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Aug 17, 2011 Comments Off by

Join us in celebrating our 20th anniversary by perusing our new website. I am sure that you will spot evidence of the growing reach of our network and the impressive resource base that has been generated by grassroots grantmaking practitioners over these two decades in the stories, tools and resources that you will find.

You can help us strengthen and connect the funders who strengthen and connect everyday people by investing in grassroots grantmaking in your community and in our network as a locus for learning about funding from a “we begin with residents” perspective. If you’re not a member of our network already, we invite you to explore this site, give us a call, check out my blog, sign up for our listserv and mailing list, stop in to visit with one of our webinars or “on the ground” gatherings, and join our family of contributing members. By making an investment our network equal to just one of the small grants you are making in your community, you can join the dozens of other funders who have established grassroots grantmaking as a key component of effective local philanthropy over the last twenty years and position grassroots grantmaking for more impact in the future.

If you are already a member, we hope that this new site offers an easier-to-navigate, resource-rich environment that is allows you to tap into the information that you need and to share your experience with others. Please help us make this site as energizing as possible by sharing your photos, stories, documents, tools, wisdom and experience. Together we are making the path to more effective local philanthropy and more vibrant and resilient communities with everyday people at the center.

Grassroots Grantmakers is a network of funders who:

Address local priorities—helping community members tackle the challenges they define as most important.

 

Opalanga Dance Company, DenverValue civic engagement—helping people practice and grow the habit of active citizenship.

 

Build community—helping individuals come together and improve the quality of life where they live.

Our mission:

To strengthen and connect the funders that strengthen and connect everyday people where they live.

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Rachel’s Reflections

Rachel’s Reflections: The Gray Zone

The tricky thing about grassroots grantmaking is that it operates in the nebulous gray space of the funding world.  Behind the foundation walls are dollars and cents that add up very neatly, accounts receivable records coming through humming fax machines, and proof of non-profit status reports in piles across cubicle desks.  On the streets ofClevelandCity’s [...]

Rachel’s Reflections: The Final Report Party

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of attending my first Neighborhood Connections Final Report Party.  What is a Final Report Party, you ask?  Well, at the close of a grantee’s project year they have the option to complete their final report in several different ways.  The first is to write a traditional, [...]