Global Fund for Community Foundations

The Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) seeks to strengthen and promote institutions of local philanthropy around the world so that they can realize their potential as key players in the development process.

The Fund makes small grants to develop the capacities of community foundations and other local philanthropic institutions which are grantmakers and which raise funds from local sources.

News

Study Describes Growth of Community Foundations in Mexico: A new, comprehensive study of 21 community foundations in Mexico reports that these organizations are strengthening the civic fabric and playing a pivotal role in growing a new type of philanthropy in Mexican communities. Read more »

Meet the "Board in waiting" of the GFCF:Read more »

Update on the GFCF and WINGS: News of the changing relationship between GFCF and WINGS. Read more »

What's a global fund to do? Special feature debating the definition and purpose of community foundations globally in December's issue of Alliance magazine.Read more »

Making a difference....Grantee profiles

The Village Decides: involving the community in grassroots grantmaking in Ramallah
Community participation lay at the heart of a recent grantmaking project in Saffa village, Ramallah, piloted by the Dalia Association, a Palestinian community foundation and GFCF grantee. Designed at giving members of the community a greater say in determining community priorities and the allocation of funding, the villagers were invited to vote on which community groups they wished to support and then to allocate their own personal "share" of grantmaking funds (U.S. $353 was allocated to each person) across the four chosen organizations. In total, U.S. $12,000 was awarded the Sports Club, Farmers' Committee, Cultural Centre and Women's Committee (with grants ranging from approximately U.S. $1,700 to U.S. $3,600. More »