{"id":3696,"date":"2021-11-09T17:13:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redecomua.org.br\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2023-08-12T17:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:03:04","slug":"15-anos-fazendo-grantmaking-e-filantropia-comunitaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-wyy8bhlsif5v8gukfr0yhxue.studio.tikovolpe.com.br\/en\/15-anos-fazendo-grantmaking-e-filantropia-comunitaria\/","title":{"rendered":"15 years of Grantmaking and Community Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Cristina Orpheo \u2013 Executive Director of the Casa Socioambiental Fund<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n

We live on a connected planet. What happens in our communities, whether in the city, in the countryside or in the forest, can reflect on all territories and affect the lives of the beings that live here.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is everyone's right to actively participate in decision-making involving their territories. It is also everyone's right to seek ways to live well, in a way that respects the traditional way of life, as well as the surrounding ecosystems, always defending their rights. Most of the time, this is not that simple, but it is the path to building a just and peaceful society. This is democracy! A strengthened, attentive and participatory civil society is a sign of a consolidated democracy. We live in Brazil in a young democracy and, therefore, vulnerable in several aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In January 2005, the Casa Socioambiental Fund was born, with the clear objective of strengthening democratic processes and promoting socio-environmental justice through financing projects and strengthening the capabilities of community-based groups. We cannot talk about social justice without talking about the democratization of access to philanthropic resources. Building means so that resources can be accessed by collectives, movements, networks or small associations, following current legislation and seeking standards of good financial management practices is the challenge and commitment assumed by Fundo Casa. Enable philanthropy resources to reach the most distant actors, those invisible, or at least inaccessible to the eyes of traditional philanthropy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 2019, Fundo Casa, with 1,706 supported initiatives and R$ 25,243,860.32 (US$ 9,021,755.12), hired evaluation specialist Graciela Hopstein to carry out a broad evaluation in its Programmatic Project Support area, and thus , better understand the results obtained throughout this long history.<\/span><\/p>\n

The evaluation resulted in an in-depth x-ray of:<\/span><\/p>\n