By Paul Connolly, Senior Partner and Chief Client Services Officer,
TCC Group
In recent years, I’ve witnessed two interesting trends in philanthropy that are particularly resonant with community foundations. First, there has been a backlash against “strategic philanthropy” and accusations that foundations have become too focused on measurement and planning, using top-down approaches instead of nimbly responding to emergent and changing community needs. I wrote about this issue in my recent article for the Foundation Review, “The Best of the Humanistic and Technocratic: Why the Most Effective Work in Philanthropy Requires a Balance,” as have many others. There have certainly been some spirited discussions on blogs and at conferences as the sector ponders the appropriate balance of humanistic and technocratic approaches.
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