FundAction
FundAction is a new initiative of EDGE Funders Alliance members
What is FundAction?
Since October 2017-202022, FundAction was a fiscally-sponsored project at EDGE.
The aim is to distribute funding to support European activism via a participatory fund, using a pooled funding model.
The ambition is to offer three types of grants:
- Resist: Small quick response grants for groups who are directly affected by political events
- Rethink: Creating a pan-European activist network and community through funds for collaboration, exchange and capacity building
- Renew: Support for new initiatives and ideas that promote systemic change
Find more information here.
Normally philanthropic money sits in an institution where staff and board members decide where to spend it.
Participatory grantmaking seeks to involve those directly affected by the issues – the people that the money intends to help – in decision-making about where that money goes.
It can be a more effective way of reaching people and addressing issues of power.
To know more about the topic, visit the GrantCraft website.
FundAction was born out of conversations between four funders at the EDGE Funders Alliance European Retreat in 2016: Guerrilla Foundation, Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation, Open Society Foundation Initiative in Europe, and European Cultural Foundation.
These EDGE members, pooled their resources and handed over design to a group of activists in their network. FundAction was born!
FundAction continues to give out grants to grassroots activist groups from across Europe under another fiscal sponsor. For more information, see here: https://medium.com/@FundAction
Are you are active in European civil society?
Are you a foundation that wants to innovate your grantmaking?
Are you just curious about new ways of working?
Anyone interested in FundAction can email info@fundaction.eu
Visit the FundAction website to learn more!