Jeeson Oh (PhD ’23) has published “Shifting philanthropies? An investigation of grantmaking for community revitalization and economic development by place-oriented foundations” in the Journal of Urban Affairs.

In this paper, I longitudinally analyze grantmaking for Community Revitalization and Economic Development (CED) by large place-oriented foundations, offering insights into the longitudinal trajectories of CED grantmaking by these foundations and factors affecting foundation decision-making with regard to CED. By integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis, I answer the following questions: (1) To what extent have large place-oriented foundations pursued and intensified CED grantmaking? (2) What explains variation in CED grantmaking among the foundations? Through a more nuanced analysis of motivations of and constraints on foundation grantmaking for CED, this study demonstrates that multiple factors, including institutional mission, funding structure, leadership preferences, and local contexts, shape CED grantmaking decisions.

Read more at the Journal of Urban Affairs.