The program goal is to strengthen community foundations globally. To this end, the Global Fund for Community Foundations will manage a small-grants and capacity-building program focusing on community foundations and their support organizations in developing and transitioning countries around the world. Program activities in 2010 include making 10 to 15 grants to individual community foundations, providing direct technical assistance support to grantees, and documenting grantees' activities and learning. Registered as an independent organization in late 2009, the Global Fund for Community Foundations is a global, grassroots grantmaker seeking to promote community foundations and other local philanthropic institutions in the Global South and in the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe. To date, the Global Fund for Community Foundations has awarded $2.2 million in grants to 120 community foundations and philanthropy support organizations in 40 countries.

The project goal is to strengthen the community foundation field in the Czech Republic. During the grant period, the Czech Association of Community Foundations will improve its services for members, promote community foundations as vehicles for community development in the Czech Republic, support the development of new community foundations, and identify new sources of revenue for the association and its members. The association was established in September 2006 with the mission to develop the community foundation field in the Czech Republic, strengthen the capacity of its members, and represent Czech community foundations at the national and international levels. Currently, the association has eight members including five community foundations and three support organizations involved in providing services to community foundations and other grantmakers at the local level. In 2008-2009, the association provided information, consultations, and networking opportunities to its members.

The program goal is to stimulate greater public participation in decision making and community building in five counties in eastern Croatia. To this end, during the grant period the Community Foundation Slagalica will provide grants, organize training, raise public awareness about civic responsibility, and carry out advocacy initiatives. The foundation was established in 2007 by two nongovernmental organizations in eastern Croatia, both of which are long-term Mott grantees. Building on the extensive experience of these two organizations, the foundation will help local communities implement more participatory decision-making processes, stimulate civic involvement in improving community life, and mobilize local resources for local projects and activities. The foundation is based in Osijek and works in five counties in eastern Croatia.