A substantial body of published research, both academic and applied, is available about community philanthropy and community foundations. Some recommended sites to visit:

• Community Foundation Atlas: facts and figures about community foundations around the world

• Community Foundations of Canada’s Learning Institute and Resource Library

• The Council on Foundations in the USA offers practical ideas for Community Foundations

• Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) has an open access library of more than 700 publications on a wide range of topics and in many languages

• The Global Fund for Community Foundations knowledge center focuses on community philanthropy in developing countries

• Dana R.H. Doan: What is community philanthropy? Global Fund for Community Foundations, 2019