Research & Publications from Grassroots Grantmakers

Grassroots Grantmakers strengthens and connects funders who strengthen and connect residents where they live. 

We do this by linking funders with the peers, information, tools and assistance that they need to build grassroots grantmaking programs that work and to position their next phase of work for success.  We also conduct research and sponsor learning activities that build our base of knowledge about effective grassroots grantmaking programs.

This page includes publications from research that we have conducted and information on our current research agenda.

From Grassroots Grantmakers
Sharing the Learning: The Living Room Meeting

The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation's First Step for Community Engagement
A Special Publication from Grassroots Grantmakers

Read what the team at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation has learned about using "living room meetings" to expand relationships they have with residents and provide more opportunity for more residents to shape and own the change they want to see in their community.

Check out this premiere edition of Grassroots Grantmakers new publication, "Sharing the Learning".


New Report from Grassroots Grantmakers: Building Resident Power & Capacity for Change

Read this collection of "on the ground" reflections from funders about what it takes to work effectively with low-income communities, prepared for Grassroots Grantmakers by The Diarist Project.


The Promise and Challenge of Neighborhood Democracy: Lessons from the Intersection of Government and Community

Check out the report this new report, written by Matt Leighninger for Grassroots Grantmakers, to explore what we are learning from local governments about the intersection between government and community.


A Legacy of Leadership and Support for Grassroots Grantmaking (Executive Summary)

Here is the executive summary of our report - A Legacy of Leadership and Support for Grassroots Grantmaking:  A Retrospective Assessment of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation's Community Foundations and Neighborhoods Small Grants Program.


A Legacy of Leadership and Support for Grassroots Grantmaking

abstract_10009638.jpg Read what we have learned about grassroots grantmaking programs that stand the test of time as a key ingredient in their organization's community change strategy.


From the Field
An Individual and Community Asset-Building Assessment of the Mahoning Valley

Here is the the Raymond John Wean Foundation's recent report - An Individual and Community Asset-Building Assessment of the Mahoning Valley.


GrantCraft's Guide to Funding Community Organizing

Download GrantCraft's guide, Funding Community Organizing.


Quick Links
New Report from Grassroots Grantmakers: Building Resident Power & Capacity for Change


The Promise and Challenge of Neighborhood Democracy: Lessons from the Intersection of Government and Community