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Centering communities: Leaning into participatory grantmaking to increase equity 

Candid

Why we opted for participatory grantmaking Safety Net Grants uses participatory grantmaking—the practice of centering affected communities by giving them the power to decide which organizations to fund. Participatory grantmaking as part of trust-based philanthropy Participatory grantmaking is just the beginning.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. They are created with the biases and worldviews of those who developed them. A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way.

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Seven solutions for nonprofits to effectively collaborate with stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

Collaboration is a loaded word. Why should a nonprofit collaborate with their community or stakeholders? Where does a nonprofit begin the process of collaboration? How can an organization collaborate with stakeholders successfully? Collaborate through field work and participatory practice.

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Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

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Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking. Participatory grantmaking invites to decision-making tables people who have historically been excluded. Why Would a Grantmaker Choose a Participatory Grantmaking Approach? So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice? Those at the top decide.

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The community approach to problem solving

Candid

Participatory grantmaking [i] is no longer new. To be clear, participatory grantmaking has never been new. For years, a group of practitioners, advocates, and activists have been sharing and writing about the practice. They have created a community, which itself has been a labor of love. . And it’s here to stay. .

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

Candid took note of the barriers nonprofits faced, created resources, and stayed true to their intent of reducing the nonprofits’ burden of providing data to multiple stakeholders. They sought diverse perspectives in focus groups and made structural changes to address outdated language, power dynamics, and privacy concerns.

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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

But community and labor leaders, housing and other advocacy groups, and environmental justice organizations are fighting back. Four years later, EBASE and partners helped pass a ballot measure in Oakland to further increase the minimum wage for hospitality workers, protect hotel workers, and create a new department to enforce the laws.

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