Global Fund for Community Foundations
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The Global Fund for Community Foundations is a grassroots grantmaker building community philanthropy worldwide. #ShiftThePower (https://globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/)
Do you have a story about community-led development?
Who are the everyday changemakers around you?
Share how your community is driving change.
👉 Register for the #StoriesForChange Online Festival: stories.shiftthepower.org
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
Who are the everyday changemakers around you?
Share how your community is driving change.
👉 Register for the #StoriesForChange Online Festival: stories.shiftthepower.org
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Do you have a story about community-led development?
Who are the everyday changemakers around you?
Share how your community is driving change.
👉 Register for the #StoriesForChange Online Festival: stories.shiftthepower.org
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
Who are the everyday changemakers around you?
Share how your community is driving change.
👉 Register for the #StoriesForChange Online Festival: stories.shiftthepower.org
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
Community development is driven by local assets — expertise, knowledge, land, labour, and culture, not just external funding
As Artémisa Castro Félix of FASOL notes, communities are their own biggest investors
What non-financial asset matters most in your community?
#ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
As Artémisa Castro Félix of FASOL notes, communities are their own biggest investors
What non-financial asset matters most in your community?
#ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Community development is driven by local assets — expertise, knowledge, land, labour, and culture, not just external funding
As Artémisa Castro Félix of FASOL notes, communities are their own biggest investors
What non-financial asset matters most in your community?
#ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
As Artémisa Castro Félix of FASOL notes, communities are their own biggest investors
What non-financial asset matters most in your community?
#ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
For the #StoriesForChange festival, we’re highlighting self-reliance and local agency, the forces driving change
How do you support your community through time, skills, money, or other ways?
Share a video on how you practise #CommunityPhilanthropy Submit it here: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
How do you support your community through time, skills, money, or other ways?
Share a video on how you practise #CommunityPhilanthropy Submit it here: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
For the #StoriesForChange festival, we’re highlighting self-reliance and local agency, the forces driving change
How do you support your community through time, skills, money, or other ways?
Share a video on how you practise #CommunityPhilanthropy Submit it here: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
How do you support your community through time, skills, money, or other ways?
Share a video on how you practise #CommunityPhilanthropy Submit it here: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
"With external funding shrinking, it's time we value our own resources" Prekkshya Bimali @AccountabilityLab Nepal says #CommunityPhilanthropy is a mindset shift: learn from community-led models, adapt to our contexts, root development in our realities #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange #TheStoryIsOurs
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"With external funding shrinking, it's time we value our own resources" Prekkshya Bimali @AccountabilityLab Nepal says #CommunityPhilanthropy is a mindset shift: learn from community-led models, adapt to our contexts, root development in our realities #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange #TheStoryIsOurs
International aid often misses the mark because funders are too far from community realities.
#CommunityPhilanthropy shifts power locally — using community knowledge and resources to create solutions that truly fit and last.
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
#CommunityPhilanthropy shifts power locally — using community knowledge and resources to create solutions that truly fit and last.
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
International aid often misses the mark because funders are too far from community realities.
#CommunityPhilanthropy shifts power locally — using community knowledge and resources to create solutions that truly fit and last.
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
#CommunityPhilanthropy shifts power locally — using community knowledge and resources to create solutions that truly fit and last.
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
“The World That Is Hatching” brings to life a powerful vision imagined by activists worldwide.
#StoriesForChange is about championing communities to shape their own narratives and lead their development.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaWD...
#TheTimeIsNow #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
#StoriesForChange is about championing communities to shape their own narratives and lead their development.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaWD...
#TheTimeIsNow #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“The World That Is Hatching” brings to life a powerful vision imagined by activists worldwide.
#StoriesForChange is about championing communities to shape their own narratives and lead their development.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaWD...
#TheTimeIsNow #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
#StoriesForChange is about championing communities to shape their own narratives and lead their development.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaWD...
#TheTimeIsNow #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
#CommunityPhilanthropy shows up in many ways — like Ubuntu and Ujamaa in East Africa.
What does it look like in your community?
Share your story! Record a short video and submit it via the QR code or this link: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
What does it look like in your community?
Share your story! Record a short video and submit it via the QR code or this link: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#CommunityPhilanthropy shows up in many ways — like Ubuntu and Ujamaa in East Africa.
What does it look like in your community?
Share your story! Record a short video and submit it via the QR code or this link: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
What does it look like in your community?
Share your story! Record a short video and submit it via the QR code or this link: upload.vloggi.com/projects/YRR...
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
With USAID gone and European donors pulling back, funding for essential services is drying up.
#CommunityPhilanthropy offers a sustainable way forward. By pooling resources, communities are creating solutions that endure beyond external aid.
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
#CommunityPhilanthropy offers a sustainable way forward. By pooling resources, communities are creating solutions that endure beyond external aid.
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
With USAID gone and European donors pulling back, funding for essential services is drying up.
#CommunityPhilanthropy offers a sustainable way forward. By pooling resources, communities are creating solutions that endure beyond external aid.
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
#CommunityPhilanthropy offers a sustainable way forward. By pooling resources, communities are creating solutions that endure beyond external aid.
#TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
"Giving is part of daily life in the Global South — through churches, mosques, temples, and traditions. With trust in #CommunityPhilanthropy, this generosity can strengthen livelihoods and expand opportunities."
— Kaushalya Ariyathilaka
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
— Kaushalya Ariyathilaka
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Giving is part of daily life in the Global South — through churches, mosques, temples, and traditions. With trust in #CommunityPhilanthropy, this generosity can strengthen livelihoods and expand opportunities."
— Kaushalya Ariyathilaka
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
— Kaushalya Ariyathilaka
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower #StoriesForChange
Berhanu Demissie of DEC challenges us to look beyond traditional donors. The true path to sustainable development isn't just external aid, he says—it's harnessing local resources to drive lasting, sustainable change.
We must break the cycle of dependency. It’s time to #ShiftThePower.
#TheTimeIsNow
We must break the cycle of dependency. It’s time to #ShiftThePower.
#TheTimeIsNow
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Berhanu Demissie of DEC challenges us to look beyond traditional donors. The true path to sustainable development isn't just external aid, he says—it's harnessing local resources to drive lasting, sustainable change.
We must break the cycle of dependency. It’s time to #ShiftThePower.
#TheTimeIsNow
We must break the cycle of dependency. It’s time to #ShiftThePower.
#TheTimeIsNow
Community philanthropy builds assets, capacities, and trust — helping communities grow through shared resources. From schools to youth programmes, local people are driving their own development
Watch how local giving shifts power back to communities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04s...
Watch how local giving shifts power back to communities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04s...
The Answer is Local: How Community Philanthropy Shifts Power & Changes the World
YouTube video by globalfundcf
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Community philanthropy builds assets, capacities, and trust — helping communities grow through shared resources. From schools to youth programmes, local people are driving their own development
Watch how local giving shifts power back to communities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04s...
Watch how local giving shifts power back to communities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04s...
Today we launch #StoriesForChange — a global campaign celebrating #CommunityPhilanthropy and people-led solutions. Communities are stepping up to drive their own development, and we’re here to spotlight their stories and the changemakers leading the way.
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today we launch #StoriesForChange — a global campaign celebrating #CommunityPhilanthropy and people-led solutions. Communities are stepping up to drive their own development, and we’re here to spotlight their stories and the changemakers leading the way.
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower
#TheTimeIsNow #TheStoryIsOurs #ShiftThePower
What's possible when we stop seeing resources as charity & start seeing them as solidarity: grounded in dignity, local ties, collective imagination? Join us for a conversation on 30 Oct about alternative models of funding, organizing & mutual care.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/buildin...
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/buildin...
Building the new: Reimagining civil society resourcing in times of global transformation - GFCF : GFCF
The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What's possible when we stop seeing resources as charity & start seeing them as solidarity: grounded in dignity, local ties, collective imagination? Join us for a conversation on 30 Oct about alternative models of funding, organizing & mutual care.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/buildin...
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/buildin...
As the Ikhala Trust winds up its more than two decades of work in South Africa's Eastern Cape, Bernie Dolley & Sarah Hugow reflect on how supporting the dreams/vision of individuals & small groups can lead to transformative change. #ShiftThePower
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-but...
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-but...
The Butterfly Effect: Leaders inspiring change - GFCF : GFCF
The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As the Ikhala Trust winds up its more than two decades of work in South Africa's Eastern Cape, Bernie Dolley & Sarah Hugow reflect on how supporting the dreams/vision of individuals & small groups can lead to transformative change. #ShiftThePower
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-but...
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-but...
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Feeling dissatisfied with a measurement tool that ignored the non-linear path of children learning art, FacesUp set out to create an alternative measurement tool to define success by the richness of learning art, and not a "defined set target." shiftthepower.org/2025/08/13/a...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
A measurement tool not defined by targets
With this method, there is never a final destination we seek to reach – but the journey is everything. We seek continuous improvement, and not a defined “perfect” target.
shiftthepower.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Feeling dissatisfied with a measurement tool that ignored the non-linear path of children learning art, FacesUp set out to create an alternative measurement tool to define success by the richness of learning art, and not a "defined set target." shiftthepower.org/2025/08/13/a...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
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When Shila & Nish of Freedom Studio (Nepal) visited the Nebraska Community Foundation, they saw big differences & surprising similarities. Nebraska’s community philanthropy models offered new inspiration for Nepal, especially as global aid shrinks shiftthepower.org/2025/08/20/f...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
August 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
When Shila & Nish of Freedom Studio (Nepal) visited the Nebraska Community Foundation, they saw big differences & surprising similarities. Nebraska’s community philanthropy models offered new inspiration for Nepal, especially as global aid shrinks shiftthepower.org/2025/08/20/f...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
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Funders assume 💰 is what movements need most but movements have always found ways to self-resource. So how should funders engage with things that can exist with or without their support? Here is the case for messy/vital movement building as real power shiftthepower.org/2025/08/22/a... #ShiftThePower
A case for movement building as community power
Movements have existed and have been organising long before “funding” and will continue to do so.
shiftthepower.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Funders assume 💰 is what movements need most but movements have always found ways to self-resource. So how should funders engage with things that can exist with or without their support? Here is the case for messy/vital movement building as real power shiftthepower.org/2025/08/22/a... #ShiftThePower
Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit!
Johannesburg in 2016, London in 2019 & Bogotá in 2023…#ShiftThePower is heading to Asia next! Mark your calendars for 2 - 4 December 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/save-th...
Johannesburg in 2016, London in 2019 & Bogotá in 2023…#ShiftThePower is heading to Asia next! Mark your calendars for 2 - 4 December 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/save-th...
Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit! Kathmandu, December 2026 - GFCF : GFCF
The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Save the date for the next #ShiftThePower Summit!
Johannesburg in 2016, London in 2019 & Bogotá in 2023…#ShiftThePower is heading to Asia next! Mark your calendars for 2 - 4 December 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/save-th...
Johannesburg in 2016, London in 2019 & Bogotá in 2023…#ShiftThePower is heading to Asia next! Mark your calendars for 2 - 4 December 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/news/save-th...
For anyone working in shrinking civic space, navigating tensions between funding, power & place - what can be learned from Hungary?
“Those working every day for community, dignity & democracy deserve support systems that match their courage.”
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/hungary...
“Those working every day for community, dignity & democracy deserve support systems that match their courage.”
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/hungary...
What Hungary's civil society funding crisis can teach us - GFCF : GFCF
The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For anyone working in shrinking civic space, navigating tensions between funding, power & place - what can be learned from Hungary?
“Those working every day for community, dignity & democracy deserve support systems that match their courage.”
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/hungary...
“Those working every day for community, dignity & democracy deserve support systems that match their courage.”
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/hungary...
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Born out of a powerful weaving of Global South orgs, the #GlobalSouthHouse is a space by & for the South's political articulation, mobilization, & knowledge production for dev't
The weaving has already begun. Join us on 🗓️ 30th July to be part of it shiftthepower.org/event/offici...
#ShiftThePower
The weaving has already begun. Join us on 🗓️ 30th July to be part of it shiftthepower.org/event/offici...
#ShiftThePower
Official Launch of The Global South House
Born from the collaboration between Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur and Rede Comuá, the Global South House is a bold platform, created by and for the Global South. It is dedicated to political a...
shiftthepower.org
July 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Born out of a powerful weaving of Global South orgs, the #GlobalSouthHouse is a space by & for the South's political articulation, mobilization, & knowledge production for dev't
The weaving has already begun. Join us on 🗓️ 30th July to be part of it shiftthepower.org/event/offici...
#ShiftThePower
The weaving has already begun. Join us on 🗓️ 30th July to be part of it shiftthepower.org/event/offici...
#ShiftThePower
"We do not want to create a culture of fear or compliance over genuine commitment to the communities that are underserved."
Reflections on 25 years of the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust & its ambition to be "more than just a grantmaker." #ShiftThePower
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-bal...
Reflections on 25 years of the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust & its ambition to be "more than just a grantmaker." #ShiftThePower
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-bal...
The balancing act of being “More than just a Grantmaker” - GFCF : GFCF
The GFCF is a grassroots grantmaker working to promote and support institutions of community philanthropy around the world.
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"We do not want to create a culture of fear or compliance over genuine commitment to the communities that are underserved."
Reflections on 25 years of the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust & its ambition to be "more than just a grantmaker." #ShiftThePower
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-bal...
Reflections on 25 years of the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust & its ambition to be "more than just a grantmaker." #ShiftThePower
globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/blog/the-bal...
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Dear funders, not everything needs your ruler, highlighter or template. Movements are colouring outside the colouring book & making magic, & doing the work they need to do in complexity & messy organising. They are only be supported, not controlled shiftthepower.org/2025/07/03/c...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
Colouring outside the colouring book: Seeing all the colours in enablement. Part 2
A funder recently told me how they do not work on ”identity politics.” I was confused by this because we both acknowledged that civil society is in crisis. Most especially, with the recent economic re...
shiftthepower.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Dear funders, not everything needs your ruler, highlighter or template. Movements are colouring outside the colouring book & making magic, & doing the work they need to do in complexity & messy organising. They are only be supported, not controlled shiftthepower.org/2025/07/03/c...
#ShiftThePower
#ShiftThePower
"Philanthropy’s most important contribution is not to patch holes – but to support those who are imagining what a better system could look like." #ShiftThePower #PossibleNow
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/we-need...
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/we-need...
We need a funding revolution: Can philanthropy step up? - Alliance magazine
As the aid system crashes, a strand of opinion has suggested that philanthropy could step in to compensate for the cuts to funding that this has caused. It is finally dawning on the sector that …
www.alliancemagazine.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"Philanthropy’s most important contribution is not to patch holes – but to support those who are imagining what a better system could look like." #ShiftThePower #PossibleNow
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/we-need...
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/we-need...
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Dumi Gatsha (they/them) is the first ever gender diverse parliamentary candidate in Botswana, a former facilitator of the #ShiftThePower UK Funders Collective and founder of Success Capital. Their new piece in @shiftthepower.bsky.social reckons with the future of philanthropy.
Colouring outside the colouring book: Seeking out the alternative systems for movement organizing.
No one ever claims to hold power within philanthropy. I have met countless people who are well paid, who hold positions of power and/or are backed by endowments. Many of these always refer to another ...
shiftthepower.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Dumi Gatsha (they/them) is the first ever gender diverse parliamentary candidate in Botswana, a former facilitator of the #ShiftThePower UK Funders Collective and founder of Success Capital. Their new piece in @shiftthepower.bsky.social reckons with the future of philanthropy.
Reposted by Global Fund for Community Foundations
🚨 Gov'ts are weaponizing climate crises to ban protests, militarize resources, & criminalizing environmental defenders, but communities are pushing back with the local resources they have. 🌍 Join us for a critical 3-part series👇
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
June 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨 Gov'ts are weaponizing climate crises to ban protests, militarize resources, & criminalizing environmental defenders, but communities are pushing back with the local resources they have. 🌍 Join us for a critical 3-part series👇
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower
🗓 June 9, 18 & 25.
🔗: climasolutions.org/climate-auth... #ShiftThePower