Ivan Mendez

November 28, 2022

Community Foundations Honored for Their Commitment to Others in 2022

For strengthening civil society in Mexico through the exchange of best practices, projects, and initiatives among community foundations; as well as fostering spaces for collaborative learning and the co-creation of advocacy strategies for sustainable development and the social transformation of communities, the Alliance of Community Foundations of Mexico received the 2022 “Commitment to Others” Award from the Mexican Center for Philanthropy (Cemefi). 
November 27, 2022

#UnDíaParaDar inspires innovation and new leadership in the philanthropic sector

This Tuesday, November 29, is #ADayToGive. Around the world, in more than 85 countries, millions of people are performing acts of generosity by contributing their time, talent, voice, resources, or money to causes they care about or the communities where they live.
November 23, 2022

We Are Shaping the Future of the Alliance of Community Foundations of Mexico

On November 10, the Alliance of Community Foundations of Mexico held its 2022 Extraordinary and Ordinary Assembly in a hybrid format, during which amendments to the Governance Manual and Bylaws were proposed, and the 2023–2028 Strategic Plan—which defines and charts the course for the network’s future—was approved.
October 26, 2022

We Share the Lessons Learned from Active Communities

At the first meeting of the Active Communities Fund, held in Mexico City on October 20 and 21, nine representatives from our partner community foundations and 12 leaders from civil society organizations and grassroots groups participated to engage in dialogue and share experiences using the appreciative inquiry methodology. 
October 3, 2022

From Local Development to Global Goals: Planning, Taking Action, and Measuring the SDGs

Measuring strengthens accountability mechanisms, enables the establishment of continuous improvement processes, contributes to the efficient allocation of resources, and promotes evidence-based decision-making, both for the public sector and for civil society organizations. 
September 23, 2022

Communities decide their own path

By Minerva Zamora, Program Coordinator at Comunalia. A few days ago, we visited five community foundations in the Alliance to learn about the projects in the second phase […]
September 11, 2022

Volunteering to Share with and Learn from the Community

In recent years, volunteer work has been instrumental in addressing inequalities, fostering well-being, and taking the lead in sustainable development. In the face of […]
August 11, 2022

Housing as the Foundation of Community and Sustainable Development

Échale, a Mexican social enterprise that promotes housing solutions, has spent the past 25 years addressing the massive housing shortage faced by economically active families who lack social security and the opportunity to obtain it. As part of the project “Building a Sustainable Future with Community Foundations”—an initiative by Comunalia supported by the Mott Foundation—we spoke with Francesco Piazzesi, founder of Échale.
August 10, 2022

We are charting Comunalia's course toward the future

As part of Comunalia’s 2023–2028 Strategic Planning process, the members of our Alliance of Community Foundations of Mexico met at Cemefi’s Casa de la Filantropía on August 1 and 2, where we reflected on our areas of opportunity and strengths to build a shared vision and take on the challenges ahead. 
June 29, 2022

Grassroots development to work together on community priorities

Grassroots development is a dynamic, gradual, organic, and collaborative process that helps realign local structures, roles, and processes so that the community is at the center of solutions to local issues; community foundations promote this approach through the projects in the second phase of the Active Communities Fund.
June 22, 2022

We tackle global challenges by addressing local issues

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires active listening, reflection, and community dialogue to co-create local solutions, as community foundations in Mexico are doing through the Signos Vitales project. We reflected together at the first seminar, “Integrating the SDGs to Take Local Action on Global Challenges.” 

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We tackle global challenges by addressing local issues
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