CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF TRUST-BASED PHILANTHROPY:
Nurturing a partnering dynamic and supporting CBOs through a foundation of trust, capacity building, and local leadership. This approach also expands the contribution of funders to include partnering with NGOs to support initiatives focusing beyond relief. Funders facilitate access to unrestricted, flexible, long-term funding to avoid uncertainty and stress on a yearly basis. At a larger level, this also means that CBOs get exposure to mainstream fundraising sources and strategic partners. Finally, funders must help liberate grassroots NGOs from the maze of paperwork, constant reporting, and proof gathering allowing them to focus wholeheartedly on action and real solutions.
Nurturing a partnering dynamic and supporting CBOs through a foundation of trust, capacity building, and local leadership. This approach also expands the contribution of funders to include partnering with NGOs to support initiatives focusing beyond relief. Funders facilitate access to unrestricted, flexible, long-term funding to avoid uncertainty and stress on a yearly basis. At a larger level, this also means that CBOs get exposure to mainstream fundraising sources and strategic partners. Finally, funders must help liberate grassroots NGOs from the maze of paperwork, constant reporting, and proof gathering allowing them to focus wholeheartedly on action and real solutions.
HARNESSING THE POWER OF PROXIMATE LEADERSHIP WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS:
Leaders who arise from the communities they serve, have the experience, relationships and knowledge that are essential for inclusive impact. Additionally, proximate leaders often see the complex, multiple root causes behind the issues they are addressing. As a result, their interventions are often more systemic in nature, addressing the conditions. It’s time that funders wholeheartedly trust and back proximate leaders at NGOs who understand the needs of their communities and the potential for change
Leaders who arise from the communities they serve, have the experience, relationships and knowledge that are essential for inclusive impact. Additionally, proximate leaders often see the complex, multiple root causes behind the issues they are addressing. As a result, their interventions are often more systemic in nature, addressing the conditions. It’s time that funders wholeheartedly trust and back proximate leaders at NGOs who understand the needs of their communities and the potential for change
