Resources

This short video is about why participatory grantmaking is important in the context of UHAI’s work.

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 consice aritcle describes five benefits of participatory grantmaking.

This article tells the story of the Model City program.

Article about the resources (budget and staff skills) needed to implement participatory grantmaking.

This is detailed report on Camden Giving’s approach to participatory grantmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This interview-style article features tips from Janice Tud and Arlene Wilson-Grant for administering grants in a participatory grantmaking context.

Rose Longhurst discusses participation in philanthropy and her experience of radical approaches to grantmaking with Edge Fund (and others).

This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft.

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.