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The current international development and humanitarian aid system is ripe for change. In the last few years, movements such as #AidToo and #CharitySoWhite have increased pressure on donors and INGOs to rethink their roles and to shift and share power with organisations and communities in Asia and Africa.

Since 2006, the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) has accompanied a quiet revolution taking place worldwide, largely beyond the gaze of mainstream philanthropy and development. That quiet revolution is community philanthropy, an emerging development practice and theory that starts with the premise that all communities have assets. In community philanthropy, money is one kind of asset. However, it also emphasises other essential ingredients to achieving effective and lasting development outcomes.