Practices in Participatory Grantmaking
Channel: GAATW IS
Date: 2023-06-22

In the first session of Practices in Participatory Grantmaking, we speak to Carmen Dupont from FundAction and Mina Jaf who is the founder of Women Refugee Route and presently, Community Coordinator at Hibiscus in UK. They are both part of the FundAction, an activist-led participatory and feminist fund in Europe. It is a network of 250 activists in 30 countries doing grassroots activism, supporting deep system change and developing alternative solutions. The participants in the webinar shared their questions about participatory grantmaking and processes that the two speakers. The webinar was moderated by Srishty from GAATW.

00:06 Carmen and Mina talk about their journey at FundAction
16: 50 Carmen and Mina explain the structure of FundAction, interaction with their donors and decision-making about the funds
26: 47 Is there funding available for the unforeseen or urgent fund and how does it work?
30:06 How did you pursue funders to become members of FundAction?
36:43 How does FundAction decide its priorities and area of funding? How are activists influence this process?
43: 160 How does FundAction extend support organisations that are unable to register themselves like undocumented migrants or refugees but are raising voices for their rights?
45: 58 How does FundAction ensure diversity ad inclusivity within the grantmaking committee?
52: 31 What does the funding calendar look like and do you consider organisational development as an area of funding?
57: 25 What is the future of grantmaking and can the bigger (traditional) funders and state-sourced fund be swayed to become participatory grant makers?