“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the...

Over the last ten years, The Pollination Project has funded 2,208 woman-led projects, and 848...

The Pollination Project is committed to a people-powered model of social change that is rooted in...

In the wake of the decision to overturn Roe V. Wade in the United States last week, I found myself...

Over the last six weeks, nearly 50 grassroots volunteer leaders gathered each Tuesday and Thursday...

This week, I am drawing inspiration from the Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai. In particular, his...

There are over 7 billion people on the planet, each born with a drive to connect. The explosion of...

“Let me drop everything and work on YOUR problem.”  I recently saw this written on a tin sign in a...

The scholar Juana Rodriguez defines activism as “an engagement with hauntings of history, a...

Growing up in a working class town to immigrant parents, I found myself in the same kinds of...

Our country has faced multiple crises in the past year as the world grapples with a global...

“Every year, we receive many more applications than we can fund. While we value your work, we...

As you will read in our “Changemaker of the Week” blog this week, many of us are thinking of our...

“A blade of grass is the journeywork of the stars.” -Walt Whitman What does the term “grassroots”...

Earlier this week, our friends at Service Space retold Gopal Dada’s story of “The Hole-y Bucket”...

The wisest thing I ever learned was to take advantage of every opportunity. By this I mean not the...

Last week, the comedian Dave Chapelle hosted Saturday Night Live. Addressing the deep division in...

We are now beginning to realize what you may have already known would be true: a political...

In a world of outcomes and data points we often measure success externally; How much money? How...

Today I learned a new phrase – “Totis Viribus,” which means “with all one’s might.” Living life...

Humility is a wise teacher. To be humble is to admit when we may not know everything, which is a...

How many times have you heard someone say “there are two sides to every story?” We are taught to...

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks...

My father had a friend, I call him my uncle but he is so much more than that. His name is Vijay...

It has been said that a person cannot step in the same river twice, for it is not the same river...

For much of history, giving happened directly. You saw a neighbor in need, and reached into your...

Recently, I was looking out over the horizon of the San Francisco bay. This is usually a view that...

When I was a monk, my days began with four hours of meditation. Today, my life looks very...

This week, Jim Rivett would have turned 62. Although I never met him, I continue to be inspired by...

Perhaps you have dreamed of a project that would make the world a better place, but worried you...

Supporting the microgrant model. We chose to invest in grassroots work and now we know that a small grant placed in the right hands can have tremendous impact.

The stories of our changemakers from across the globe are a core part of our theory of change. They inspire action and act as an antidote to apathy.

As grassroots service and individual action bloom in the world, we believe it is important that each changemaker cultivates a lush and verdant inner garden, too. This is why we advance the ideas of #heartivism, which is the intersection of heart and activism.