Time and time again we hear the claim: “ The nonprofit, charitable, community sector helps to build resilient, healthy communities—in fact, we are leaders in doing so!” As a practitioner in the sector for many years, I myself have made this claim. There is truth to it. Indeed, it is a firm belief in this…
Author: Monica Patten
Program Director, Community Foundations of Canada, Ottawa, Ontariointr o duction canadian Community foundations are key supp orters of the charitable sector across the country, which is one of the largest in the world. A key challenge for philanthropy in this vibrant environment is how to sort through competing priorities, identify highly strategic opportunities for support,…
Community foundations and United Way would appear to be a perfect match for one another. They provide different yet complementary services. They share many of the same friends and volunteers and board members. They are both highly respected in their communities. But in spite of, or perhaps because of, this similarity in background and functions,…