A Spotlight on Grassroots Grantmaking Programs 

Effective grassroots grantmaking programs are highly context-specific - tailor made to the particular community that it serves.   Peruse the following grassroots grantmaking program profiles to learn how various funders are using grassroots grantmaking to strengthen civic engagement at the block level in their own communities. 

Grassroots Grantmaking Programs
NeighborhoodsNow's Healthy Neighborhood Initiative

NeighborhoodsNow is only in its second year of making grants as a nonprofit, but it is not new to  more ...


The Dade Community Foundation: Integration of Smaller and Larger Grants within an Overall Community-Building Approach

The Dade Community Foundation’s current community grantmaking program is the outgrowth a  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 Winston-Salem Foundation: An Incubator for Neighborhood Supports

Participation in the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation's Community Foundations and Neighborhoods Small  more ...


East Tennessee Foundation: Leveraging Connections and City Government Partnerships

The East Tennessee Foundation’s Neighborhood Small Grants Program consists of two components,  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 ...