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What happens when communities define their own solutions? We cover the people and movements reshaping how resources flow to the world’s most pressing challenges. Learn more about our history & mission

We cover three ways that funding flows: Philanthropy, Development & Investment.

Popular Articles

Looking Ahead and Growing our Team

New hires and what's coming up in 2026

Ben Wrobel

This Bronx Project Is Setting a New Standard for Community-Controlled Development The Kingsbridge Armory is now the site of one of the country’s most ambitious experiments in community ownership and shared control.Oscar Perry Abello

In Conversation: Marie-Rose Romain Murphy Born from post-earthquake aid failures, Haiti’s community foundation model centers relationships as infrastructure Keefe Murren

Wherefore Participatory Grantmaking in the Age of Urgency?Care about democracy? Make it part of your grantmaking process Cynthia Gibson and Kelley Buhles

Philanthropy

Inside a Movement-Led Strategy for Agroecology Funding

A conversation with Grassroots International on building movements, resisting cooptation, and bringing funders into the fold

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Development

Why Remittances Deserve a Seat at Philanthropy’s Table

The African Diaspora Network wants to transform remittances – from emergency relief to a form of economic agency

Zohra Zori

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Investment

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Slowly But Surely, Foundations Are Changing How They Invest Their Endowments

As grantees ask hard questions about where their grant money comes from, more donors are trusting values-aligned asset managers with their endowments

Oscar Perry Abello

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Behind Closed Boardroom Doors: A Compounding Funding Crisis Threatening Global Movements

Grassroots Grantmaking Behind Closed Boardroom Doors: A Compounding Funding Crisis Threatening Global Movements Behind closed boardroom doors, a quiet transformation is reshaping the human rights funding landscape Rachel Thomas & Kellea Miller

Philanthropy's Monopoly Era Has Ended

Grassroots Grantmaking Philanthropy's Monopoly Era Has Ended About this issue of Grassroots Grantmaking Ben Wrobel

The Name We Almost Had

The Name We Almost Had Three years later, "Team Spirit" makes more sense than ever Ben Wrobel

Is the Era of Foundation Dominance Coming to a Close?

Grassroots Grantmaking Is the Era of Foundation Dominance Coming to a Close?Philanthropic Beltway discourse centers foundations. But money is increasingly flowing elsewhere Jan Masaoka

Introducing… On Media

Grassroots Grantmaking Introducing… On Media A new column for Proximate examining narratives, visibility, and the media that shapes how we think about philanthropy Tirrea Billings

Who Will Govern the Global Commons?

Who Will Govern the Global Commons?How banking and consumer choice could reshape global governance Jonah Wittkamper and Kate Landon

Regional Newsrooms

Brasil

O campo filantrópico precisa confiar nos verdadeiros especialistas

Cynthia M. Gibson, Lisa Pilar Cowan, Jocelynne Rainey & Joana Ribeiro Mortari

Aprofundando a Filantropia: o que queremos dizer com prática?

Joana Ribeiro Mortari

East Africa

How One Central Uganda Community Spends Farming Profits Collectively

Solutions Now Africa

Kenya’s Community Foundation Is Challenging the Dependency Mindset

Vincent Mwangi

Samip

Humanqind's Vision: Children Co-Designing Safer Streets

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