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Deep On-Site Learning for Funders Who Begin with Residents
 Grassroots Grantmakers' "on the ground" learning gatherings are designed to begin where standard conference workshops end and go deeper.
Intentionally small to facilitate networking and peer exchange, "on the ground" gatherings use the work of a field-leading place-based funder as a platform for learning on a particular theme. Balancing time devoted to understanding the host organization's context, strategy and learning journey with exploring "going deeper" questions that relate to participant's "back-home" work - matching time out in the community with time for discussion and reflection - "on the grounds" are important professional development, skill-building, and team-building vehicles for place-based philanthropy.
Registrations are limited to 50 participants to maximize opportunities for peer to peer connections and to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to contribute. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
"On the Grounds" are designed for funders so registration will be limited to staff, trustees, and grantmaking committee members of funding organizations or people who are sponsored by a funding organization. We consider this more of a guideline than a policy - and will be generous in making special exceptions for people associated with organizations whose work supports and informs the practice of grassroots grantmaking.
We typically host one or two "on the ground" gatherings a year - one in the the spring or early summer, one in the fall - and are intentional about rotating locations from east coast to midwest to west coast so that this learning resource is easily available to funders across out network. Click here for information about the next "on the ground".
Materials from past "on the grounds" are posted to facilitate on-going learning and to give prospective participants the opportunity to get asses the value-added of attending. Check out materials from "on the grounds" in Chicago, San Diego, and Ohio's Mahoning Valley by clicking these links.
Contact Janis Foster Richardson for anything else you need to know. You can reach Janis via email or phone (361-798-1808).
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