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Community-led Grantmaking Means Handing Over Decision-making Power to Communities, says Molly de Aguiar

July 19, 2019

Molly de Aguiar, IPMF president, spoke with Generocity about the foundation's inaugural grants. The foundation allocated a total of $5.3 million to 11 organizations, several of the grants provided multi-year general operating support, and the others were project-specific.

Read the full conversation on Generocity.

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