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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?

DAF Reform

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?

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

Brasil

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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Proximate Samip

State of Assembly

Budgeting

Donor Advising

Working It

Working It: Creative Control

Stories of sex workers taking control of their representation in media

Development

Repairing Development Newsletter

Repairing Development

Frontline Finance

Fiscal Sponsorship

agroecology, climate, food

Seeding Power

Agroecology

Seeding Power

How can philanthropy best support agroecology?

Proximate Investing

The future of participatory investing in the United States

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?

Development

Repairing Development

Exploring the future of global development

Unlocking Abundance

DAF Reform

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.

Development

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?

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

Seeding Power

Redesigning Finance from the Ground Up

We need to put farmers and ecosystems at the center of food systems finance

Laura Thompson

agroecology, climate, food

Seeding Power

Supporting the Food Sovereignty Movement Over the Long Haul Takes Solidarity Philanthropy

The movement has built itself on global long-term vision – will allied funders get on board?

Chung-Wha Hong and Saulo Araujo

agroecology, climate, food

Supporting the Food Sovereignty Movement Over the Long Haul Takes Solidarity Philanthropy

Architects of the Future: How Young Feminist Artists Are Leading Cultural Change

Jody Myrum and Erin Lynn Williams

To Restore the Middle Class, We Need More Owners

An excerpt from Capital Evolution: The New American Economy

Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride

To Restore the Middle Class, We Need More Owners

Community Philanthropy

What The Global South House Reveals About Power and Philanthropy at COP30

Inside an architecture of collaboration built by Global South networks

Paula Tanscheit

Grassroots Grantmaking