Grassroots Activism

A brief compendium of networked learning methods.

Taking Advocacy Campaigns Off Auto-pilot

A lack of creativity in campaign tech can stifle social change. Advocacy organizations need to take more chances with technology and think beyond existing tools to achieve greater impact.

Four Approaches to Nonprofit Sustainability

By Rachel Light & Ariel Zwang 2

Insights from nonprofits that have effectively adapted their work over time can help other organizations think creatively and develop a strong strategic plan.

Grantee Inclusion for Community Empowerment

By Lisa Ranghelli 3

Grantee inclusion can help correct the power imbalance not only between foundations and nonprofits, but also between marginalized communities and the broader power structures that perpetuate inequity.

Collaboration

A Movement Without Letters

By Samantha Harvey 3

How funders can listen better, step back, and walk alongside grassroots leadership.

Collaboration

Four Ways to Bridge the Grantee-Grantmaker Power Gap in Collective Impact

By Robert Albright 2

As grassroots and “grass-tops” groups come together to create collective impact, funders have the power to foster truly authentic engagement and co-ownership among all.

Advocacy

Advocating an End to the Death Penalty

By Annmarie Benedict & Eric Brown

The Atlantic Philanthropies and its network of partners are using advocacy and communications to end capital punishment in the United States once and for all.