By no means an exhaustive list but some examples of good practice and interesting articles which might be of interest​:

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• Alliance magazine’s March 2020 blog on coronavirus and funding social movements

• Shaady Salehi’s Trust Based Philanthropy Project’s blog on grant making principles to apply during a crisis.

• London Funder’s Covid-19 statement that lays out some grant making commitments to consider to ensure a strong civil society in times of crisis.

• Alliance magazine’s Feminist Philanthropy December 2019 issue.

• Vu Le’s Nonprofit AF blog site, that explores the frustrations of the nonprofit world from a grantee partner perspective

• Hannah Paterson in Alliance Magazine particularly looking at practical application of participatory grant making

• A variety of participatory models to explore: The Edge Fund, FundAction, International Trans Fund, Intersex Human Rights Fund, Sex Worker Giving Circle, Red Umbrella Fund, Peer2Peer Exchange Fund, WithAndForGirls, Frida and Rawa Fund.

• The Trust Based Philanthropy Project that conducts peer-to-peer learning and advocacy to make trust-based practices the norm in philanthropy.

• NPC’s series on Power in grant making

• ACF’s Stronger Foundation initiative, DEI report  and their most recent report on Impact and Learning.

• 2027 Talent Program that takes working class front line workers and prepares them for decision-making roles in grant-making organisations.

• Grant Craft’s comprehensive guide to participatory grant making.

• Bonnie Chiu’s Forbes article on girls in the driving seat of philanthropy.

• This Ford Foundation report explores participatory approaches and their potential use by foundations.

• John Rendel from Peter Cundhill Foundation Twitter thread here on why they have moved to unrestricted funding.

• Darren Murinas from Expert Citizens report on why people with lived experience should lead.

• Roxanne Nazir and Marina Apgar’s blog on activist philanthropy and participation.

• Institute for Developments participation in economic programing and participatory practice guides.

• Shona Curver’s article specifically on the use of lived experience within funding.

• Toby Lowe’s, Commissioning in Complexity research.

• I.G. Advisors podcast on What Donors Want.

• The Lafayette Practice report on how participatory grant-making benefits donors, communities and movements.

• Becoming a Living Wage Funder.

• London Funders’ Initiated Response on Covid-19

• National Emergencies Trust - Covid-19 Emergency Appeal

• And Derek Bardowell’s Just Cause Podcast Series with Fozia Irfan (but check out the whole series)

• Some great links shared by IVAR:

  • ‘Lived experience’ in grant-making practice

  • Piecing a story together – Learning and evaluation in trusts and foundations during Covid-19

  • Better reporting – background and during Covid-19

  • Civic and community action in times of crisis

  • Community accountability in community business

• Hannah Paterson's  Winson Churchill Fellow report: Grassroots Grant Making: Embedding Participatory Approaches in Funding was developed to try and provide some answers and insights into some of the common questions or challenges those who are wanting to use participatory grantmaking face. 

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