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Column
Deepening Philanthropy: What is Practice, Anyway?
A new column for Proximate Brasil on regenerative philanthropic practices
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Homegrown Horizons
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Column
The Future of The Localisation Agenda
Are we progressing or digressing? A new column by Vincent Mwangi
Vincent Mwangi
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
New Data on the "Economics" of Localizing Aid
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Conference Confidential: A weekend with Resource Generation
Proximate
Proximate Brasil
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Field Note
Report Roundup: Proximate Brasil
We read several recent reports on shifting power in philanthropy – and pulled out the highlights
Proximate
Proximate Brasil
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Analysis
Representação fiscal: um caminho para a democratização dos fundos no Brasil?
Alguns enxergam a representação fiscal como uma forma de reduzir as barreiras para pequenas organizações e coletivos - até certo ponto.
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Analysis
What's the Future of Fiscal Sponsorship in Brazil?
Some see fiscal hosting as a way to reduce barriers for small organizations and collectives – up to a point
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Publisher's Note
Nota da Editora
Sobre esse assunto
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Publisher's Note
Editor's Note
We are entering a new era in how we practice philanthropy, people are embracing community philanthropy and trust-based philanthropy.
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Perspective
Crossroads of Legacies: Experimenting with Flow Funding in Brazil
A donor and a flow funder share their views on philanthropy, autonomy and reparations
Caroline Amanda and Camila Haddad
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
Encruzilhada de Legados: experimentando o Flow Funding no Brasil
Um doador e um flow funder compartilham suas visões sobre filantropia, autonomia e reparação
Caroline Amanda e Camila Haddad
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
Arianne Shaffer sobre quatro anos de flow funding
O Kindle Project é líder em flow funding, incluindo sua recente grupo de mulheres indígenas
Kevin McClendon e Ben Wrobel
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
Em conversa: o Jogo Oasis do Instituto Elos
Falamos com Rodrigo Rubido sobre o que faz uma prática realmente participatória.
Proximate
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
In Conversation: Instituto Elos’ Oasis Game
We spoke with Rodrigo Rubido about what makes a practice truly participatory
Proximate
State of Assembly
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Field Note
Citizens Assemblies Meet Participatory Grantmaking
A group decided how to spend $27 million of Marlene Engelhorn's fortune. We spoke with one of the project's leaders, days before it all kicked off.
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Time for "empowerment philanthropy"?
Our own Isabelle Clérié weighed in with her column, Want Effective Philanthropy? Look to the Global South.
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
New Resources on Participatory Philanthropy
Porticus has been on a journey to explore participatory approaches in their work for a few years now. I've had a chance to peek at their internal decks.
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
A New Community of Practice
I had the pleasure to speak recently with Maya Hasan, who is building out a new, global community of practice for the #ShiftThePower movement
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Where Will the Money Come from?
The news that Wellspring Philanthropy Fund is closing its doors by 2028 came as a shock to many in the human rights space.
Proximate
Citizen Science
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Analysis
What is the Role of Citizen Science in Conservation of Endangered Species?
From grizzly bears to birds to bats, citizen science tools are helping scientists track and save species
Fiona Garrity
From Protest to Participation
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Analysis
Extinction Rebellion Is Calling for Citizens Assemblies. Here's Why.
Citizens' assemblies are on the agenda for the political group
Pam Bailey
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
Parenting As a Blueprint for Participatory Work
"Because I said so" is not an effective parenting strategy, and it fails as a philanthropic approach as well
Rozella Kennedy
Proximate East Africa
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Perspective
How I Lost Respect Doing Community-Led Work
Jonathan Kifunda on the challenges of returning to his community from an international NGO
Jonathan Kifunda
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Column
Reporting is Broken. It’s Time To Do a Hard Thing and Fix It.
Oral reporting and other innovations can be better, fairer and easier on grantees
Rachel Kimber
Beyond Elections
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Field Note
Let's all work together: A New Ecosystem Map
I’m intrigued by the National Civic League’s effort to map the entities working to create a healthier democracy across my large and sprawling country.
Proximate
Beyond Elections
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Field Note
Beware of ‘Participation-Washing’
An ever-present danger of deliberative democracy is that a government may host a citizens’ assembly or jury, and then ignore its recommendations.
Proximate
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Publisher's Note
Navigating Climate Week: A Guide to Events On Locally-Led Development
Here's where you can find conversations on localizing climate solutions, from philanthropy to the grassroots
Ben Wrobel
Unlocking Abundance
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Analysis
Not Waiting Around: The Foundations Transforming DAFs from Within
As foundations wait on federal DAF legislation, some are taking matters into their own hands and taking back control from donors
Kaila Philo
Unlocking Abundance
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Q&A
Should Community Foundation DAFs Be Regulated Differently?
Gerry Roll offers an alternative to the either-or dynamic around DAF reform – arguing that not all DAF sponsors are created equal
Grace Chai
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Patriotism is Participation
The constant battle between individual versus collective leadership and decision-making
Diana Samarasan and Catherine Hyde Townsend
Beyond Elections
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Publisher's Note
Democracy Starts With How You Live
Integrity starts with how we live our lives; so does democracy
Pam Bailey
Beyond Elections
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Q&A
Seeing People as Citizens, not Consumers
Jon Alexander on how “circular power politics” could help politicians buy in to citizen participation
Proximate
Beyond Elections
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Perspective
We Need a ‘Just Transition’ from One Democracy to Many
We need to move to a healthy ecosystem of diverse democracies
Josh Lerner
Common Ground
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Analysis
Borderless Giving: Could Fiscal Hosts Get More Money Moving to the Global South?
Fiscal sponsorship is increasingly seen as one solution to the challenges of localization
Anna Patton
Rethinking Resources
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Q&A
What Would It Look Like to Direct $6 Billion to Feminist Movements by 2026?
Swatee Deepak on her recent report and the future of feminist philanthropy
Analiese Deosaran
Nuts & Bolts
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Video
How One Central Uganda Community Spends Farming Profits Collectively
Farmers in Kasasa are experimenting with a democratic model to invest profits from the sale of maize
Solutions Now Africa
Proximate East Africa
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Perspective
Beyond Feel-Good: Funding Faceless Impact
We need to invest time, resources, and knowledge in local leaders and communities to support them
Margot Hinchey
Homegrown Horizons
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Q&A
Kenya’s Community Foundation Is Challenging the Dependency Mindset
A community-led approach to development
Vincent Mwangi
Proximate East Africa
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Why We're Launching This Newsroom
A new space to explore participatory problem-solving approaches across East Africa
Vincent Mwangi
Unlocking Abundance
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Proximate In Person
Summit Recap: A Conversation about DAF Reform in the Pacific Northwest
Magic Cabinet and Proximate gathered philanthropy leaders in June to discuss paths to reform for donor-advised funds
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Column
The Power and Responsibility of Grants Managers
Grants managers can harness positional power to drive meaningful change in the landscape of philanthropy
Rachel Kimber
Unlocking Abundance
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Q&A
Behind the Donor Revolt for Charity Reform
Bella DeVaan of the Charity Reform Initiative on the coalition's latest work
Meg Massey
Repairing Development
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Column
Want Effective Philanthropy? Look to the Global South
The debate around a recent SSIR cover story misses the global perspective
Isabelle Clérié
Beyond Elections
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Field Note
Citizen Participation Does Build Trust in Government
So why don’t most European laws that address climate change integrate public participation?
Proximate
Beyond Elections
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Field Note
Citizens’ Assemblies Picking up Steam in UK
Richard Wilson, of Iswe Foundation, predicts in The Guardian that in its first 100 days, the Labour government will announce a citizens’ assembly.
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
How Canada’s Foundation for Black Communities is Using PGM
The funder is investing $9 million to set an example for Canada’s philanthropic sector
Sherlyn Assam
State of Assembly
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Analysis
When Will the United States Start Taking Citizens’ Assemblies Seriously?
Citizens’ assemblies are increasingly popular in Europe and Canada. But not in the United States. How come?
Pam Bailey
Beyond Elections
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Publisher's Note
Introducing… Beyond Elections
What if democracy could be so much more than what we think it is?
Pam Bailey
From Protest to Participation
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Q&A
In Conflict Zones, Could Democracy Work Without Elections?
Iain Walker offers on the role of participatory democracy in areas without a working government – and why attempts to solve conflicts often fail
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Column
Introducing: Equity Overhaul by Rachel Kimber
A new column by Rachel Kimber on the journey to shape equity in grants management
Rachel Kimber
Repairing Development
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Column
The Beautiful Curse: Who Owns Impact?
Donors bring an investment mindset to development. That needs to change
Isabelle Clérié
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