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Small Grants and Capacity Building Program

Global Fund for Community Foundations

Amount: $250,000
Grant Period: 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2013
Program: Civil Society
Program Area: Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Sector
Geographic Focus: Global: All Continents

The program goal is to strengthen community foundations globally. To this end, the Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support and the European Foundation Centre will develop and manage a grantmaking fund focusing on community foundations and their support organizations in developing and transitioning countries around the world. The fund's objectives include demonstrating the potential of community foundations as instruments for achieving community empowerment; building long-term local resources through the promotion and development of local philanthropy; strengthening national-level networks of and support organizations for community foundations; and promoting peer-to-peer learning among community foundation initiatives throughout the world.

Project Contact:

Fourth floor, 158 Jan Smuts Avenue, Rosebank Johannesburg 2196
Johannesburg, Gauteng
SOUTH AFRICA
Program Officer: Shannon Lawder
Organizational Website: http://www.globalfundcf.org
Project Website: Not Available

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