Community Foundations &Local Infrastructure

Agenda

Introduction, Models and Definitions Case Study 1:

Reaching steady state.. Case Study 2

Community foundations set up by…. Case Study 3

Community foundations setting up.. Lessons & learning

Introduction

Sustainable change Fund work/projects Build organisations capacity Advocate/policy change New approaches Research

Effective sector Projects Organisations Networks

Model – Impact

Organisation

NetworksProject

Definitions – Local Infrastructure

Capacity Building

FinancingRepresentation

Success Factors• Leverage money• Leverage information

Introduction, Models and Definitions Community foundation

Philanthropic infrastructure Catalyst Partnership worker

CVS Capacity building infrastructure Representation Catalyst Partnership worker

Other infrastructure to be leveraged State Private sector

Case Study 1: Reaching Steady State The history Respective roles Governance Value added Lessons and learning

Case Study 2:Community foundations set up by

The community Community foundation never took off Strong CVS with substantial state funded grant

making The opportunity

Private sector philanthropy Grassroots Grants

The strategy “Absorb” skeleton CF Assemble CF components Create effective community foundation

Lessons and learning Legitimacy Operations

Case Study 3:Community foundations setting up

The community Low capacity High incidence of deprivation Underfunded vs adjoining areas

The community foundation £12m endowment, 150 donors Well established and aware of area Relationships with interested funders (private and statutory) Research revealed a weakness in infrastructure

The challenge To build community capacity

The strategy Funding and facilitation from the community foundation Support the development of a CVS Establish a resource centre

Lessons and Learning Locality is important Joined up working powerful Bei9ng strategic requires staying power

Lessons and Learning A three strand cord Opportunities &/or mission creep Reality of private financing Dynamic environment Localism