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Philanthropy and community development : the vital signs of community foundation?

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01/2016
Author
Harrow, Jenny
Jung, Tobias
Keywords
Community foundations
Community development
Philanthropy
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HC Economic History and Conditions
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Abstract
Increased funding pressures on community development and reductions in governmental funding for community support suggest potent roles for philanthropy as a funding source, and the possibility of changing relationships between community development and philanthropy. Focusing on English community foundations and their implementation of the Canadian Vital Signs initiative, which is geared towards assessing communities’ vitality and social priorities, our article explores whether, and how, such changes may be occurring. Using the literature on the respective value of ‘unsettling’ and ‘settled’ third sector organisations to community development, we reflect on the roles and contributions of community foundations to community development through community philanthropy. Vital Signs reports’ content indicates donor-led community philanthropy associated with ameliorative rather than fundamental social change positions, as well as uncertainty surrounding community leadership in this context. We identify community foundations as ‘settled’ organisations within the community development spectrum and as reflecting the ‘directed’ community development form. In this instance, it appears that the philanthropy-community development gap that we suggest is at best being partially bridged. Nevertheless, and paradoxically, these organisations’ achievement of financial security through community donorship could also strengthen their community leadership roles in ‘unsettling’ ways, so doing more to lessen philanthropy and community development’s separation.
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Harrow , J & Jung , T 2016 , ' Philanthropy and community development : the vital signs of community foundation? ' , Community Development Journal , vol. 51 , no. 1 , pp. 132-152 . https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsv056
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Community Development Journal
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsv056
ISSN
0010-3802
Type
Journal article
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© Oxford University Press and Community Development Journal. 2015. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/1/132.abstract
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This self-funded research builds on earlier support for the study of community foundations within philanthropy from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), grant reference RES-593-25-0004.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10027

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