The Dalan Fund has a new vision for locally-led grantmaking in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central and North Asia

Rawa Fund is holding donors accountable for cutting funds to the grassroots

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

Backlash to trust-based philanthropy has come out into the open; it's time for grassroots grantmaking leaders to respond

"Because I said so" is not an effective parenting strategy, and it fails as a philanthropic approach as well

Oral reporting and other innovations can be better, fairer and easier on grantees

Gerry Roll offers an alternative to the either-or dynamic around DAF reform – arguing that not all DAF sponsors are created equal

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

The constant battle between individual versus collective leadership and decision-making

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

Swatee Deepak on her recent report and the future of feminist philanthropy

A community-led approach to development

We need to invest time, resources, and knowledge in local leaders and communities to support them

Magic Cabinet and Proximate gathered philanthropy leaders in June to discuss paths to reform for donor-advised funds

Bella DeVaan of the Charity Reform Initiative on the latest movement for DAF reform

Grants managers can harness positional power to drive meaningful change in the landscape of philanthropy

The debate around a recent SSIR cover story misses the global perspective

The funder is investing $9 million to set an example for Canada’s philanthropic sector

A new column by Rachel Kimber on the journey to shape equity in grants management

Donors bring an investment mindset to development. That needs to change

The Dalan Fund has a new vision for locally-led grantmaking in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central and North Asia

Um fundo liderado pela comunidade tem um modelo baseado em confiança único para doações que pode ser um exemplo para o Rio Grande do Sul

We spoke with the founder of Baixada Institute about the need to hold honest conversations between donors and communities

A reação à filantropia baseada na confiança veio à tona. É hora de os líderes doadores de base comunitária responderem.

Canoes working together are better than boats with just one captain; so too with philanthropy

What I Learned from Reading 175 Participatory Grantmaking Resources

An interview about community philanthropy with the leaders of Rede Comuá

Canoas trabalhando juntas são melhores do que um barco com apenas um capitão; assim também é a filantropia

Three lessons from a human-based approach to development

A community-led fund has a unique, trust-based model for distributing grants can be an example for Rio Grande do Sul

Guter Rat is an experiment that merges participatory grantmaking and citizens assemblies

Justice Fund Toronto pushed a law that's forcing Canadian millionaires to give away more of their money

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

Forty grantees have been chosen through a unique participatory process

Paz Romero and Julia Chacur on the importance of sharing global grant opportunities

Backlash to trust-based philanthropy has come out into the open; it's time for grassroots grantmaking leaders to respond

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

We spoke with Amber Banks about DWP's participatory model and their work in the Global South

A new column for Proximate on community philanthropy and asset-based community development

Be prepared to bend your own rules – and be prepared for transformation

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

The Palestinian social entrepreneur hub was deplatformed – but has doubled down on its commitment to community investment

A guide on how to read this issue

Rawa Fund is holding donors accountable for cutting funds to the grassroots

Katy Love and Diana Samarasan on the launch of a new self-assessment tool

Arianne Shaffer reflects on learnings from the Indigenous Women's Flow Fund

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

Grapevine’s founder on how DAOs and giving circles intersect

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

Who funds the funders? Fenomenal Funds used PGM to resource women’s funds during the pandemic

A reflection on the growth of the 1,500-person participatory grantmaking community

Less than 20% of humanitarian aid to Ukraine goes directly to grassroots NGOs. A coalition of Ukrainian activists is trying to change that

Moving money to unfamiliar places is hard. That’s why philanthropy leaders are innovating by shifting power to the grassroots

Two years into her tenure, the head of Diverse City Fund is leaning into healing support for on-the-ground organizers

We read six reports about grassroots grantmaking, and pulled out the highlights

Participatory grantmaking is growing in the UK - how far along is it?

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

A movement is growing in Kenya to shift power to communities

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

A personal essay about the power of connection – and the possibility of growth