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Don't Say We Didn't Tell You
Democracy reimagined by youth-led movements in the Global Majority
Maheen Kaleem, Jody Myrum, Laura Vergara
Proximate Investing
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Q&A
How the Just Transition Integrated Capital Fund is reimagining risk and return
Justice Funders is helping foundations get their money off Wall Street
Grace Chai
Proximate Investing
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Feature
What Are Business Schools For?
With crises converging, the call for radical change in business education has never been stronger. Can MBA programs equip students to serve society?
Anna Patton
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Analysis
Philanthropy in Puerto Rico grew after Hurricane Maria. What will happen now?
The philanthropic sector grew after Hurricane Maria’s landfall. Will the Trump era bring it back to its pre-Maria state?
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Proximate Investing
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Newsletter
Fall Newsletter: When Institutions Choose Accountability
Sonia Sarkar
Seeding Power
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Q&A
Fondo Territorial Mesoamericano is a Grantmaker Rooted in Existing Political Power
An Indigenous-led grantmaking vehicle builds on territorial organizations’ own governance structures
Proximate
Proximate Investing
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Perspective
Who Controls Capital? Jewish Teachings on Debt and Justice
An excerpt from "Put Your Money Where Your Soul Is"
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
When Communities Lead, Violence Falls
A perspective from South Africa on why the solution to violence needs to be rooted in community
Busiswa Dayimani
Common Ground
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Predictions
An Essential Ingredient to Rebuild Public Media
We're losing the systematic capacity for community-rooted media. Fiscal sponsors can help.
Lina Srivastava
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
Dreaming as Resistance
What happens when Dalit girls reimagine the world
Priyanka Samy
Repairing Development
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Feature
How Puerto Rico's Seed Banks Are Boosting Food Sovereignty
Inside the community-led movement safeguarding Puerto Rico’s food systems [with 9 Millones]
Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz
Unlocking Abundance
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Analysis
GoFundMe Disrupts the DAF industry – Seeking 13.5% in “Tips”
For-profit enterprise breaks new ground, but will it work with its DAF customers?
Jon Pratt
Unlocking Abundance
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Q&A
Philanthropy Northwest Steps Into the DAF Debate
The regional network explains why transparency and timely payouts matter for communities
Philanthropy Project
Proximate Investing
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Feature
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
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
Words Matter: Especially When They Carry the Weight of History
Words shape funding flows, policy priorities, and which ideas are seen as “investable”
Babita Patel
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
The Creative and Political Power of Dreaming
(Re)Imagining the world through the eyes of girls
Juliana Román Lozano
Proximate Investing
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Newsletter
Summer Newsletter: Health and Investing
In this edition, we explore what accountability could look like from a number of different angles
Sonia Sarkar
Proximate Investing
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Perspective
The Next Fight for New York City: Who Controls the Money?
Making Mamdani’s vision governable through community control over public capital
Ayushi Vig
Proximate Investing
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Analysis
Can Impact Measurement Account for Lived Experience?
The need to center stakeholder engagement in impact measurement
Dmitriy Ioselevich
Proximate Investing
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Feature
The Long History of Community-Controlled Capital in the United States
Participatory investing isn’t new. For many, community-controlled capital was often the only source of wealth
Haleema Shah and Ben Wrobel
Proximate Investing
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Analysis
Should Health Conversion Foundations Set the Bar on Community Voice?
With their unique mission, some are pushing conversion foundations to set a standard for investing their $40 billion in assets
Sonia Sarkar
Proximate Investing
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Editorial
Welcome to Proximate Investing
Exploring the emerging field of community-controlled capital in the United States
Proximate
Proximate Investing
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Analysis
Are We Ready to Rank Participation in Investing?
“Best of” lists of impact-driven funds include some with participatory models – the overlaps can be revealing
Meg Massey
Rethinking Resources
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Q&A
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
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Newsletter
Newsletter: Can funders support agroecology on its own terms?
New stories on agroecology, DAFs, fiscal sponsorship and more
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Guerrilla Foundation’s Coming of Age
As its governance evolves, Guerrilla Foundation is testing what it means to align grantmaking strategy with values
Anna Patton
Seeding Power
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Feature
Does Agroecology Funding Match Agroecology Needs?
Agroecology is gaining donors. But are movements gaining power?
Ben Wrobel and Maria Balcazar Tellez
Seeding Power
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Column
The Land Remembers As Communities Re-member Africa's Food Sovereignty
Agroecology and participatory funding are two sides of the same coin
Vincent Mwangi
Seeding Power
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Q&A
Inside a Movement-Led Strategy for Agroecology Funding
A conversation with Grassroots International on building movements, resisting cooptation, and bringing funders into the fold
Proximate
Proximate Brasil
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Column
Filantropia Estratégica no Divã
A Filantropia Estratégica entra na sala da terapista junguiana
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Column
Strategic Philanthropy Goes to Therapy
Strategic Philanthropy enters the Jungian therapist's office.
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Unlocking Abundance
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Q&A
Inside the Philanthropy Project’s Push for Reform
The Philanthropy Project is creating space for nonprofit practitioners to speak out for reform
Grace Chai
Fiscal Sponsorship
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From Temporary Incubators to Ecosystem Builders
We need to move beyond “up and out” to “up and in"
Tatianna Montanez and Seth Kirshenbaum
Seeding Power
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Publisher's Note
What Is Agroecology – And Why Does It Matter?
Defining a movement at the intersection of food, land, and local knowledge
Proximate
Seeding Power
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Perspective
We’re Not Intermediaries. We’re Infrastructure.
Activist funds aren’t just middlemen. We're part of the movement.
Maria Amália Souza
Seeding Power
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Perspective
What If We Funded Agroecology Differently?
Six Global South funds are modeling a more rooted and relational way to move money
Paula Tanscheit
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Predictions
Reciprocity Should Become the New Standard
Why philanthropy’s “shopping list” approach to intermediaries is backfiring
Cynthia Gibson and Maria Mottola
Common Ground
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Predictions
Predictions: The Future of Fiscal Sponsorship
What’s next for the background infrastructure powering the grassroots?
Proximate
Seeding Power
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Q&A
How Podáali Is Reclaiming Indigenous Philanthropy in the Amazon
An interview with Rose Apurinã on trust, territory, and the power of Indigenous-led funding
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
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PartiPlay: A Fun New Approach To Education For Neurodivergent Students
When neurodivergent kids design the game, the rules change
Kadin McElwain
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Predictions
Fiscal Sponsorship Is Here to Stay
Fiscal sponsors will continue to enable Americans to support projects of their choice at a time when those in need are stranded by government cutbacks
Greg Colvin
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Predictions
Collaborative Funds Have Infrastructure – And It Needs Investment
Collaborative funds are only as strong as their fiscal sponsors, and many are at breaking point
Sampriti Ganguli
Equity Overhaul
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Column
It’s Time to Rewrite the Job Description
A dispatch from PEAK2025 on how grants managers are leading on equity, tech adoption and institutional change
Rachel Kimber
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Predictions
Fundraising Help Is No Longer Optional
Sponsors can help projects close gaps in resourcing, build confidence, and unlock far more than we invest
Alejandra García Lezama and Frank Gargione
Proximate Investing
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Newsletter
Spring Newsletter: Out of Balance
Sonia Sarkar
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
As Philanthropy Wavers on Palestine, Organizers Look Forward – and to Each Other
In New York City, organizers reflect on the path forward as philanthropy withdraws under political pressure
Neon Mashurov
Fiscal Sponsorship
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Analysis
Will Tech Startup Services Help – or Hurt – Fiscal Sponsorship?
As fiscal sponsorship evolves, several tech startups promise to ease administrative burdens... but some say they cause more headaches
Anna Patton
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
The Gates Foundation is Spending Down. Will Others Follow?
We spoke with Glen Galaich on what Gates' plans mean for the debate over philanthropic perpetuity
Ben Wrobel
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Newsletter
Newsletter: Bill Gates’ “Weird Legacy Thing”
These are changing times, and this month's issue reflects some pretty large shifts in the world of philanthropy.
Proximate
Repairing Development Newsletter
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Newsletter
Newsletter: Is AI Catching On To #ShiftThePower?
AI learns from what exists, so the more we talk about new models of development, the more we influence its baseline data about how money flows
Isabelle Clérié
Beyond Elections
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Field Note
Follow the money: participatory democracy in Ukraine?
Two Ukrainian communities – Zvyahel and Slavutych – will hold their first citizens’ assemblies in October and November.
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