Fair compensation is an important element of participatory processes. This is particularly true for LEAP. Many activists and social entrepreneurs do not have personal wealth or a stable income. They also don’t have the opportunity to get engaged with LEAP as part of their job at another organisation. In some cases, this is also true for the staff of small…

In the past two consultation calls, we received clear feedback about us not having completely figured out how we fit in the ecosystem of existing participatory grantmakers and how we would really add to the field instead of competing with some of them for already scarce resources.  While all of us had their reasons and ideas about what LEAP would…