MacKenzie Scott’s latest round of grants gave unprecedented, unrestricted resources to regranters working with marginalized communities confronting climate change globally. “It’s seismic,” said one grantee.
Read MoreIn 2021, Mama Cash became the world’s largest fully participatory grantmaker. We check in with grants manager Coco Jervis about how the funder came to embrace a practice that disrupts entrenched power dynamics.
Read MoreThe Red Umbrella Fund launched in 2012 as an international participatory grantmaker led by sex workers. We chat with coordinator Paul-Gilbert Colletaz about the global fund’s evolution and its participatory approach.
Read MoreGirls and young women face amplified risks during crises like COVID-19, but funding for them is insufficient. A new grantmaking collaborative is stepping up to provide rapid, flexible funds to activist groups led by girls and young women globally.
Read MoreParticipatory grantmaking is gaining steam in the U.S. as an alternative to top-down funding strategies. But it’s also being explored overseas—including by an international funders collaborative looking to empower teenage girls to be leaders in civil society.
Read MoreWhile sex work or trafficking occasionally make headlines, sex workers and their rights have been largely ignored by the public and by philanthropy. But new funding movements, giving circles, and collaboratives are seeking to change that.
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