Grassroots Grantmaking Clusters:  Many Organzations Working in Concert

In some communities, the commitment to resident-voice and block-level civic engagement seems to be "in the water".  Grassroots Grantmakers recognizes those special communities as Grassroots Grantmaker Clusters.  Cluster memberships provide the opportunity for the many oganizations in a community that are working in concert to amplify resident voice and create space for active citizens to join the community change conversation to be recognized as Grassroots Grantmkakers and join our community.

What Does It Mean to Be a Cluster Community?
Recognizing Communities with a Deep Commitment to "We Begin with Residents:

Grassroots Grantmakers is recognizing communities where grassroots grantmaking is writ large.   more ...


Cluster Communities
Battle Creek: A Deep Commtment to "Yes We Can"

In 2000 the Kellogg Foundation started the neighborhood program Yes We Can in Battle Creek,  more ...


Indianapolis: Where Collaboration Comes Naturally

In the mid-to-late 1990s the Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of the Central Indiana Community  more ...


The Denver Foundation's Strengthening Neighborhoods: A Focus on Neighborhood Capacity-Building and Leadership Development

The Denver Foundation’s Strengthening Neighborhoods program was launched in 1998 after  more ...


The Cleveland Foundation's Neighbohood Connections: A Citywide Grants Program Guided by Citizen Volunteers

The Cleveland Foundation’s Neighborhood Connections program, launched in 2002, provides small  more ...