Analysis

Unlocking Abundance

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

Proximate Investing

Can Impact Measurement Account for Lived Experience?

The need to center stakeholder engagement in impact measurement

Dmitriy Ioselevich

Proximate Investing

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

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

Fiscal Sponsorship

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

Fiscal Sponsorship

Fiscally Sponsored for the Long Haul

Why some fiscally sponsored projects choose not to spin out – and stick around for good

Jennifer Krazit

Proximate Brasil

Land, Power, and Collectivity: New Paths Within Philanthropy

How two pioneers in participatory land management are embracing collective decision-making

Aline Khouri

Proximate Brasil

Terra, Poder e Coletividade: novos caminhos dentro da filantropia

Como dois pioneiros em gestão participativa da terra estão adotando processos de decisão coletiva

Aline Khouri

Common Ground

Inside a Peer-Governed Fiscal Sponsor

Movement Sustainability Commons and other sponsors are starting to involve grassroots leaders in budgeting, hiring, and strategy decisions

Natalie Blackmur

Common Ground

What the Heck is Fiscal Sponsorship, Anyway?

An overview of the sometimes-misunderstood concept

Social Impact Commons

Unlocking Abundance

How Can States Push for DAF Reform?

With federal reform stalled, state attorneys general can still act on DAF transparency

Kendra Hurley

Proximate Brasil

Representação fiscal: um caminho para a democratização dos fundos no Brasil?

Alguns enxergam a representação fiscal como uma forma de reduzir as barreiras para pequenas organizações e coletivos - até certo ponto.

Joana Ribeiro Mortari

Proximate Brasil

What's the Future of Fiscal Sponsorship in Brazil?

Some see fiscal hosting as a way to reduce barriers for small organizations and collectives – up to a point

Joana Ribeiro Mortari

Citizen Science

What is the Role of Citizen Science in Conservation of Endangered Species?

From grizzly bears to birds to bats, citizen science tools are helping scientists track and save species

Fiona Garrity

From Protest to Participation

Extinction Rebellion Is Calling for Citizens Assemblies. Here's Why.

Citizens' assemblies are on the agenda for the political group

Pam Bailey

Unlocking Abundance

Not Waiting Around: The Foundations Transforming DAFs from Within

As foundations wait on federal DAF legislation, some are taking matters into their own hands and taking back control from donors

Kaila Philo

Common Ground

Borderless Giving: Could Fiscal Hosts Get More Money Moving to the Global South?

Fiscal sponsorship is increasingly seen as one solution to the challenges of localization

Anna Patton

State of Assembly

When Will the United States Start Taking Citizens’ Assemblies Seriously?

Citizens’ assemblies are increasingly popular in Europe and Canada. But not in the United States. How come?

Pam Bailey

Repairing Development

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

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

Jessica Newfield

Grassroots Grantmaking

The Young Donors Driving Participatory Philanthropy

With $68 trillion on the line, young donors at Resource Generation and elsewhere are pushing grassroots models

Abigail Higgins and Ben Wrobel

Community Philanthropy

Is This Community Philanthropy’s Moment?

The second Shift The Power Summit gave voice to the community philanthropy movement. Will donors listen?

Ledys Sanjuan Mejía

Community-Driven Journalism

Is a £100 million participatory fund the solution to UK's journalism’s crisis?

A more democratic media will require alternative funding models – and more

Kelly Bewers

Proximate Investing

Can We Democratize the Energy Transition?

One by one, cooperatives and crowdfunding projects are taking back control of our energy system.

Anna Gorman

Grassroots Grantmaking

Are Donor Collaboratives Better for the Grassroots?

Forty percent of collaboratives use participatory grantmaking. But are all collaboratives more inclusive?

Ledys Sanjuan Mejía

The Rise of Participatory Incubators and Accelerators

An introduction to the entrepreneur support organizations driving inclusive innovation

Jessica Newfield and Kevin McClendon

Unlocking Abundance

What’s Next for DAF Reform?

Advocates are exploring paths to reform through Congress, Treasury and the state level

Kaila Philo

A New Vision of Fiscal Sponsorship

Thaddeus Squire wants to push the field in new, equitable directions

Ben Wrobel

Tech and Democracy

What Tool Should I Use to Survey My Community?

A new "Consumer Reports" for digital participation platforms, from People Powered

Kevin McClendon

Citizen Science

The Citizen Leaders Shaping Climate Policy

The Climate Democracy Accelerator is helping groups around the world build participatory climate projects

Meg Massey

Proximate Investing

Is this participatory banking's moment?

A new report makes the case for community power in banking

Meg Massey

Nuts & Bolts

A New Toolkit for Participatory Investing

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

Meg Massey

Citizen Science

Can Citizen Science Drive the Sustainable Development Goals?

A new collection of articles demonstrates the potential of citizen science to measure and drive the SDGs

Proximate