Jul
13

Participatory Grantmaking & Impact on Community Movement Building

Times
July 13 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm BST FREE
Location
Online

Participatory Grantmaking & Impact on Community Movement Building – sharing out research from Ford-funded grants

In 2019, the Ford Foundation funded one of the first efforts to collect quantitative and qualitative data about participatory practices – including grantmaking – in philanthropy. Nine research projects, specifically, were supported (see here for an overview) to help better understand the value, challenges, and outcomes of participatory philanthropy and, ultimately, strengthen the infrastructure and evidence base behind it.

This session will look at how three organizations evaluated their use of participatory processes and decisions, specifically, whether and to what extent these contributed to strengthening the community organizing and movement building efforts of each organization, as well as their respective issues (LGBTQ+, racial, disability, and environmental justice).

Speakers:

Elizabeth Dale, Seattle University & Katie Carter, Pride Foundation

Melanie Kawano-Chiu, Disability Rights Fund

Bart Westdijk, New England Grassroots Environment Fund

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