The Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy today unveiled a new publication of essays about philanthropy in the community setting.
The publication, “Community Philanthropy: Strategies for Impacting Vulnerable Populations,” includes the work of 10 researchers, practitioners and senior executives who served as “Scholars in Residence” at the center during the 2009-10 academic year. Click here to read the publication online.
Each scholar spent a week at the Clinton School interacting with students and faculty and writing about a topic related to community philanthropy.
Topics covered in the publication include community equality, charitable giving, leadership development, strategic philanthropy and capacity building.
The scholars include:
– Ivye L. Allen, president, Foundation for the Mid South
– John H. Jackson, president/CEO, Schott Foundation for Public Education
– Heather Larkin, president and CEO, Arkansas Community Foundation
– Kristin Lindsey, executive vice president and COO, Council on Foundations
– Hanmin Liu, president and CEO, Wildflower Institute
– Steven A. Mayer, director, Effective Communities, LLC
– Wenda Weekes Moore, trustee, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
– Suzanne Eloise Siskel, director of philanthropy, Ford Foundation
– Kathy Smith, senior program officer, Walton Family Foundation
– Sherece Y. West, president and CEO, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
“The goal of gathering these scholars at the center is to utilize their knowledge to inform the field of philanthropy,” said Charlotte Lewellen Williams, director of the Center on Community Philanthropy. “Through such convenings, we also aim to further define the concept of community philanthropy in a way that is easily understood by everyone.”
The Center on Community Philanthropy at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service has a vision to expand the knowledge, tools and practice of community-spawned and community-driven philanthropy.