Consulting Services
Working at the intersection of philanthropy and community governance
Participatory Grantmaking
I work to design and root participatory practices into all aspects of grantmaking in order to transfer power to the communities receiving funding, creating collaboration and community in the process. I have worked with funders of all kinds: individuals, foundations, non-profits, intermediaries, collectives, and collaborative groups. I have specific expertise in the closed collective model of participatory grantmaking. I've been a practitioner of participatory grantmaking for over 12 years and have designed and led over 20 participatory grantmaking processes across many issue areas.
Definition: Participatory grantmaking cedes decision-making power about funding decisions - including the strategy and criteria behind those decisions - to the communities that funders and foundations aim to serve.
Integrated Capital
I am passionate about liberating charitable money to provide flexible, catalytic, and non-extractive capital to entrepreneurs creating a regenerative economy. I work with donors, foundations and non-profits to amend investment policies to allow for higher impact investments, and to evaluate investment opportunities to determine a structure that best serves the funding recipient.
Definition: Integrated capital is the coordinate use of different forms of financial capital and non-financial resources to support an enterprise that's working to solve complex social and environmental problems.
Expertise
Participatory Grantmaking - designing and supporting participatory grantmaking processes
Community-led funds - governance, operations and best practices
Donor Advised Funds - operations, investments, and embedding trust-based and restorative practices
International grantmaking and charitable carve-outs
Philanthropic investment policy
Trust-based philanthropy
Community decision making processes
Integrated capital - deploying flexible, non-extractive capital that centers community wealth and power
Cultivating communities of practice
Services Offered
Advisory Services on retainer or hourly basis
Research and Resource Development
Convening and Community Cultivation
Community Engagement
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Regenerative Economy Restorative Economy Liberating capital Shared Gifting Grant making Community-led decision making co-creative design