Weaving what is next

Infrastructures for the Future

A Glance into IF Magic

Infrastructures for the Future Story

Infrastructures for the Future brought together 100 participants from 35 countries in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania – a first-of-its-kind gathering. 

As incubators, stewards, funders, and allies of community foundation movements, we discovered the power of coming together as a global ecosystem to imagine and seed futures of belonging. 

It brings together practitioners leading national and regional CFSO working in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Oceania, as well as allies from the philanthropy and development sectors. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INFASTRUCTURE

because trusted institutions are under strain, and community foundations, alongside their supporters, can be catalysts for building new, connected structures of trust and care. 

FUTURES

because in times of disruption, we must nurture experiments and alternatives that stretch imagination, anchor hope, and recognize our role in a much larger arc of stewardship.

ECOSYSTEM 

because transformative change never happens in isolation, it takes interdependence, relationships, and the slow, regenerative work of trust.

Let us just build

the futures we’d love.
on strong foundations,
with thin, elastic threads
ribbons of connected webs,

infrastructures of
belonging
hosting the new,
Brownian
moving pieces
and sharp fragments
of a world
that sells itself short,
at once at full speed
and on hold

© Inspire Institute, 2024

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