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Report Roundup: December 2023

We read several recent reports about grassroots grantmaking... so you don’t have to

Proximate
Magic Cabinet
Report Roundup: December 2023Report Roundup: December 2023
Fenomenal Funds' Non Competitive Grant System

Who funds the funders? Fenomenal Funds used PGM to resource women’s funds during the pandemic

Proximate
Participatory grantmaking
Magic Cabinet
5 Minutes with… Ledys Sanjuan Mejía5 Minutes with… Ledys Sanjuan Mejía
Democracy
Participatory democracy
A participação pode ajudar a reavivar a confiança na democracia brasileira?

Meses após o ataque ao Congresso Nacional, o Presidente Lula está apostando em uma nova plataforma para dar voz aos cidadãos em sua democracia

Marcela Martins
Participatory democracy, Brazil, Brasil, participatory budgeting, Latin America, português
A participação pode ajudar a reavivar a confiança na democracia brasileira?A participação pode ajudar a reavivar a confiança na democracia brasileira?
How We Did It: Building the PGM Community of Practice

A reflection on the growth of the 1,500-person participatory grantmaking community

Hannah Paterson
Participatory grantmaking
How We Did It: Building the PGM Community of PracticeHow We Did It: Building the PGM Community of Practice
Democracy
Participatory democracy
What Tool Should I Use to Survey My Community?

A new "Consumer Reports" for digital participation platforms, from People Powered

Kevin McClendon
participatory budgeting, citizens assemblies
What Tool Should I Use to Survey My Community?What Tool Should I Use to Survey My Community?
The Ukrainian Activists Taking on Big Philanthropy

Less than 20% of humanitarian aid to Ukraine goes directly to grassroots NGOs. A coalition of Ukrainian activists is trying to change that

Ben Wrobel
Ukraine, Conflict, participatory grantmaking, trust-based philanthropy
Magic Cabinet
The Ukrainian Activists Taking on Big PhilanthropyThe Ukrainian Activists Taking on Big Philanthropy
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