Aug. 12th 2020
9:00 - 10:30am PST
How do you make the invisible, visible?
How do funders, find, fund and support high impact, regenerative projects?
How might we make philanthropy more regenerative by making it more participatory?
To create a regenerative future, we must shift the power dynamics between those who have money and those who have the potential, know-how, and culture that can realign the world with nature’s intelligence.
Participatory philanthropy has a crucial role to play.
Moving beyond merely financially supporting work, philanthropy can shift power and financial control into the hands of the communities doing some of the planet’s most critical tasks.
Who we are inspired by:
In his book Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva demonstrates that the future of philanthropy will be participatory, inviting and empowering beneficiaries of foundation grants to the decision-making table. He invites the philanthropic movement to share case studies, learn more about experiments in participatory philanthropy.
The Justice Funders Spectrum from Extractive to Regenerative Philanthropy also encourages decision making to be shared and even led by those who understand the local context the best and have been impacted by the extractive economy.
Core Inquires We Will Explore:
How do we find the unsung heroes and enter in true cooperation to meet our shared purposes of a world that works for 100% of life?
How might we decolonize philanthropy?
How can we disrupt the power dynamics that often exist between funder and project so that we can uplift the people doing the work?
So how do we create true partnerships between funders and projects? Even before that, how do we source these initiatives and build the right networks?
Three participatory philanthropy approaches we’ll learn about during this session:
Flow Funding: The mission of The Flow Fund Circle is to increase trust, generosity of spirit, empowerment, and compassion in the world by increasing the flow of money through the hands of new philanthropists who freely carry resources to places where their hearts move them to go.
No Regrets Initiative: We value curiosity, a willingness to learn, and comfort with constant change in our investing. We invest in the people who are most responsible for our relationship to land – farmers, ranchers and practitioners who are often under-resourced.
Thriving Resilient Communities: Our collaborative funding process is a philanthropic innovation and a primary focus. Our decision-making TRC Council has a majority of community-based resilience leaders (including grantees) along with funder representatives. How we decide together is as important as what we decide together.