Finance
Philanthropy
Engaging new community stakeholders in new ways is critical to transforming community investment systems. Philanthropy is a critical community stakeholder.
Going Beyond the Money
Philanthropy, especially local funders and community foundations, can be a powerful partner in all aspects of capital absorption, from convening local partners to making catalytic grants that unlock new investments. Philanthropy has its finger on the pulse of the community aspirations that contribute to identifying a shared priority. Its relationships can help engage local institutions and developers in the collaborative work of developing a pipeline and shaping the enabling environment.
Facilitating Systems Change
Philanthropy and community investment share important goals: advancing racial equity, supporting community aspirations, creating the conditions for healthy lives. Long-term sustainable outcomes in these areas will require changes in and across systems, from local community investments to grantmaking itself. Partnership will be key to success.
Philanthropy Resources
We offer tools, research, and ideas to help those seeking systems change in philanthropy.
Capital Absorption
Capital Absorption: Getting Communities Ready for Investment
Philanthropy
People, Place, and Race: How Philanthropy Can Help Center People and Equity in Community Development
Philanthropy
How Foundations Can Unlock Investment for Community Priorities
Philanthropy
What Can Foundations Do to Foster Community Investment?
Equity in Philanthropy
Foundations and donors are dismantling inequitable systems and making changes that integrate racial equity into their grantmaking and programmatic strategies.
Past Programs
The Fulcrum Fellowship equips rising executives in the philanthropic, nonprofit, public, and private sectors to lead transformational change.
Field Leaders
Meet some of the people working in philanthropy to advance equity in community investment.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
President & CEO
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
MacArthur Foundation
Program Officer, Chicago Commitment Team
Chicago, Illinois
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Vice President and Program Officer, Global Philanthropy
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Community Trust
Director of Connecting Capital and Community
Chicago, Illinois
Cleveland Foundation
Program Director, Economic and Community Development & Social Impact Investing
Cleveland, Ohio
Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase and Co.
Executive Director/Senior Program Officer, Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul Markets
Chicago, Illinois
The McKnight Foundation
Senior Program Officer, Vibrant & Equitable Communities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Richmond Memorial Health Foundation
Program and Strategy Officer
Richmond, Virginia
The Latest from CCI
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Stories
Interview with Fulcrum Fellow Joanna Trotter
This week, we interviewed Fulcrum Fellow Joanna Trotter, Senior Director of Community Impact at The Chicago Community Trust (The Trust), a community foundation working to improve the lives of people
Stories
Interview with Fulcrum Fellow Eric Muschler
As part of our Fulcrum Fellows interview series, we sat with Eric Muschler, Region & Communities Program Officer at the McKnight Foundation, a private foundation based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eric
