Tools for Grantees

General How-to Information

Hamilton Community Foundation Neighborhood Meeting Minutes Template 2006

St. Paul Neighborhood Planning Process

Grantee Tools: Project Planning

Battle Creek Community Foundation – How to Increase the Success of Your Grant

Battle Creek Community Foundation – How to do a Successful Mini Grant

Hamilton Community Foundation – How to Identity a Good Project

Nashville United Way – Project Planning Process 2006

“Yes We Can” How to Guides

How to Start a Neighborhood Association

How to Get More People Involved

How to Organize a Neighborhood Cleanup

How to Work on Community Project with People of Diverse Backgrounds

How to Partner with Local Community Organizations

How to Start a Community Garden & Beautify Your Neighborhood

How to Work with the Media to Promote Your Neighborhood Project

How to Communicate About Your Neighborhood Group or Project

How to Create a Neighborhood Newsletter

How to Get Involved in Your Neighborhood School

How to Start a Neighborhood After-School Program

How to Hold a Neighborhood Job Fair

How to Create a Neighborhood Food-Buying Club

How to Start a Neighborhood Bartering Club

How to Create a Neighborhood Babysitting Cooperative

Tips for Good Meetings

Planning an Effective Meeting

Great Meetings!

News

On the Ground – Syracuse

August 7-9, 2012 Thinking Big About the Power of Relationships Join us this summer in Syracuse for our next On the Ground! We are delighted to be working in partnership with The Gifford Foundation for the next in our series of highly regarded learning gatherings for funders. This learning gathering will use The Gifford Foundation’s engaged grantmaking as a platform [...]

Building Capacity for Resident-Led Grantmaking

Resident-led grantmaking, with grantmaking committees composed of residents from the neighborhoods that are targeted for capacity building grants, is an emerging trend within the field of grassroots grantmaking. Currently, a number of organizations within Grassroots Grantmakers’ network of funding organizations utilize this practice. Other organizations in our network include neighborhood residents on their grantmaking committee [...]

Strengthening Leadership at the Grassroots

In the summer of 2011, Grassroots Grantmakers conducted a survey that asked the funders in Grassroots Grantmakers’ extended network to share information about how they are working to strengthen grassroots leadership. This survey was initiated in response to questions that one funder in Grassroots Grantmakers network was asking, but also responds to questions that have [...]

On the Ground Denver in Photos

May 5-6, 2011 In partnership with The Denver Foundation/Strengthening Neighborhoods. Click the PowerPoint icon below for a visual recap of our fabulous On the Ground experience in Denver. Thanks to Shannon Dixon, Grassroots Grantmakers’ Research Associate, for her wonderful photography that captured the spirit of the gathering. After OTG Denver report 6-3-2011.Final Share this:Share

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, [...]