community benefit
Shared local advantage
Community benefit refers to advantages or services that serve the public good rather than private interests.
The term appears most often in nonprofit and healthcare contexts, where organizations must demonstrate they provide community benefits—like charity care, health education, or local hiring—to justify tax-exempt status: The hospital's community benefit report showed $50 million in free services.
In urban planning, developers may offer community benefits like affordable housing or park space in exchange for zoning approvals.
- arts programsOrganized creative instruction
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- job creationEstablishing new work positions
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- block partyNeighborhood outdoor celebration
entrepreneurship · inclusion · equity · safe spaces · public health · conservation · food bank · mutual aid · giving back · civic engagement · town hall · neighborhood watch · after school · heritage preservation · advocacy · recycling programs · storytelling · affordable housing
community benefitexploitation
Selfish use of others
profiteering · self-dealing · graft · rent-seeking · parasitism
community benefitsocial cost
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