Participatory Grantmaking: Ceding Decision-making Power to Local Communities in Peel

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  • Myriam Bérubé Tamarack Institute

Keywords:

participatory grantmaking, trust based philanthropy, place based social innovation, community innovation, social innovation, immigrants, refugees, immigrant, community engagement, co-design

Abstract

Philanthropic foundations are increasingly being challenged to make their funding more equitable, transparent, and accessible. Decision-making power in philanthropy has traditionally been concentrated in the hands of wealthy individuals or private foundations, while communities have had a limited say in the decisions that ultimately affect their lives. This article explores participatory grantmaking as a place-based social innovation approach that shifts decision-making power to the very communities impacted by the funding decisions. This article draws from the Tamarack Institute’s insights and learnings from an innovative Participatory Grantmaking Pilot project that focused on building equitable economies for immigrants and refugees in the Peel Region (Ontario, Canada) in partnership with the WES Mariam Assefa Fund.

Author Biography

Myriam Bérubé, Tamarack Institute

Myriam Berube is the Consulting Director for Quebec at the Tamarack Institute. She's passionate about community innovation and development and brings her understanding of the diversity of experiences made in Quebec into Tamarack's five interconnected areas of practices (collective impact, community engagement, collaborative leadership, community innovation and evaluating impact) leading to community change. She believes that we can accelerate our effectiveness by learning from one another, thus increasing our social impact and even inspiring others beyond our borders. 
 
Prior to joining Tamarack, she was the lead on the Collective Impact Project (CIP), Montréal's neighbourhood-based strategy to reduce poverty, an initiative operated by Centraide of Greater Montreal and supported by a major philanthropic, public and community collaboration. This experience gives Myriam practical knowledge of what it takes to navigate complex partnerships and engage with different types of stakeholders in city-wide change. 

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Published

2023-03-22

How to Cite

Bérubé, M. (2023). Participatory Grantmaking: Ceding Decision-making Power to Local Communities in Peel . Social Innovations Journal, 17. Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/5589

Issue

Vol. 17 (2023): Community Innovation: A Place-Based Approach to Social Innovation

Section

Applying Social and Community Innovation in Place

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