Recently the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation provided support to update the report to that meeting. Published in April 2000, the new report is called Building the Worldwide Community Foundation Movement and includes an exciting piece of work describing the Growth of Community Foundations Around the World . The support organizations assisting the development and work of community foundations are working in very different contexts, but all tend to share a common purpose to strengthen and promote philanthropy. Collecting and organizing a series of case studies reflecting the various forms of community foundation support organizations. Gathering and organizing the key resource materials developed by organizations supporting community foundations to assist their work with community foundations, and developing a classification system for housing these resource materials.
Community foundations exist in a wide and growing range of countries and regions around the world.
They are flexible organizations which are able to adapt to the traditions, history, culture and legal frameworks of local areas. Back to Top Contact information Individuals or organizations wishing to find out more about community foundations in a certain area should contact the organization providing support to community foundations in that region.