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Grassroots Grantmaking

From trust-based philanthropy to participatory grantmaking, keeping up with the latest in participation.

Rethinking Resources

As funders freeze, what will sustain the grassroots next?

Unlocking Abundance

Nearly two trillion dollars sit in DAF accounts. How can more money reach communities?

Frontline Finance

The Future of Fiscal Sponsorship

Fiscal sponsors steward billions in philanthropic dollars. But they could do so much more.

Citizen Science

Community-Driven Journalism

From Protest to Participation

How We Gather

The “how” of public meetings is just as important as what is discussed. How can they function better?

Solidarity Economies

Nuts & Bolts

Exploring the “how” of participatory investing, from designing a fund to facilitating community conversations.

Tech and Democracy

What tool should I use to survey my community? Diving into what’s out there today.

Working It: Creative Control

Stories of sex workers taking control of their representation in media

Collections

Beyond Elections

Proximate Brasil

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Proximate Brasil

A collaboration between Proximate and Philó to explore participatory problem-solving in Brazil

Brazil

Community Philanthropy

Proximate East Africa

East Africa

Proximate East Africa

A collaboration between Proximate and Mama Hope to explore participatory problem-solving in East Africa

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State of Assembly

Budgeting

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Working It: Creative Control

Stories of sex workers taking control of their representation in media

Repairing Development Newsletter

Repairing Development

Frontline Finance

Fiscal Sponsorship

agroecology, climate, food

Seeding Power

Agroecology

Seeding Power

How can philanthropy best support agroecology?

Solidarity Economies

Proximate Investing

The future of participatory investing in the United States

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Grassroots Grantmaking

Participatory Grantmaking

Grassroots Grantmaking

From trust-based philanthropy to participatory grantmaking, keeping up with the latest in participation.

Rethinking Resources

As funders freeze, what will sustain the grassroots next?

Repairing Development

Exploring the future of global development

Unlocking Abundance

DAF Reform

Unlocking Abundance

Nearly two trillion dollars sit in DAF accounts. How can more money reach communities?

DAF Reform

Frontline Finance

Common Ground

Fiscal Sponsorship

The Future of Fiscal Sponsorship

Fiscal sponsors steward billions in philanthropic dollars. But they could do so much more.

Equity Overhaul

Equity Overhaul explores the state of equitable grants management in the United States.

Homegrown Horizons

Deepening Philanthropy

Aprofundando a Filantropia

A perspective into participatory and trust-based philanthropy from Brazil. In Portuguese and English.

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Citizen Science

Community-Driven Journalism

From Protest to Participation

How We Gather

The “how” of public meetings is just as important as what is discussed. How can they function better?

Solidarity Economies

Nuts & Bolts

Exploring the “how” of participatory investing, from designing a fund to facilitating community conversations.

Tech and Democracy

What tool should I use to survey my community? Diving into what’s out there today.

Aprofundando a Filantropia

Perspectivas e provocações sobre a mudança de poder no campo da filantropia brasileira. Em português e inglês.

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Articles

What the UN's Loss & Damage Fund Can Learn from Scotland’s Prototype

Repairing Development

Analysis

Our series Loss & Damage explores what it would look like to localize climate funding

Jessica Newfield

Magic Cabinet

What Loss & Damage Funders Can Learn from Scotland’s Prototype

Zimbabwe NGO Helps the People Take Charge of Climate Resilience

Participatory democracy

Beyond Elections

Q&A

Zimbabwe’s climate strategy isn't responsive to rural communities; Green Institute engaged citizens to change that.

Ben Wrobel

citizens assemblies

People Powered

A people's climate policy agenda emerges in Zimbabwe

The Youth Climate Justice Fund Is Building Power for Young Leaders in the Global South

Grassroots Grantmaking

Q&A

Forty grantees have been chosen through a unique participatory process

Ben Wrobel

Climate, participatory grantmaking, YCJF

Magic Cabinet

The Youth Climate Justice Fund Is Building Power for Young Leaders in the Global South

The Protagonism of Black Women in the Third Sector

Proximate Brasil

Opinion

Most black women in Brazil’s grassroots and territorial organizations work informally – reinforcing inequalities

Luana Batista

Brazil

The Protagonism of Black Women in the Third Sector: Invisibility and Recognition

A Compounding Funding Crisis Threatening Global Movements

Grassroots Grantmaking

Perspective

Behind closed boardroom doors, a quiet transformation is reshaping the human rights funding landscape

Rachel Thomas & Kellea Miller

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