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Grassroots Grantmaking

From trust-based philanthropy to participatory grantmaking, keeping up with the latest in participation.

Rethinking Resources

As funders freeze, what will sustain the grassroots next?

Unlocking Abundance

Nearly two trillion dollars sit in DAF accounts. How can more money reach communities?

Frontline Finance

The Future of Fiscal Sponsorship

Fiscal sponsors steward billions in philanthropic dollars. But they could do so much more.

Citizen Science

Community-Driven Journalism

From Protest to Participation

How We Gather

The “how” of public meetings is just as important as what is discussed. How can they function better?

Solidarity Economies

Nuts & Bolts

Exploring the “how” of participatory investing, from designing a fund to facilitating community conversations.

Tech and Democracy

What tool should I use to survey my community? Diving into what’s out there today.

Working It: Creative Control

Stories of sex workers taking control of their representation in media

Collections

Beyond Elections

Proximate Brasil

Brasil

Proximate Brasil

A collaboration between Proximate and Philó to explore participatory problem-solving in Brazil

Brazil

Community Philanthropy

Proximate East Africa

East Africa

Proximate East Africa

A collaboration between Proximate and Mama Hope to explore participatory problem-solving in East Africa

Proximate Samip

SAMIP

Proximate Samip

State of Assembly

Budgeting

Donor Advising

Working It

Working It: Creative Control

Stories of sex workers taking control of their representation in media

Repairing Development Newsletter

Repairing Development

Frontline Finance

Fiscal Sponsorship

agroecology, climate, food

Seeding Power

Agroecology

Seeding Power

How can philanthropy best support agroecology?

Solidarity Economies

Proximate Investing

The future of participatory investing in the United States

On Media

On Infrastructure

Taking Root

This column by Vanessa Stevens highlights emerging ideas and resources to deepen grassroots grantmaking.

Grassroots Grantmaking

Participatory Grantmaking

Grassroots Grantmaking

From trust-based philanthropy to participatory grantmaking, keeping up with the latest in participation.

Rethinking Resources

As funders freeze, what will sustain the grassroots next?

Repairing Development

Exploring the future of global development

Unlocking Abundance

DAF Reform

Unlocking Abundance

Nearly two trillion dollars sit in DAF accounts. How can more money reach communities?

DAF Reform

Frontline Finance

Common Ground

Fiscal Sponsorship

The Future of Fiscal Sponsorship

Fiscal sponsors steward billions in philanthropic dollars. But they could do so much more.

Equity Overhaul

Equity Overhaul explores the state of equitable grants management in the United States.

Homegrown Horizons

Deepening Philanthropy

Aprofundando a Filantropia

A perspective into participatory and trust-based philanthropy from Brazil. In Portuguese and English.

brasil

Citizen Science

Community-Driven Journalism

From Protest to Participation

How We Gather

The “how” of public meetings is just as important as what is discussed. How can they function better?

Solidarity Economies

Nuts & Bolts

Exploring the “how” of participatory investing, from designing a fund to facilitating community conversations.

Tech and Democracy

What tool should I use to survey my community? Diving into what’s out there today.

Aprofundando a Filantropia

Perspectivas e provocações sobre a mudança de poder no campo da filantropia brasileira. Em português e inglês.

brazil

Articles

Africa's Next Philanthropic Architecture

Homegrown Horizons

Column

From Addis Ababa to Sudan, leaders are building the institutions needed to move decisions closer to community

Vincent Mwangi

Africa's Next Philanthropic Architecture

We're Building Kingdoms. Community-Centric Fundraising Demands We Build Movements.

Grassroots Grantmaking

Perspective

The sector's obsession with organizational survival is the very thing preventing the change we exist to create.

Maria Rio

We're Building Kingdoms. Community-Centric Fundraising Demands We Build Movements.

Inside a Kentucky City’s Unusual Experiment in Citizen-Led Governance

Participatory democracy

Beyond Elections

Feature

In Lexington, 36 random residents took part in one of the country’s first civic assemblies to recommend changes to the city’s governing charter.

Anabel Peterman

Inside a Kentucky City’s Unusual Experiment in Citizen-Led Governance