Tag: grassroots
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Flexible Funding Accelerates Community-Led Solutions
Engaging a Local Advisory Team to guide funding decisions supports promising community-led solutions that might be overlooked or excluded by more traditional grant practices. Winona Stevens had a difficult decision to make. A state contract offered funding to support the work of the organization she leads. But, the contract requirements undermined the cultural practices of > Continue Reading
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Spark Grants Light Up Communities
It all started with a conversation. Sandra Smith, a real estate agent from Buckley, says she was talking with her teenage daughter and a group of classmates about a lack of opportunity to contribute to community when the idea for Merry on Main was born. “They all said, ‘We would [get involved] if there > Continue Reading
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Spark Grants: Creative Solutions from Grassroots Leaders
While volunteering with elementary school students in Tacoma’s Eastside neighborhood, Chelsea McElroy saw a lot of girls fighting and getting into trouble at school. Wanting to help, she brought the girls together to work out their issues peacefully. The problem was, when she got all the girls in a room together, nobody wanted to > Continue Reading