History
The Fund emerged in 2006 as a joint initiative of the World Bank, Ford Foundation and Mott Foundation as a mechanism through which to broaden community foundation development globally; USAID, the Kellogg Foundation and a group of established community foundations in North America and Eastern Europe have also provided funding support. The Fund is a project of WINGS and it is hosted by the European Foundation Centre in Brussels.
Since the launch of its grantmaking programme in June 2006, the Fund has made grants amounting to almost US $1.5 million to 83 organizations in 33 countries.
