Community Philanthropy: It’s Not Just for the Wealthy Anymore - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Community Philanthropy: It’s Not Just for the Wealthy Anymore - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: At a briefing at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. on March 1st, Knight described the results of the effort to date. “Philanthropy is no longer the preserve of the rich,” Knight said. “People of modest incomes,” he said, are now “stepping forward” as stakeholders in the future of their communities. The problem for some of us is context. We look at philanthropy from the U.S. context, where typically, though not always, even community philanthropy is directed by a social class that doesn’t connect—in terms of direction and oversight—to the communities that community foundations are supposed to serve.