GIVING, International Journal on Philanthropy and Social Innovation invites submissions for publication in its upcoming thematic issue on Community Philanthropy (May 2009).

The Journal, published - twice a year - in English and Italian, is an interdisciplinary forum, focused on the production of research on philanthropy as an engine of social innovation, addressing, among others, topics related to social equity and social investments.

The aim of the issue is to analyze the different contexts of Community Philanthropy focusing on:

1. The role of philanthropy in strengthening community empowerment


2. Leadership and community philanthropy


3. Comparative issues among different areas of the world


4. The changing role of donors. From grant making to high engagement philanthropy


5. The development of community development corporations: historical roots and strategic role in the future.



Contributions that address emergent issues and innovations such as environmental grantmaking, poverty alleviation, paradigms
shifts, the role of research as well as community impact are particularly
welcome.


Contributions developing historical and comparative perspectives on
Community Philanthropy in the international context are particularly welcome
too.

Authors can submit essays in English as well as in Italian.

For more information you can contact GIVING Editors, Giuliana Gemelli,
giuliana.gemelli@unibo.it, Deborah Bolognesi deborah.bolognesi@misp.it or
Paolo Palenzona coordinator@misp.it.

Deadline for submission is November the 30th

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European Association for Planned Giving ( EAPG)
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