Grantmaking Practices Study Report
November 15, 2024
This study was born from Snow-Redfern Foundation’s (SRF) curiosity about practices to engage more collaboratively with community-based organizations and the youth they serve. After learning more about the Participatory Philanthropy and Participatory Grantmaking (PGM), SRF committed to transforming how it serves Nebraska’s youth system of care.
Participatory Grantmaking is a structured funding process through which people with lived experience make decisions about funding that impacts them. It shifts power from funding entities to those most affected and empowers grantees as community advocates. This requires a Participatory Design, which refers to the structured practices that center the participation of people with lived experience relevant to the issue and utilizes a participatory decision-making process.