At Philanthrogeek, Laura Loescher:
Traditional philanthropy is often not reaching leading edge thinkers, activists and change-makers. Indie Philanthropy represents a positive disruption to this status quo—its practices are complementary to mainstream philanthropy, providing much-needed diversity, creativity and risk-taking to the broad field of philanthropy. Through crowdfunding, micro-granting, giving circles, flow funding, individual awards, community partnerships (among other Indie styles) Indie Philanthropy creates opportunities for diverse and innovative impacts by directing resources to people and projects that wouldn’t otherwise have access to philanthropic dollars. Some styles of Indie Philanthropy are also way more accessible to would-be donors – someone with $25 to give can participate as fully as someone with $25,000 to give.
Far out!
Posted by: dqkelley | January 22, 2014 at 10:51 PM