Trust for Civic Life: Community Foundations Building Common Ground

About this grant

The project goal is to surface, support and spread community foundations’ efforts that allow communities to increase civic participation, build common ground and provide a roadmap for their peers to replicate effective models. The project will be implemented by the Trust for Civic Life, a cross-ideological coalition of national philanthropic and private sector members that was established in 2023. It is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a global philanthropic service organization founded in 2002 that has thus far facilitated over $4 billion in grantmaking to more than 70 countries. The Trust conducts annual grantmaking, research and learning in partnership with local civic organizations, of which to date almost a third have been community foundations. Over the coming year, the Trust for Civic Life will support building common ground efforts with at least five community foundations, with a focus on rural regions including urban centers and small towns.