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Future Matters: Communities on the Move: Community Philanthropy, Immigrants and Giving

This second Future Matters report from 2008 focuses on the many ways that immigrants and their communities, in the U.S. and their nations of origin, interact with community foundations. It also looks at the practices and meanings of philanthropy within immigrant communities, which varies by culture, generation, and expectations of the individuals and families. As varied […]


Communities on the Move: Community Philanthropy, Immigrants and Giving

This 2008 publication by Blueprint Research & Design is the second in a series from Future Matters. It focuses on the ways in which immigrants and their communities, in the US and their nation of origin, interact with community foundations and the ways in which community foundations can be a resource.


Future Matters – Community Foundations and Leadership: What’s Race Got to Do with It?

This 2006 report, part of a series of Future Matters reports by Blueprint Research & Design and Monitor Group, explores the changing context around community philanthropy and what it means for the future of community foundations. This series of reports discusses ongoing and emerging issues and trends in the future of community philanthropy.


Future Matters – Equity Advancing Equity: How Community Philanthropy Can Build Racial and Social Equity Through Mission Investing

This 2009 report is part of a series of Future Matters reports and toolkit by Blueprint Research & Design and GPS Capital Partners LLC. This paper brings together two ostensibly disparate definitions of equity—one that relates to the distribution of resources across economic and racial groups and another that looks at capital market concepts and […]