DOI
10.4087/FOUNDATIONREVIEW-D-10-00010
Key Points
· Embedded funders are foundations that have made long-term commitments to the communities in which they are located or work.
· Foundations have a long history in funding community development, often with few concrete results.
· Political conditions, the increasing divide between rich and poor, inaccessibility of education, lack of housing, and continued segregation and racial discrimination are issues that need be addressed concurrently and resources need to be drawn from a variety of sources, particularly the neighborhoods themselves. This complexity has created an impetus for embedded philanthropy.
· Embedded funders work participatively with the community and frame evaluations in less theoretical, more actionable ways.
· While the future of embedded philanthropy remains to be seen, there is now a group of funders committed to this way of working.
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Recommended Citation
Allen-Meares, P., Gant, L., & Shanks, T. (2011). Embedded Foundations: Advancing Community Change and Empowerment. The Foundation Review, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.4087/FOUNDATIONREVIEW-D-10-00010
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