SPARK MICROGRANTS
PO BOX 20435, NEW YORK, NY 100019998 www.sparkmicrogrants.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SPARK MICROGRANTS EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND DETERMINES THEIR OWN POSITIVE FUTURE.

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

SPARK HAS SO FAR WORKED WITH 320+ VILLAGES WHO HAVE USED THE SPARK PROCESS TO COLLECTIVELY LAUNCH MORE THAN 450 LOCAL IMPACT PROJECTS, BENEFITING OVER 250,000 LIVES. OUR TEAM OF 50+ PEOPLE IS SPREAD ACROSS FOUR COUNTRIES IN EAST AFRICA AND THE US, ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND PUTTING OUR COMMUNITIES' NEEDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OUR WORK. SPARK'S FACILITATED COLLECTIVE ACTION PROCESS (FCAP) CURATES VILLAGE 'TOWN-HALL' STYLE WEEKLY MEETINGS, IN WHICH VILLAGE MEMBERS COME TOGETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN VILLAGE PLANNING. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, EACH VILLAGE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTS AN INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, ESTABLISHES A VILLAGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AND DECIDES A PROJECT OF THEIR CHOICE, AND IMPLEMENTS THE PROJECT WITH AN $8,000 MICROGRANT, RESULTING IN STRONG, SELF-RELIANT COMMUNITIES WITH IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS AND SOCIAL COHESION. AFTER YEARS OF REFINING THIS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND SEED FUNDING MODEL FOR VILLAGE ACTION, WE ARE NOW TRAINING AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT OUR APPROACH FOR GLOBAL REPLICATION. IN 2019 SPARK EXPANDED ITS PROGRAMMING TO 102 NEW COMMUNITIES, AND CONTINUES TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTRY PARTNERS - NGOS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - TO IMPLEMENT THE FCAP.

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