Posts Tagged ‘Community-led Grantmaking’
Centering Indigenous Perspectives: How Headwaters reminded me that solidarity benefits everyone
As we celebrate 40 years of Headwaters, we have been offering reflections on the ways we and others can challenge the movement of money. For this third installment, it seemed…
Read MoreJoin the 2024-2025 Giving Project!
Dear Headwaters community, 2024 will be a big year for us. After a break for evaluation and incorporating new ideas, we are set to relaunch Headwaters’ Giving Project (GP) program…
Read MoreThis is what Native philanthropy looks like: Meet the Fund of the Sacred Circle Grantmakers and Grantees
Today we are celebrating our newest Fund of the Sacred Circle (FSC) grantees and the Native community grantmakers who selected them. The grantmakers chose 19 Minnesota-based organizations to receive multi-year…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2021 Giving Project Grant Recipients and Giving Project Program Cohort Participants
The ongoing pandemic might have limited the 2021 Giving Project Program cohort from meeting in person, but it did not prevent them from setting fundraising and grantmaking records at Headwaters. The group of 16 volunteers made it possible…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Transformation Fund Grant Recipients and Community Grantmakers
June 15, 2021 Through our Transformation Fund, and with leadership from a group of community volunteer grantmakers, Headwaters Foundation for Justice (HFJ) is deeply investing in 22 organizations or coalitions that are led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, and people of…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2020 Giving Project Grant Recipients and Cohort Participants
June 30, 2020Headwaters Foundation for Justice (HFJ) gave 14 Minnesota-based grassroots organizations Giving Project grants. A 19-member Giving Project Program volunteer cohort made the general operating investments possible. The cohort…
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