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Information on this page shows data from our last three full years of grantmaking.
(1st January 2021 - Present)All programmes
#ShiftThePower Summit
Conferences and Convenings
Covid-19
Giving for Change
Institutional Development
Research
Ukraine Response
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For learning forums in the lead up to the #ShiftThePower Global Summit, and travel expenses to the Summit.
Support for travel grants to #ShiftThePower Global Summit as part of broader process undertaken by Community Foundations Australia to foster equity, inclusion and local empowerment within the Australian and New Zealand community foundation field.
To build on pemaknaan approach to learning and measurement, as a way to understand the role of small grants in achieving social transformation goals
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Michael Vincent Mercado.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Jane Austria-Young.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Vica Larasati
Support for a new information platform, network construction and other programmatic work as the Platform reorients its approach to community philanthropy development.
To strengthen SPNKK’s capacities as a national network supporting Negrito communities with small grants and community asset development.
Testing an alternative measurement method, pemaknaa, with a specific emphasis on developing and testing its versatility and replicability.
Movement building around community philanthropy and #ShiftThePower in the Philippines.
Support for local voices and givers in the community philanthropy ecosystem.
Strengthening, connecting and energizing KaisaKa’s network of grassroots women actors.
Continue FIQ’s work with informal youth groups through its Young Ambassadors programme, and to develop a resource mobilization strategy for FIQ.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Nino Asatashvili.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Karolina Soliar
Support to local women’s initiatives and fostering a culture of local giving.
Small grants programme, and building local philanthropy and participation.
Ongoing response to humanitarian crisis and displacement from Nagorno Karabakh.
Support to a leadership development programme.
To launch the new podcast, Femsplaining, as part of a strategy for expanding FemFund’s local support base.
Emergency support to be used at Moloda Gromada’s discretion given the changing security situation in the Ukraine.
Flexible support for humanitarian response and institutional costs
To support Ukrainians arriving in Slovakia, and to address issues of inclusion and cohesion at the local level.
Staff and operational costs to support the foundation as it responds to needs of refugees arriving from the Ukraine.
Ukraine response, including small grants to civil society partners and institutional support.
Support for humanitarian response and institutional costs.
Small grants programme to support Hungarian community foundations’ response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis.
Grantmaking funds and support for staff and operational costs as the foundation responds to the situation in the Ukraine.
Support for Crisis Fund and institutional costs as the foundation responds to needs of refugees in Ferencváros.
Staff and operational costs as well as small grant funds, to support the foundation as it responds to needs of refugees arriving from the Ukraine.
Staff and operational costs as well as grantmaking funds to support the foundation as it responds to, and works with, refugees in Făgăraș.
Staff and operational costs as well as small grant funds, to support the foundation as it responds to needs of refugees arriving from the Ukraine.
Core and programmatic funds so that the Network can continue supporting local level responses to the conflict in the Ukraine.
Support to the foundation as it responds to the effects of war in the Ukraine, with a specific focus on internally displaced people and other vulnerable groups in the Dubno district.
Humanitarian response and longer-term efforts to support the inclusion of refugees from the Ukraine in Stara Zagora.
Building community cohesion in Lviv between internally displaced people and host communities.
Work with two communities to address current challenges in the context of the conflict in the Ukraine, encouraging citizen participation and engagement.
Support services (legal, advisory, psycho-social, occupational therapy) for adult and children IDPs from Eastern Ukraine.
Grants programme to address consequences of the war in Boyarka, with a specific focus on the needs of internally displaced people.
Inclusion of internally displaced people and support to other vulnerable groups in the Zhytomyr region.
Food security, job creation and strengthening social cohesion through community farming programme.
Psychosocial support for IDPs and strengthening social cohesion through breadmaking.
Renovations to dormitory to provide temporary housing for people displaced by war.
Renovations to a hostel in Voznesensk to provide temporary housing for people displaced by war.
Renovations to dormitory to provide temporary housing for people displaced by war.
Support for small grants focused on the long-term needs of refugees from Ukraine in Bulgaria, and BFW’s institutional costs.
Provision of financial assistance to families with children in the Kherson region.
Strengthening “unbreakable” points (mobile and fixed community infrastructure) in Vinnytsia.
Core and operational funds so that the Network can continue supporting local level responses to the war in Ukraine.
Small grant funds as well as staff and operational costs, to support the foundation as it responds to needs of refugees from Ukraine.
To support the psychological rehabilitation of community members and IDPs in Boyarka.
To support the institutional development of the foundation as it responds to the needs of those affected by war.
Provision of financial assistance to families with children in the Kherson region.
To engage with, help formalize and raise the visibility and capacities of grassroots groups
Psycho-social support for IDPs through bread making and a small grants programme aimed at strengthening social cohesion.
Social inclusion of IDPs in the Zhytomyr region.
Staff and operational costs as well as grantmaking funds, as the foundation supports local initiatives focused on the social inclusion of people from Ukraine.
To support the longer-term integration of IDPs in Voznesensk.
Emergency flood response in the Kherson region.
Scaling up of the Citizen Token System (CTS), strengthening national and regional networks of partners and showcasing community philanthropy in times of crisis.
Popularization of community fund model, and organization of integration activities for IDPs (with a focus on youth).
Small grants programme for institutions in Vinnytsia serving those most affected by war.
To restore critical services in Kherson.
To organize Meetings for Change, linking local actors and the international funding community active in Ukraine.
To support the mental health of children and adolescents in Boyarka.
Engagement with grassroots groups, helping them to formalize and building their visibility and capacities.
To build social cohesion in the Kramatorsk community.
To build community leadership and civic participation, with a specific focus on youth.
To expand educational and economic opportunities for women in Voznesensk.
Building local leadership and community philanthropy to address local issues and integrate IDPs and other vulnerable groups in Rivne.
Scaling up of the Community Resilience Foundation in Rudkivska.
Small grants programme for medical and educational institutions in Vinnytsia, with a focus on psychological relief.
Developing “Dialogue Lab: Linking communities around community philanthropy and #ShiftThePower in Colombia.”
Organization of a community event in preparation for the #ShiftThePower Global Summit, taking place in December 2023 in Bogotá.
For promoting and enabling participation of local groups to the #ShiftThePower Summit and promoting dialogue at the regional level in relation to the ideas of the movement.
Convening conversations around #ShiftThePower in Latin America in the lead up to the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá.
For catalyzing dialogue between stakeholders to reimagine global finance architecture in advance of the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá.
Start-up activities, including piloting local grantmaking to address needs emerging around COVID-19.
Rebuilding livelihoods in the Grand-Anse in the wake of COVID-19.
Strengthening ICom’s capacity to attract, cultivate and maintain local donors as co-investors and owners of their development.
Strengthening community philanthropy on the North Coast of São Paulo
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Laura Vanessa Flórez Torres.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Diane Pereira Sousa.
Leadership development, knowledge building and implementation of programme support to black women’s collectives.
Strengthening local actions that promote climate resilience in socially vulnerable communities; consolidating a new collaborative territorial circle; and, promoting community philanthropy in terms of socio-environmental protection.
Start-up support for the Aliança Territorial, a network of territorial funds.
To map and convene diverse actors, exploring grantmaking models and practices that advance racial justice and to support knowledge exchange in Brazil.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Facundo Ibarlucía
Grantmaking to local initiatives and institutional strengthening of Fondo Ñeque
To strengthen grassroots community philanthropy in Mexico.
To promote the culture of giving and social participation in Colonia through engagement with corporates, grantmaking, research into local priorities and giving, and adapting the Giving Circles methodology.
Building community participation in the Cauca River Basin.
Support to programmes focused on socio-economic development, and mitigating the effects of various crises.
To establish an “Outdoor Field School for Youth on Climate Justice and Ecological Restoration”, and to develop a communications/fundraising strategy.
Strengthening community philanthropy work through research, giving circles and outreach.
Support to programmes, grantmaking and mapping as Paisano builds community philanthropy amongst its constituents.
To localize, diversify, amplify and build the field of the #ShiftThePower movement in Latin America.
Support to internal and external processes as the foundation re-orients itself as a community philanthropy organization.
To carry out research documenting local resource mobilization strategies, which proposes a framework for measuring community contributions.
To carry out a national study on community philanthropy.
Consolidating and strengthening Arrecife as a learning community on community philanthropy.
Rebuilding livelihoods through the Home Factory initiative
To create a virtual story-telling platform that can be used to reach out to new audiences and donors.
Experimentation, learning, documentation and future planning as Rawa approaches the end of a three-year participatory grantmaking pilot.
To co-create the conditions, with community partners, for mutually sustained emergent cooperatives and community models that manifest and contribute to community transformation.
Support to the Gaza Fund.
Support to the Resonance Network to attend the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá.
National #ShiftThePower convening for grantmakers in Sri Lanka
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Nishchhal Kharal.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Soni Khanal.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Doel Jaikishen
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Snehlata Nath
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Era Shrestha
To advance work around peace building and gender justice with women and youths in the Nawalpur district.
Humanitarian relief and assistance in Manipur state.
Strengthening indigenous community foundations in Nilgiris biosphere reserve.
Next steps in research around INGOs’ non-project support, and support to the foundation’s leadership transition.
Supporting the development of women’s collectives.
To empower lesbian, bisexual, and queer women (LBQ) by providing them with a platform for self-expression and advocacy.
Support for cross-movement civil society collaboration.
Support for programmes, movement building and organizational capacity strengthening.
Exploration of “accompaniment” and power in the context of Indian community foundations’ support for community-based organizations.
To develop a framework that identifies, documents and values local contributions to emergency humanitarian responses.
Organizing webinars, learning activities, research and documenting practices under the "Disrupting Colonial Practices of Philanthropy in Africa" project, in advance of the 2023 #ShiftThePower Global Summit.
Networking opportunities at APN Assembly, including a welcome reception.
Travel support for two participants to attend the GFCF partner convening and APN Assembly in Entebbe.
Support to the 2024 APN Assembly.
To explore the feasibility of community philanthropy in the DRC and small grants to women’s groups
Operational and programme support – COVID-19
To assess the potential of community philanthropy as a driver for sustainable change
To document stories of giving in Tanzania during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community grantmaking, local philanthropy and seeding of a local community foundation.
Strengthening the demand-side for #ShiftThePower in Kenya.
To conduct a study exploring best practices for strengthening LGBTQI+ organizations and movements.
To build RODI’s institutional capacity around local resource mobilization, and to document success stories on local giving for rights based issues.
Support to programmes and governance through transition to community foundation.
Feasibility and resource mapping for new economic advocacy network for LGBTQI community in Africa.
To host a series of conversations on decolonizing aid, and better ways of being and doing.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Olabukunola (Buky) Williams.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Fredrick Ouko.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Madonna Ainembabazi Vicky.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Shelly Satuku.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Racheal Mwila.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Severus H-Owamparo.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Gloria Mugabekazi.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Yande Kalengo.
To stimulate community autonomy (philanthropy) by providing small grants, and strengthening Fundo Tindzila’s internal structures.
To advance work around community philanthropy and #ShiftThePower in Northern Ghana.
To test and learn from a small grants approach, aimed at fostering local participation and cultures of giving, and to develop and launch a study on how to quantify community contributions.
Strengthening community-driven #ShiftThePower conversations and community philanthropy in Kenya.
To strengthen citizen engagement and participation in Makueni County, amplifying the voices of marginalized groups (women, youth, persons with disabilities, etc.) in decision-making processes, and promoting a culture of citizen giving and philanthropy.
Local asset mobilization for human rights in Western Uganda, and documentation of local philanthropy models.
To support efforts in shifting the narrative surrounding the LGBTQ+ community from donor dependency to self-determination by showcasing stories of resilience and fostering trust-based relationships with donors.
Embedding local resource mobilization / community philanthropy within the Ethiopian Localization Lab.
Local asset mobilization for human rights and social justice issues in Western Uganda.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Ntombi Mcoyi
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, June Omune
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Adior Ibrahim Awok
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Hellen Kuria
To assess Ubunye’s approaches to building community leadership and community philanthropy.
The Syria-Türkiye Solidarity Fund, which will support locally-led interventions responding to the earthquake in Southern Türkiye and Northwest Syria.
To support community-based partners as they incorporate community philanthropy strategies in their work, and to use lessons learned from the process to inform wider development conversations.
Support the growth of community philanthropy in Zimbabwe through the newly formed network of community foundations.
Support to programme and operational costs.
To develop strategies that build community
power within feminist groups, social movements and grassroots organizers in West Africa.
#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Lena Bheeroo
Support to the RESPACE initiative: Reimagining Equitable Global Spaces and Infrastructures for Sustainable Peace.