Local Mission - Global Vision: Community Foundations in the 21st Century

Local resources...local stakeholders...local solutions. These are key to the work of community foundations, powerful philanthropic resources focused on specific geographic areas, pursuing fundamentally local missions. Yet in this time of rapid societal change, the local concept is increasingly infused with global considerations.

Originally launched in the United States, community foundations have expanded to an International level, lending new resonace to the maxim "think globally, act lacally." against this backdrop, Local Mission-Global Vision looks at new roles for community foundations in the century

Authored by 17 thought leaders from around the globe, this volume reflects their expertise in the fields of social investment, venture philanthropy, strategic program planning, and nonprofit governance. Most of the authors share direct involvement with community philanthropy, whether within the United States or in Canada, western Europe, the Czech Republic, or Russia.

Local Mission-Global Vision is an invaluable resource for community leaders and private foundation professionals, as well as donors, board members, advisors, and public policymakers.

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Peter de Courcy Hero is senior advisor to Silicon Valley Community Foundation and serves on the boards of directors of PBS, Skoll Foundation, Ebay Corporate Foundation, and American India Foundation. Peter Walkenhorst is program director for community foundations at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a private foundation in Gutersloh, Germany, committed to developing and implementing model solutions for societal problems.