Community foundations as vehicles for community driven development : strengthening the conceptual framework; final technical report

Abstract

Technical report on planning grant to develop a research initiative aimed at locating the current phenomenon of global community foundation growth within the larger context of other emerging forms of “social solidarity” movements. Describes outcomes of literature review, workshop of scholar-practitioners and other consultations and interviews and suggests that further research into the causes of successful outcomes in specific cases can contribute to the construction of a “theory of change” to guide the design of policy and programmes more broadly, in which new generation community foundations can play a significant role.