Cfleads

COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN BENEFIT FROM PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA GIVEN THE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK. THE IAF WORKS TO STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF LOCAL PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS TO DO EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMING BUILD STRONG LASTING PARTNERSHIPS AND UNLOCK ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO MEET THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. CFLEADS WORKS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS AND LOCALLY-ROOTED INSTITUTIONS FROM THE U.S. CANADA MEXICO BRAZIL AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE HEMISPHERE ENCOURAGING PEER-TO-PEER EXCHANGES AWARDING GRANTS FOR MAPPING AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND ORGANIZING CONFERENCES TO IMPROVE OVERALL PROGRAMS AND MAKING THEM MORE RESPONSIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR LOCAL AREAS. THIS GRANT IS PART OF OUR BROADER INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING TO INCREASE FUNDING SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT.

CFLEADS WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE IAF THE C.S. MOTT FOUNDATION AND A GROWING NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS HOME TOWN ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO SUPPORT AN EVOLVING TRANSNATIONAL COLLABORATION CALLED BUILDING BROADER COMMUNITIES IN THE AMERICAS. CFLEADS WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIVE LOGISTICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT TO THIS EFFORT TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED PHILANTHROPY IN THE AMERICAS BY BUILDING A VIBRANT TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT RECOGNIZES THE CHANGING NATURE OF COMMUNITIES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD. GRANT ACTIVITIES WILL SERVE 100 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES FROM PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS AND 10000 INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THESE INSTITUTIONS.