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INDIE PHILANTHROPY: STORIES FROM THE FIELD OF REIMAGINED FUNDING EPIP Webinar March 30, 2016 EPIP Host: Biz Ghormley Presenters: Arianne Shaffer, Sadaf Cameron, Alissa Hauser
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Speakers Arianne Shaffer, Indie Philanthropy Initiative Sadaf Cameron, The Kindle Project Alissa Hauser, The Pollination Project
Indie Philanthropy: Stories from the Field of Reimagined Funding
EPIP Webinar March 30, 2016 EPIP Host: Biz Ghormley Presenters: Arianne Shaffer, Indie Philanthropy Initiative Alissa Hauser, The Pollination Project Sadaf Cameron, Kindle Project
Webinar Outline
• What is Indie Philanthropy? • Why is it Important? • Mapping the Landscape • Examples of Indie Philanthropy in action
with Alissa Hauser speaking to Flow Funding and Sadaf Cameron speaking about Funding Start-Ups
• Q & A
Indie Philanthropy is…
adding diversity and creativity to the field
moving capital creatively for solutions
a creative and positive disruption to the status quo
a common name for a range of alternatives
What defines Indie Philanthropy?
WHAT gets funded
WHO makes decisions
HOW funding is done
• Innovative and experimental • Takes risks • Welcomes “failure” • Deeply collaborative • Committed to inner work • Directs funding to root causes, not just symptoms • Leverages all resources
Qualities of an Indie Philanthropist
Local and global challenges – need bold solutions
Why is Indie Philanthropy important?
Traditional philanthropy often falls short – mobilizing only a fraction of world’s creative talent
Need to break open funding space, giving power and voice to wider array of change-makers
Equalizing power
Indie Philanthropy often includes: • Radical change and uncertainty
• Innovation and risk
• Long-range view
• Holistic approach recognizing interplay of multiple organizations and strategies
Traditional philanthropy often requires: • A high degree of certainty
• A low degree of risk
• Short-term measurables
• Rigorous metrics to “prove” very specific things
Community-Based Decision-Making Flow Funding Funding Individuals
Funding Start-Ups Giving Circles Micro Granting
Partnerships Spending Down Indie Investing
Indie Philanthropy Methods
Let’s hear from you!
Alissa Hauser Executive Director
The Pollination Project
Flow Funding
When a funder entrusts money to an individuals or organization to distribute.
• Creates meaning with small amounts of money
• It is proactive vs. reactive
• Builds trust, relationship & community
• Reduces paperwork & administration
• Democratizes giving
Benefits of Flow Funding
• Sometimes flow funders make grants you wouldn’t have.
• Accountability is two steps removed.
• Requires you know the right people to become flow funders.
• Letting go of control is hard.
Pitfalls Flow Funding
• Pilot & Experimentation – start small!
• Identify creative conditions
• Give via those you trust most
• Gather stories
Getting Started with Flow Funding
“If I could wave a magic wand I would ask that all people on this earth will one day see themselves as philanthropists. If we can have more trust and keep the money flowing and spreading out, then it will find its way to where it is needed.” – Marion Weber
Sadaf Cameron Director
Kindle Project
Funding Start-Ups
Seeds dreams, emergent ideas and new projects and organizations
Dynasty Handbag
Center for Post-Natural History
Skateistan
Dirty Wars
• Redefine risk as opportunity.
• Ask grantees to define what success looks like for them.
• Allow space for work to change and grow.
• Openness and flexibility around metrics and impact.
Getting Started with Funding Start-Ups
How to get involved?
Visit us indiephilanthropy.org
Share your resources with us and we’ll post them
Get in touch with us with ideas and suggestions!
@IndieFunder Facebook.com/IndiePhilanthropyIni:a:ve
www.epip.org www.indiephilanthropy.org
www.kindleproject.org www.thepollinationproject.org
Arianne Shaffer: