Can over-precise definitions stifle innovation and creativity, asked Shannon Lawder of the Mott Foundation, summing up at the end of the Sixth Networking Meeting of the Community Philanthropy Initiative in Lisbon at the end of May. As Lawder commented, the meeting had confirmed ‘tremendous diversity in the field’ – yet too many emerging community philanthropy organizations still seem to be jumping through hoops simply to prove they really do fit the community foundation model.