October 13, 2005

Community Funds Urged to Make Big Changes to Survive

By Ben Gose

Seattle

A much anticipated report, released here at this year's annual community-foundation conference, outlines the future role of such funds within the philanthropic world.

But the report's title, "On the Brink of New Promise: The Future of U.S. Community Foundations," could just as easily have been called "On the Brink of New Peril." The report lays out in stark terms the view that some community foundations could become irrelevant if they

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