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Grassroots Advocacy & Civic Engagement

01 Grassroots Advocacy & Civic Engagement · 36 edit slice
24
orgs
36
activities
18
strategies
the opening take
This slice touches 24 organizations and 36 activities — KESSES EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION, FOUNTAIN OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA, CITIZEN FOR COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABLE LEADESHIP (C.GOAL), KENYA NETWORK OF WOMEN WITH AIDS and others. The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Development", run by 16 orgs.
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
who's here

organizations in this field · 24

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

African Women Development Fund (AWDF) 1
Foundation
Bella Homes BnB 1
Corporate
Bella Vogue Experiences 1
Corporate
Christian Aid 1
Foundation
Concern Worldwide 1
Corporate
Department for International Development (DfiD) 1
Government
Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) 1
Foundation
Global Fund (Round 7 through CARE Kenya) 1
Foundation
Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) 1
Corporate
Pathfinder International 1
Foundation
Stephen Lewis Foundation 1
Foundation
Swedish Embassy 1
Foundation
USAID 1
Government
USAID (through multiple projects) 1
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Community-Led Development
7
11
1
2
Empowerment Through Participation
5
11
2
1
Integrated Development with Local Ownership
4
4
Citizen-Centered Co-Creation
1
2
1
3
Amplifying Lived Experience
1
2
1
Integrated Holistic Support
2
Integrated, Trauma-Informed Care
2
Collaborative Ecosystem Building
1
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

NGOs Partner
shared by 3 orgs
government agencies Partner
shared by 3 orgs
USAID Funder
shared by 2 orgs
#VenturePlus Partner
shared by 1 org
ACT-Changia Rasili Mali Facility Partner
shared by 1 org
APHIA 2 Nairobi Coast Partner
shared by 1 org
APHIA Plus Kamil Partner
shared by 1 org
African Women Development Fund (AWDF) Funder
shared by 1 org
Amref Health Africa Partner
shared by 1 org
Angolan President Joao Lourenco Partner
shared by 1 org
Aspire Institute Partner
shared by 1 org
Barclays Bank PlC Partner
shared by 1 org
Bella Homes BnB Partner
shared by 1 org
Bella Vogue Experiences Partner
shared by 1 org
BreaxTechnologies Limited Partner
shared by 1 org
BuildHer Partner
shared by 1 org