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Daily Archives: June 7, 2021

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Boston’s Ujima Fund demonstrates the (investment) power of neighborhood democracy

UncategorizedBy Meg MasseyJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Impact Alpha: Boston residents from the working class neighborhoods of Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan have met in person to plan for the future of investment in their neighborhoods.

How Investors are Giving Up Control to Democratize Finance

UncategorizedBy Meg MasseyJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Impact Alpha: The idea of democratizing investment has a long intellectual history, but it is starting to enter mainstream financial discourse.

Outsiders get the bulk of venture capital in Africa. Peer-selection can change the game.

UncategorizedBy Meg MasseyJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Impact Alpha: Peer selection can help redirect investment in Africa towards African inventors and entrepreneurs.

Philanthropy and the Zen of Participation

UncategorizedBy lettinggobookadminJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Nonprofit Quarterly:  The issue of diversity (who is in the room) only addresses one part of the equation. The other part is accountability, or how the people in that room consult with those outside it.

“Letting Go.” A New Book Explores the Promise of Participatory Grantmaking

UncategorizedBy Meg MasseyJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Inside Philanthropy: Recent events have sparked renewed interest in methods of participatory grantmaking, which place funding decisions in the hands of community members. 

Doing More by Doing Less: A Call to Rethink Philanthropy

UncategorizedBy Meg MasseyJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Nonprofit Quarterly: What if we shifted decision-making power away from supposedly expert grantmakers and investors? 

This book is about power — who has it, and how it’s used.

UncategorizedBy lettinggobookadminJune 7, 2021Leave a comment

Medium: This is an excerpt from the Introduction of  Letting Go: How Philanthropists and Impact Investors Can Do More Good By Giving Up Control. 

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