Community Philanthropy

Most broadly, philanthropy is the giving of one’s time, talent and treasure to create improvements to the vitality of society. Community philanthropy invests in and celebrates human competencies and cultural traditions as assets and uses these resources to foster risk-taking and creativity in tackling community problems. Community philanthropy recognizes that solutions to community problems often come from unexpected places and from people excluded from community decision-making.

Community Philanthropy Can Help

Fortunately, community philanthropy can help achieve racial equity and social justice, by investing in efforts that seek to close the gaps or disparities. Putting all these efforts together can be called social justice philanthropy. Our pathways to progress present opportunities for investment, promising practices, and examples of practitioner sites.