WINGS - Community Foundation Global Status Report 2010 Moderator: GSR 2010 Project Director: Jane Humphries, Chair, WINGS-CF Advisory Committee Presenter: GSR 2010 Content and Survey Analysis: Barry Knight, Executive Director, CENTRIS

WHAT is the GSR? A guide to the state of community foundations across the world Every two years since 2000 Sixth in series Less a Report More a resource

Contents Country Reports Facts and Figures Connections and Support External Trends Encouraging Giving Achievements in the Community Stories Photographs Resources Archive

Facts and Figures Numbers nearly doubled over 10 years Stable trend Europe North America flattened off Signs that Africa and Asia taking off

Connections and Support Value of associations of grantmakers and support organizations Availability of support correlated with good legal environment and good relationships between foundations Number of support organizations 2003 best predictor of growth between 2008 and 2010 Big gaps in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and Caribbean

Changing External Trends Recession and resilience Big donors withdraw Local donors step forward Legal and fiscal environment unfavourable in Africa and Asia

Encouraging Giving Corporations largest single source of funding Individuals want to be involved - rather than just giving Donors want to see impact

Achievements in the Community Cautious about impact Locally driven variety Trust Cohesion Involvement Very local Small money; big impact

Local Stories Importance of very local People taking power Value of community foundation as vehicle People who are affected by the problem must be part of the solution

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