What distinguishes you from the more traditional foundations? How does the Funding Exchange facilitate “a national movement for economic justice”?
One of our most distinguishing features is our commitment to community control of grant-making To ensure grassroots participation, the national office established three activist-advised funds: the OUT Fund for Lesbian and Gay Liberation, the Saguaro Fund, and the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media. Each has a small grant-making board made up of activists who review relevant proposals once a year and propose where the grant monies should be allocated.
