Learning so that we can do better
This is not going to be a short blog. The story is relatively simple: FundAction needed to renew its Facilitation Group, so we ran the… Read More
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Annual Assembly 2019. The challenges we face
We are celebrating the second edition of our in-person meeting, the Annual Assembly, in just a few days: 24-26 May in… Read More
Systemic Alternatives — on What they are and on Why they Matter
Activist-scholar Ashish Kothari, visited Helsinki 28.2–1.3 as a guest of the Development Days Conference 2019 of the Finnish Society for Development Research. Among other he… Read More
FemFund Overview for 2018
The Feminist Fund celebrates its first birthday and is sharing some of the achievements they have made. The Feminist Fund is the only organisation… Read More
The FundAction Facilitation Group (and a bit of its history)
How does a fund for participatory grant making with a community building process of activists working around systemic change structure itself and imagine its own… Read More
Support comes in many forms
FundAction has a few donors. (Too few! Anyone who wants to support European activists, get in touch!) One of these, the Guerrilla Foundation, recently gave… Read More
CLEANING UP (OUR) SHIT : FundAction’s first in-person Facilitation Group meeting
The facilitation group of the FundAction had an in person meeting on 23 October in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was hosted by one of the… Read More
A look back at FundAction Annual Assembly 2018
If looking at social activism from the peripheries, one is often led to wonder how the social initiatives become a reality from the inklings of… Read More
Renew Grantees
The results of the Renew grant are in. After receiving 41 proposals out of the 160 members of FundAction, the community reviewed by commenting and… Read More
What does ‘Systemic Change’ mean to FundAction?
FundAction is about to launch a new round of grants: ‘Renew’ grants, intended to support systemic change. But what is ‘Systemic Change’? It feels like… Read More