Community Stories
Read about how reviewer feedback from our participatory decision-making process comes full circle and impacts the work of Grow grantees.
The following is a reflection from Kwaku Asare, who has participated as a Community Grant Reader, Grow Grantmaking Committee member, and Seed Committee member.
Learn about the first step of our participatory decision-making process through the reflections of Spring 2026's Community Grant Readers.
We are thrilled to share the list of the 127 grantees for our Spring 2026 Grow round. A record $446,558 will be distributed across the region after a robust community review process.
We are proud to announce the publishing of our new Strategic Plan. Grounding our work in equity, Environmental Justice, and community-led change while allowing space for reflection and tinkering.
Boston Climate Cohort participants, Asian American Resource Center (AARW), speak about their experience in the shared gifting cohort and how it has supported their leadership and deepened their impact
During the Fall 2025 Grow round, the Grassroots Fund awarded $328,800 to 97 grantee groups. The grant award process happens in partnership with community reviewers...
Discover how Haus of Glitter, a recent Grow grantee, is building a liberated future through Queer, BIPOC-led art, wellness, and community care during PRIDE SZN in Providence.
During the Spring 2025 Grow round, the Grassroots Fund awarded $446,600 to 130 grantee groups. The grant award process happens in partnership with community reviewers...
Roots 2Empower uplifts justice-impacted communities through climate dialogue, food justice, and leadership—like one teen who became an advocate after sharing her family's story.
Learn more about our Spring 2024 Grow grantees and how community reviewers are reflecting on Equity in Participation.
As we are continuously learning we made some changes to the Spring 2024 Grow Grant Reader system. Here are the results!
Faye (They/She) joined the Grassroots Fund team as the new Co-Director in January. They have written an introduction letter to the community. Please join us in welcoming Faye!
Deep dive with us into the data for our Fall 2023 Grow round and see how well this grant program is living out our Guiding Practice of Shifting Power.
Mary joined the Grassroots Fund in July 2023 as the Program Manager for the Grow Grants Program. We asked Mary three questions to get to know her a bit more.
A list of Spring 2023 Grow Grantees
A list of Grassroots Fund Fall 2022 Grow grantees.
A Grassroots Fund conversation with organizers of the Milagros Project of Rhode Island who are doing emergent, on-the-ground mutual aid work in solidarity with the community they live and love.
Part of the work of the Grassroots Fund includes better understanding the impacts of grant rounds through the collection of demographic information.
We know that communities resist injustice and create lasting change when they are able to access the necessary resources So the idea of Resourcing Community Work should be simple, right?
A list of Grassroots Fund Spring 2022 Grow and Young Leaders grantees
For the Moose Mountain Seed Savers of Milton, N.H. their Grassroots Fund Seed Grant couldn’t have come at a better time.
A list of the Grassroots Fund Fall 2021 Grow and Young Leaders grantees.
The Grassroots Fund is both a funder and a learning community that is centered around Environmental Justice.
The Guiding Practices - Shifting Power in Decision Making, Rooted Innovation, Equity in Participation, and Centering a Just Transition - serve as the grounding the Grassroots Fund's work.
The young people leading DOT-I believe that building the power of people in their community and strengthening the local economy and environment requires ending the cycle of displacement.
