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ARTICLE | “I felt the power, I felt the fire”: Empowering Newcomers to the Peel Region Through Participatory Grantmaking

Written by Future of Good | May 19, 2022 8:04:04 PM

Many funders are interested in moving away from the traditional grantmaking models — which have been criticized as rigid, opaque and disconnected from lived experience.

Community organizations say there is value in building a flexible system — one that can change and transform based on what a community needs at any given moment. Learn more about the participatory grantmaking pilot project facilitated by the Tamarack Institute in partnership with the WES Mariam Assefa Fund to build more equitable economies for immigrants and refugees in the Peel Region.

View the original article written by Neha Chollangi from Future of Good.

 

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