We’re We’re Proximate – an independent media outlet covering movements for participatory problem-solving.
Launched in October 2023, our mission is to make sense of this global moment of turbulence through the lens of money and power - how money given away, how it’s invested, and how it is distributed by governments domestically and internationally.
We’re interested in models that shift decision-making power to people with lived experience – those proximate to the problem.
Here are our verticals. Each one explores how financial flows shape our world.
How money moves within specific ecosystems and geographies.
How institutional giving is evolving — or resisting change.
The rise of next-gen givers and the shadow of old money.
How money moves at the ground level — and how it’s managed and stewarded by those closest to the work.
Emerging projects on different systems of money moving…
How money moves within specific ecosystems and geographies.
Proximate is an independent media platform covering movements for participatory problem-solving. We look at the news through the lens of money: how it’s given away, how it’s invested, and how it’s distributed by government.
We are a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center.
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