Five Tips to Help Other Funders Understand Organizing
- Host briefings for funders; arrange tours so others can see organizing in action
- Bring funders and organizers together to discuss local issues and get to know each other
- Work with grantees to articulate outcomes that will resonate with other funders
- Join funder collaboratives and other shared efforts to grow the field
- Support participatory action research, power and asset mapping, and grassroots discussion of community needs; share the results with others
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This takeaway was derived from Funding Community Organizing.