Resources

This article tells the story of the Model City program.

This case story explores the approach of RSF Social Finance to implementing giving circles, where participants decide among themselves how to distribute funding among one another.

This report shares lessons learned from participatory funders around the world.

This brief report includes practical tips on implementing a shared gifting practice.

This detailed report describes the history of the Funding Exchange, which played a leading role as a participatory funder until it closed in 2012.

If we are doing Participatory Grantmaking by just inviting people to engage in the work that we do, in the way that we do it, without any wrap-around support we are always just setting them up for failure. The most exciting and rewarding part of my role is working with community members to help them make funding decisions.

This interview-style article addresses some of the most common questions participatory grantmakers are asked to address.

The phrase “Participatory Grantmaking” is not perfect. It’s both hard to say and difficult to spell. There are limitations, and there are numerous definitions and overlapping concepts. And yet, it […]

Brief article that describes how participatory grantmaking fits into Lankelly Chase’s Power Inquiry.

A video recording of the first in a series of webinars on participatory grantmaking, which addresses participatory grantmaking basics.