Involve · Youth-led funding

Shifting the Field: Philanthropy's role in strengthening child- and youth-led community rooted groups

Marcela Rueda Gomez (IWORDS Global), for Elevate Children Funders Group · 2021 · Evidence review

Exploratory research for a network of funders on how philanthropy supports groups led by children and young people in their own communities, based on a literature review, 50 interviews, three focus groups and surveys of 21 funders and 67 groups, with three youth co-researchers. Finds these groups are mostly self-funded and that grants to them are small, short-term and restricted. Recommends rebalancing power, flexible funding and participatory grant-making.

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Youth-led funding

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PDF

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Open access

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wordpress.foundationcenter.org