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In Conversation: Allie Burns on Peer-Selected Investment

A Q&A with Village Capital’s CEO on the occasion of their 150th cohort of peer-selected investment

Ben Wrobel
Futureproof Studio
In Conversation: Allie Burns on Peer-Selected InvestmentIn Conversation: Allie Burns on Peer-Selected Investment
What We Learned From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's PGM report

The foundation released a report reflecting on their experiment with participatory grantmaking

Proximate
What We Learned From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's PGM ReportWhat We Learned From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's PGM Report
A Novel Way to Predict the Weather in Malawi

Can Malawi's participatory weather forecasting project change the game in a changing climate?

Rabson Kondowe
A Novel Way to Predict the Weather in MalawiA Novel Way to Predict the Weather in Malawi
A Vermont Foodbank Tries Culturally-Relevant Food

Vermont's largest food bank is responding to the state's growing diversity by offering culturally-relevant food

Ben Wrobel
Food as Medicine? A Vermont Foodbank Tries Culturally-Relevant FoodFood as Medicine? A Vermont Foodbank Tries Culturally-Relevant Food
A New Toolkit for Participatory Investing

A new playbook from Common Future helps foundations drive participation in investing

Meg Massey
A Toolkit for Participatory InvestingA Toolkit for Participatory Investing
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