Community and Economic Development

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FEATURE

#ShiftThePower: The rise of community philanthropy

Explore the rise of community philanthropy -- the idea that development should be owned by local people not imposed from the outside. Community philanthropy's advocates argue that, in addition to being socially just, this approach to development is the key to sustainable development. Learn more in this Alliance Special Feature (part of the Alliance + IssueLab Special Collection).

Explore research on issues of community and economic development produced by social sector organizations. Topics include neighborhood and community service programming, financial services for individuals and businesses, rural development, urban planning, and sustainable development. (For a more global focus, see International Development.)

RESEARCH RELATED FUNDING

This trend line represents foundation funding for research & publication in this specific issue area. Data are from grants awarded by the FC 1000, a national sample of 1,000 of the largest grantmakers by total giving.

% OF TOTAL FUNDING (2013)

Graph represents all funding for this issue area; the highlighted arc represents the proportion awarded explicitly for research and publication.

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