After a decade of gathering nonprofit leaders and helping charities connect online, the Craigslist Foundation is shutting down, its president Lynn Luckow announced Wednesday in an online letter.

The foundation was started by Craig Newmark, an Internet entrepreneur who created Craigslist, the popular but sometimes-controversial Web site that enables people around the world to buy, sell, and trade everything from electronics to furniture.

In his letter, Mr. Luckow said Craigslist will continue its philanthropy through a “charitable fund” but provided no further details. The foundation points people to  Craigconnects, a Web site and blog that Mr. Newmark recently started to build support for nonprofit groups that he personally supports.

The foundation, best known for its annual Nonprofit Boot Camp, which trains new and aspiring charity leaders, has signaled that its ninth boot…

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