I continue to be amazed the last few years about this discovery of best practice by national and urban-funders about community engagement, humility, focus on assets instead of deficit, capacity building and diminishing power dynamics between funders and communities as being new and revelatory.
I have been working for—or with—local and regional funders for 25 years now and myself and hundreds/thousands of my colleagues (and their foundations)have always behaved this way.
As always, philanthropy seemingly isnt validated until two dozen high profile funders and their funded think tanks and intermediaries declare it to be so.
Great article, but re: #6, Nextdoor may be doing more harm than good. It’s typically used as a "crime watch" for neighborhoods, rife with racial profiling.
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BY Allen J Smart
ON November 21, 2020 08:12 AM
I continue to be amazed the last few years about this discovery of best practice by national and urban-funders about community engagement, humility, focus on assets instead of deficit, capacity building and diminishing power dynamics between funders and communities as being new and revelatory.
I have been working for—or with—local and regional funders for 25 years now and myself and hundreds/thousands of my colleagues (and their foundations)have always behaved this way.
As always, philanthropy seemingly isnt validated until two dozen high profile funders and their funded think tanks and intermediaries declare it to be so.
BY Anne Todt
ON November 26, 2020 07:14 PM
Point #5 struck me as very important. Excellent article.
BY Adam
ON December 7, 2020 09:08 AM
Great article, but re: #6, Nextdoor may be doing more harm than good. It’s typically used as a "crime watch" for neighborhoods, rife with racial profiling.