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Goals of your grassroots grantmaking work

• Not Specified


• Building social capital


• Creating connections with under-represented constituencies


• Developing grassroots leadership


• Developing resident-led organizations


• Economic development


• Social change


• Strengthening fragile neighborhoods

How is your grassroots grantmaking work staffed

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• A program officer includes this work as a piece of his/her overall portfolio


• A staff person whose main focus is grassroots grantmaking


• By an outside consultant


• Via a team that was assembled to satisfy the special needs of our bottom-up community building work


• Via an intern or temporary staff position

Length of involvement with grassroots grantmaking

• Not Specified


• Between two and five years


• Five to 10 years


• Hard to tell - we have worked in this area sporadically over a number of years


• One to two years


• Ten years or more


• We are just beginning to work in this area

Number of staff dedicated to grassroots grantmaking

• Not Specified


• 1:0 to 3:00 FTE


• Less the 1.0 FTE


• More than 3:00 FTE

Organizaiton's geographic focus

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• City


• County


• International


• Metro area


• Region


• State


• US or Canada

Organization's assets

• Not Specified


• $10 million or below


• $10 to $50 million


• $50 to $100 million


• Between $100 and $250 million


• Between $250 and $500 million


• Over $500 million

Type of organization

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• City government


• Community foundation


• Corporate grantmaker


• Family foundation


• Funding intermediary


• Other


• Private foundation


• United Way

Ways you are working to strengthen grassroots groups and leaders (check all that apply)

• Not Specified


• Advocacy on behalf of challenged communities


• Convening to address public policy issues


• Convening to promote peer to peer learning among grassroots groups and leaders


• Leadership training for emerging grassroots leaders


• Mini-grants or small grants for bottom-up projects


• Operating support grants for community based organizations


• Technical assistance for grassroots organizations

What type of groups do you fund

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• Block clubs


• Churches


• Coalitions of neighborhood associations


• Community organizing groups


• Neighborhood associations


• Non-profit service delivery organizations


• Resident-led associations that do not specifically identify themselves with a neighborhood

Who provides technical assistance or training

• Not Specified


• A nonprofit group or institute


• A team including staff and consultants


• Independent consultant(s)


• Provided entirely by staff

Your grassroots grantmaking program budget

• Not Specified


• $100,001-$200,000


• $200,001-$500,000


• $25,000-$50,000


• $50,001-$100,000


• $500,001 - $1 million


• No separate program budget


• Over $1 million


• Under $25,000

Your grassroots grantmaking program is now (check all that apply)

• Not Specified


• A permanent program or interest area of your organization


• A program that we began but that is now housed and operated by another entity


• A time-limited special initiative of your organization


• An integral part of your organization's overall community change strategy

Your Grassroots Grantmaking Program's Source of funding (check all that apply)

• Not Specified


• Annual fund-raising


• Discretionary funds


• Donor advised funds


• Field of interest funds


• Government funds


• Private foundation funds

Your grassroots grantmaking work is focused on

• Not Specified


• All neighborhoods in your organization's service area


• One neighborhood


• Rural communities


• Several neighborhoods

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