What’s so “risky” about funding at the grassroots level?
Sharing an excerpt from the introduction of the book, Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
Sharing an excerpt from the introduction of the book, Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
(Or, introducing myself as the newest member of IDEX’s team!)
What if the talents of 19 public relations and corporate communications Masters students were directed at helping grassroots organizations getting better at selling themselves?
The Building a Fire tool provides grassroots groups an alternative to most organizational capacity assessment tools that primarily focus on the formality of institutional systems.
Grassroots civil society activists from Palestine discuss their experiences with international aid in this Special Mention Award Winner of the Social Impact Media Awards.
By making the argument that local leaders have something we (organizations) need from them (information), we don’t yet overcome the centrality and the hierarchy with which aid organizations portray themselves in the global development equation.
Nobody believed that writing a book together could happen, but forty community leaders produced 27 stories about their work in development and empowerment in just 4 hours. Independent consultant Lucia Nass shares her story from Myanmar.
In celebration of International Women’s Day! Grassroots organizations, as powerful actors that are finding and reaching marginalized girls and unlocking their potential, are reaching a demographic of extremely vulnerable and hard-to-reach girls through homegrown, targeted, and context-specific strategies.
When compared to each layer of bureaucracy taking its cut in larger organizations before funds ever reach the ground, donors can make more direct investments in girls via grassroots organizations.
Grassroots organizations, as powerful actors that are finding and reaching marginalized girls and unlocking their potential, are reaching a demographic of extremely vulnerable and hard-to-reach girls through homegrown, targeted, and context-specific strategies.
There is a growing number of small NGOs and foundations specializing in offering direct funding to grassroots leaders. And 20+ of them have come together to write a book!
Sharing a list of small NGOs and foundations specializing in direct funding to grassroots leaders, locally-led organizations, and small, often “informal” movements.
“‘Steve’ continued his diatribe. I felt my blood pressure rising. And my heart sinking.” A guest post by Rajasvini Bhansali.