Grantmaking

Matching Grants have become an increasingly common model for states, local governments, foundations and nonprofits to disburse funding to the organizations they are looking to support. These types of grants are conditional awards that require an organization to raise a specified amount of the grant. …

Funding ‘public good’ in complexity: four interrelated propositions Since 2020, we (Dark Matter Labs) have worked together with Lankelly Chase, The Democratic Society, Black Thrive andYork MCN Network on #BeyondtheRules, exploring how we organise and govern when seeking to create public value within the realities of a deeply interconnected, complex world. When no one actor can know the…

‘Well, we could have called that one.’ That was my first reaction last month when news outlets reported a leaked draft of the US Supreme Court opinion that overturns federally protected abortion rights for women in the United States. Without ambiguity, the opinion argued that Roe vs. Wade and Planned…

On Wednesday, May 25, the grants management team at the Kataly Foundation hosted a webinar to discuss the complex power dynamics in the grants administration process, how to build trust into systems, and how funders can ensure that infrastructure serves, rather than challenges, movement groups. We were honored to be…

Patronicity is excited to announce a major milestone. Our platform has generated $50 million in project funding. Thanks to our program partners and nearly 147,000 of you, dedicated patrons, our crowdfunding platform and crowdgranting programs have generated over $50 million to support changemakers building vibrant communities.

By: Danielle Royston-Lopez and Ray Holgado Trust is a word we hear a lot in philanthropy right now, particularly with progressive funders. Oftentimes, the conversation about trust-based philanthropy is seen as the purview of program staff at foundations. …

The GRIT Program Helps Nonprofits Scale Their Vision

Something I recently posted on the Effective Altruism forum. Epistemic status: Moderately strongly held based on anecdotal data, but I could easily imagine learning about broader patterns and withdrawing this claim. TL;DR: Grantmaking, in my view, is best viewed as a set of skills or a stage in a career…