Grassroots Grantmakers

The Denver Foundation’s Strengthening Neighborhoods Mar 06, 2013 A Focus on Neighborhood Capacity-Building and Leadership Development The Denver Foundation’s Strengthening Neighborhoods program was launched in 1998 after several [...]

Incourage Community Foundation Feb 15, 2013 From its beginnings in 1994, the Incourage Community Foundation has had a history of responding to the changing needs of [...]

Vancouver Foundation Nov 17, 2012 The Vancouver Foundation‘s grassroots grantmaking work grows from their interest in projects that are designed to enhance the capacity of [...]

The Cleveland Foundation’s Neighborhood Connections Sep 10, 2012 A Citywide Grants Program Guided by Citizen Volunteers The Cleveland Foundation’s Neighborhood Connections program, launched in 2002, provides small grants [...]

Health Foundation of South Florida Aug 24, 2012 The mission of Health Foundation of South Florida is to improve the health status of people in Broward, Miami-Dade and [...]

The California Endowment Aug 22, 2012 The California Endowment is a private, statewide health foundation that was created in 1996 as a result of Blue Cross [...]

The Gifford Foundation Jun 18, 2012 As an independent private foundation with a visionary board, the Gifford Foundation is uniquely positioned as an innovating presence in [...]

New England Grassroots Environmental Fund Mar 22, 2012 Instead of relying on transactions (grant dollars in exchange for information and completed projects) the New England Grassroots Environment Fund [...]

Peter Kiewit Foundation Mar 14, 2012 The Peter Kiewit Foundation in Omaha, NE, conducts grassroots grantmaking primarily through its Neighborhood Grants program, an initiative of the [...]

The Seattle Foundation Feb 17, 2012 The Seattle Foundation began its Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) Small Grants Program in 1991 through a grant from the C.S. [...]

Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Feb 16, 2012 The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is a federally funded, independent state agency that serves as a leading catalyst [...]

Hamilton Community Foundation Jan 11, 2012 Located in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada, the Hamilton Community Foundation began their original grassroots grantmaking program in 2002. The program [...]

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In partnership with the Zilber Family Foundation and the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative, we are pleased to offer the next in our series of highly regarded learning gatherings for funders and others who are connecting with and resourcing the groups that everyday people form for mutual aid and collective action. Here is the place for more information about On the Ground Milwaukee and reserve your place so you can be with us September 9-12, 2013.

Webinar Info

Grassroots Grantmakers Through the Lens of Health: Webinar Materials

Webinar Recording: We are dismayed that there was a technical problem with the recording for this webinar that we have [...]

Changing Demographics/New Possibilities: Webinar Recording & Resources

Presented on January 23, 2013 Moderator: Janis Foster Richardson Presenters: Manuel Pastor Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the [...]

A Primer on Fiscal Sponsorship: Webinar Recording & Resources

Webinar recording A Primer on Fiscal Sponsorship: A Tool for Funding Outside of the 501(c)(3) Box Presented December 19, 2012 [...]

Podcasts

Sheena Solomon on Syracuse’s What If Mini-Grant Program

Listen to Janis’s chat with The Gifford Foundation’s Sheena Solomon about the What If Mini-Grant Program that she designed to [...]

Building Communities Where All Really Means All

Janis is talking with Eric Jacobson, Executive Director of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, about work that is changing [...]

Slow Democracy: What It Is and Why It Matters

In this Grassroots Perspectives podcast, Janis is talking with Susan Clark, co-author of Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making [...]