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Crowd-sourcing for the Citizen Sector

January 12, 2014Under the Hoodcivic engagement, crowdfunding, de toqueville, grassroots grantmakers, informal groups, janis foster richardson, neighbors, putnam, shannon dixonErin Barnes

Thanks very much to Shannon Dixon and Janis Foster Richardson for this thoughtful piece about the transformation of civic life in communities across the U.S.

They write, “As asserted by Robert Putnam in his much discussed work Bowling Alone and in subsequent writings, Americans are less socially and politically engaged now than 30 years ago. However, are these new forms of connection shifting that trend? For funders that prioritize civic engagement, this topic has relevance. Often this work is being done by informal groups of citizens. Sometimes this work needs an infusion of cash, and funders can certainly provide that ingredient. Members of the Grassroots Grantmakers’ network have experience funding informal groups (non 501c3) and our white paper details how (forthcoming to www.grassrootsgrantmakers.org).” There’s a lot to learn from this interesting report on the landscape; click here to read it.

 

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Oh, and Grassroots Grantmakers, we’re looking forward to that white paper on funding informal groups.

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