANTHROPY ISCHANGING TOO.

But that’s not all of it.

...AND THE LIST GOES ON!

COMMUNITY PHILANTHROIS GETTING MORE CROWDE



AND DONORS CAN GIVEIN NEW WAYS TOO,

… or by influencing political

outcomes through political

action committees.

affecting social change

by investing in socially

responsible businessesand “impact investments”...

MICROFINANCE



In this dynamic context…

THE STATUSQUO IS NO

LONGER ANOPTION.

For smaller organizations,

adaptation may be a simple matter of

SURVIVAL.



To prepare for these emerging needs,

organizations may have to start

challenging some of the fundamental

orthodoxies of community philanthropy.

These orthodoxies — deeply held

assumptions about “how things

are done” — often go unstated and

unquestioned, and can become

PROBLEMATICBLIND SPOTS.



But remember those MAYBE INSTEAD OFJUST CONTINUING TODO THE JITTERBUG,YOU COULD TRYKRUMPING* TOO.

What if by “flipping”

orthodoxies that no longer

make sense, you could explore

new opportunities, and try out

some new dance moves?

NEW

DANCINGSHOES?

*Krumping is a new style of

street dancing. Kids dig it.



COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPYORGANIZATIONS ALL OVERARE EXPERIMENTING WITHNEW ROLES.

THEY ARE STARTING TO: THEYAREN’TJUST ONE

THING

ANYMORE.

incubate socialenterprises

facilitate communitydialogue

advocate forpolicy change

and much more.



VERY

EXCITING

but where

should you begin?

IT’S ALL

N

S

E

W



As with most things, it helps

to have some guiderails when

embarking on a new journey.

LOOK OUTWARDSfor context to understand

the changing global and

local landscape.

LOOK AROUNDfor inspiration to see

what’s already possible.

LOOK INWARDat current practices to

understand your own

organization with a fresh lens

GET TO ACTIONby developing and

testing new approaches.

that can help

community philanthropy

organizations innovate.

FOUR KEYBEHAVIORS

We’ve identified



LOOKOUTWARDS

LOOKAROUND

Follow emerging global and local trends

and assess what they might mean for your

community. And at the same time, make sure

you have a good understanding of who is

already serving your community.

Innovation doesn’t need to be completely

new, it just needs to be new to you and your

community.

Look to “bright spots” already emerging inside

and outside the field, and don’t be afraid to

copy shamelessly.



Challenge orthodoxies and blind spots

that are keeping you from recognizing

new opportunities, and actively build a

portfolio of the roles that are right for your

organization and community.

Move to action by creatively generating new

ideas and then prototyping the approaches

that show real promise. You may want to

creatively think about how you play roles that

are at your organization’s core, or you might

think about “scaling edges” that could matter

more in the future. Today’s sideshow could

become tomorrow’s main act.

LOOKINWARDS

GET TOACTION



READY TOGET MOVING?Explore the resources on the What’s Next

for Community Philanthropy website at

monitorinstitute.com/communityphilanthropy

for tools, exercises, and even a few games

to help you challenge old assumptions,

understand your community, and imagine new

possibilities for the future.

BROUGHT TO YOU B

With support from the Council on Foundations, the

C.S. Mott Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation,

Community Foundations of Canada, and more than

15 leading U.S. community foundations.

For more information about project supporters, please seethe What’s Next for Community Philanthropy website.

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