by Carolyn Ashworth | Aug 26, 2013 | News
Permission To Dream: Taking the First Steps Towards Social Change Foundations often identify themselves as “grant-makers.” But by being grant-makers, we are also “grant-rejectors.” We love to focus on who and what we fund, often forgetting about all the groups and...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jul 29, 2013 | News
Thank you Soul Secret Service for this plug about our work! Thank you everybody at The Pollination Project for being so good and helping spread Compassion and just plain ol good vibes throughout the world. You Rock!
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jul 29, 2013 | Archive
Imagine driving down a busy street in a bad mood and seeing a lighthearted happy flash mob holding signs that say, “It’s going to be okay.” The Happiness Sprinkling Project, one of our most recent grantees, has taken place pop-up style in 20 cities...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jul 25, 2013 | Archive
This Spring, we funded Shodo Spring, a Zen monk, and a team of people walking from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Nebraska (the route of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline/Great Plains section). The Compassionate Earth Walk is in its 16th day and Shodo is...
by Carolyn Ashworth | Jun 20, 2013 | News
“Pollination philanthropy focuses on seeding nascent social change projects and passionate and creative leadership. By dividing a large chunk of money into targeted micro-grants, more good work gets funded, and thus has a chance to grow and ultimately blossom in...
