Community Philanthropy Development in Brazil

About this grant

The project goal is to promote community philanthropy in Brazil. Over the past two years, the Institute for the Development of Social Investment has: 1) supported Brazil’s three existing community foundations; 2) created a toolkit for community foundations; 3) helped establish two new community foundations; 4) supported initiative groups in another seven locations; and 5) raised funds from Brazilian sources to support community foundations. Over the next two years, the grantee plans to: 1) support the establishment of at least six new community foundations; 2) foster a favorable enabling environment for community foundations; 3) expand the knowledge and engagement of civil society with community foundations; and 4) increase the number of national and local supporters of community foundations. Founded in 1999, the Institute for the Development of Social Investment is a philanthropy service organization that promotes private social investment and strategic philanthropy, primarily in Brazil, but also throughout Latin America, and is an affiliate of the Charities Aid Foundation Global Alliance.