This Week from Grassroots Grantmakers

Don't establish the
boundaries
first
the squares, triangles,
boxes
of preconceived
possibility,
and then
pour
life into them, trimming
off left-over edges,
ending potential.

- A. R. Ammons

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October 21-22, 2009

On the Ground with Grassroots Grantmakers in Ohio's Mahoning Valley: Building a Strategy for Change from the Ground Up

In Partnership with
The Raymond John Wean Foundation
Youngstown and Warren, Ohio

Click here for more information and a link to on-line registration.

What We Do On the Ground
Experience it!

Here's a taste of the "On the Ground with Grassroots Grantmakers" experience. Check out this slide show reflection of our Spring 2009 "on the ground' in San Diego at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.

Grantee Reports that Actually Mean Something
From our resource bank

Are you interested in some help thinking about how you can use reports to set the stage for learning? What about some indicators that reports are being taken seriously?

Check out this shorthand resource, derived from one of our most popular topical conference calls, featuring special guests Tom Dewar and David Scheie.

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Your Weekly Update from
Grassroots Grantmakers

June 10, 2009

Question of the Week

How do you recognize "spark"?

And what do you do to fan - not douse - the spark in the groups that you encounter as part of your grassroots grantmaking work?

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Big Thinking This Week
Spark!

This week Janis talked about "spark" - that "on fire" feeling that people get when they believe in something and in themselves, that extra something that brings people together and motivates them to act. Read what Janis has to say about "spark" and what funders do to fan the flame or put it out.

Love This New Resource!
Janis also commented on the Indiana Neighborhood Resource Center's "Organizing Workbook", last week's link of the week. See why she says she loves this new resource.