PRACTICAL RESOURCE: South Meets North in Power Shift: A Participatory Grantmaking (PGM) Model

Fol­low­ing an exten­sive pro­to­typ­ing process by RINGO Lab mem­bers, Nor­saac and Trans­form Trade have pro­duced a new prac­ti­cal resource for those inter­est­ed in adopt­ing a more par­tic­i­pa­to­ry way of work­ing. The doc­u­ment enti­tled South Meets North in Pow­er Shift: A Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Grant­mak­ing (PGM) Mod­el explores the con­cept of par­tic­i­pa­to­ry grant­mak­ing and dis­cuss­es how local, nation­al and inter­na­tion­al organ­i­sa­tions can use this mod­el to shift deci­sion-mak­ing pow­er of grant­mak­ing to com­mu­ni­ties they are seek­ing to impact. This doc­u­ment high­lights the key prin­ci­ples, stake­hold­ers and strengths of par­tic­i­pa­to­ry grant­mak­ing, and pro­vides guid­ance on its imple­men­ta­tion by pre­sent­ing case stud­ies and propos­ing solu­tions to some of the chal­lenges asso­ci­at­ed with adopt­ing this approach.

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The prac­ti­cal resource was launched at the RINGO Com­mu­ni­ty Gath­er­ing on 28th Sep­tem­ber, 2023. We were joined by RINGO Lab mem­bers Char­lotte Tim­son (Trans­form Trade) and Mohammed Awal Alhas­san (Nor­saac) along with spe­cial guest Diana Sama­rasan (Dis­abil­i­ty Rights and Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Phil­an­thropy expert) to share their insights on par­tic­i­pa­to­ry grant­mak­ing and phil­an­thropy.

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Pho­to cred­it: Trans­form Trade/Nashon Otieno