Building a global database on community philanthropy: Hundreds of spreadsheets and lots of support from our friends
By Inga Ingulfsen – Global Partnerships Research Manager, Candid
How can we direct attention to organizations that work to put the power in local communities? How can we provide up-to-date information about who is doing what, and how, in the field of community philanthropy? How can we help learn from and among these organizations? These were the questions that a group of funders, researchers and community philanthropy practitioners discussed in New York in early 2018. Now, almost three years later – after reviewing hundreds of spreadsheets and receiving a lot of support from colleagues around the world –, Candid launched the Community Philanthropy Directory, a free, global database that brings together organizations working in the field of community philanthropy.
