How can community foundations enhance residents' sense of belonging?
社区基金会如何提升居民归属感？

Community foundations are an important type of philanthropic institutions. The world’s first community foundation was established in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States in 1914. Now community foundations are starting to develop in many Chinese cities. This case is derived from Shanghai City. Its municipal party committee and municipal government have driven the development of community foundations by their joint initiative to innovate modes of social governance in its subdistricts. For one thing, these newly developed foundations have effectively integrated a variety of social resources. For another, they have facilitated local communities to effectively govern their challenges in various forms such as philanthropy, public benefit, self-governance, and mutual support.
社区基金会是国际公益慈善活动的重要组织形式，第一个社区基金会是1914年在美国克利夫兰社区成立的。目前，我国在社区基金会发展的基础上，开始进行了尝试和探索，初见成效。比较具有代表性的社区基金会组织是上海市委、市政府牵头建立的，其结合“创新社会治理，加强基层建设”的调研课题，出台了一系列文件，鼓励街道、乡镇探索设立社区发展基金（会）。上海市委、市政府推动社区基金会这一新型的公益性社区服务型社会组织的发展，有效整合了各类社会资源，使许多社会问题在社区层面以慈善、公益、自治、互助等方式得以解决，缓解了各种社会矛盾，并有效强化了基层“末梢”的管理和服务。

Two examples should suffice to illustrate how community foundations have contributed to local governance in Shanghai. One is that of Community Foundation of Jiangpulu Subdistrict. It has designed and implemented public benefit projects focusing on five issues: 1) well-being of young people, 2) families with special needs, 3) well-being of seniors, 4) low carbon and environmental protection, and 5) youth entrepreneurship. Noteworthy is that the foundation not only encouraged enterprises in the subdistrict to fund activities pertinent to public benefits of local communities, but also motivated community residents to engage in mutual support. The other example is that of Community Foundation of Yangjing Subdistrict. It has provided services targeting the needs of different age groups (e.g., children, high school students, and seniors). It has also carried out activities that aim at benefiting the entire population of local communities. The foundation has filled the niche in government-funded community services.
上海市委、市政府推广的社区基金会，在促进社区互助发展方面的优势得到了充分的体现。例如，上海江浦路街道成立的江浦社区基金会积极推出了“五彩斑斓”五大公益项目板块，公益内容包括关注青少年健康成长、资助困难家庭、关爱老年群体、关注低碳环保、资助青年创业等。江浦社区基金会的公益活动专业度高，对社区资源整合充分。再如，洋泾街道成立的洋泾社区基金会针对社区的不同人群，推出了老年人全家福拍摄，儿童伴读服务，中学生社区公益挑战赛，以及全民社区公益集市等活动，覆盖面广，并有效弥补了政府基层公益的不足。与此同时，江浦社区公益基金会在发起过程中，鼓励街道企业投入资金用于街道社区公益活动，积极整合街道资源、激发街道活力、推动街道互助。

Many community foundations in Shanghai have contributed to developing community public benefit projects, increasing community self-governance competence, and cultivating acquaintance society. Nonetheless, they have also encountered two obstacles in their own development. One pertains to fundraising. Enterprises have been the dominant source of the foundations’ funds; therefore, more sources need to be explored. The other obstacle is that existing foundations are in need of high-quality talent, without whom it would be very difficult for the foundations to design high-quality projects. Therefore, talent cultivation will remain an important task for further development of community foundations in Shanghai.
纵观上海市多个街道成立和运营社区基金会的过程，其在推进社区公益发展，社区自治和建立熟人社会具有一定的优势。但社区基金会在发展的过程中，也存在一定的阻碍，需要引起重视。首先是社区基金会持续筹款有难度，找钱不能光靠企业，还需要发动全民参与。其次，社区基金会缺乏高质量的公益组织人才，没有高素质的人才帮助社区基金会策划出高水准的项目，社区基金会发展成熟的过程将会变得漫长。因此，公益人才的培养是接下来社区基金会发展需要关注的问题。