Category: Training & Resources

Janis Foster Richardson is visiting with Kris Smith, Director of Leadership Development with The Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Janis and Kris

Janis Foster Richardson is talking with Jan Thrope, Cleveland area photo-journalist, philanthropist, and investor in grassroots possibilities – about the journey from pain to passion

In this podcast, Grassroots Grantmakers’ Rachel Oscar visits the Raymond John Wean Foundation in Warren, Ohio to meet with three people who are involved in various capacities with Neighborhood SUCCESS, Wean’s resident-led grantmaking program.

In this podcast, Lee Kay, a coach and consultant for Neighborhood Connections in Cleveland, Ohio shares her insights on grantmaking committee member training, member recruitment, conflict of interest policy, and the goals and spirit of Neighborhood Connections with Grassroots Grantmakers’ Rachel Oscar.

In this podcast, Joe Konen, a member of the Neighborhood Connections Grantmaking Committee in Cleveland, Ohio share his insights on what makes a thoughtful grantmaking with Grassroots Grantmakers’ Rachel Oscar.

In this podcast Grassroots Grantmakers’ Rachel Oscar visits with Sarah Gyorki, one of the flagship members of the Neighborhood Connections Grantmaking Committee in Cleveland, OH. to discuss the assembling, cultivation, and growth of that initial grantmaking committee and the Cleveland Foundation Program Officers’ initial meetings with the resident committee.

In this podcast Rachel Oscar of Grassroots Grantmakers sits down with Sharon Charters, Grants Manager at the Hamilton Community Foundation (in Ontario, Canada) and David Derbyshire, Community Development Worker with Wesley Urban Ministries to talk about the Hamilton Community Foundation’s multi-faceted neighborhood initiative that has had major success in strengthening the relationship between the community foundation and Hamilton’s residents.

In this podcast, Blaine Griffin, a flagship member of the Neighborhood Connections Grantmaking Committee in Cleveland, OH shares insights with Grassroots Grantmakers’ Rachel Oscar on what makes a good grantmaking committee member and how acting as a Grantmaking Committee Member has influenced his role with the City of Cleveland.