Capacity assessment through the lens of place: Community Foundations in Canada and Australia in a shifting world

Description

Phase II: Capacity assessment through the lens of place: Community Foundations in Canada and Australia in a shifting world

This second phase of the research study will examine the following broad research questions:

1. In what ways are local community foundations playing intermediary roles to support local and national priorities in Canada and Australia?

2. Why are some places in more connected, more able to access capitals and more able to mobilize change?

3. In what ways do community foundations and the communities they represent and serve become more resilient?

Phase I: Unpacking the Local: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Community Foundations in Australia and Canada in a post-pandemic world

The first phase of the research will be developmental and exploratory in nature with the intent to review academic and grey literatures in both countries, build a conceptual model and mobilize and solidify national and local partners.  The broad research questions will be workshopped in greater detail and a comprehensive literature review will be established.  Further, a conceptual model will be developed for further testing and empirical analysis in both Canada and Australia in later stages of the research.  Concrete partnerships in both countries will also be established to anchor the research and support knowledge translation activities to diverse stakeholders including philanthropic bodies, grantees, community partners and policy-makers.