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title: Participatory Grant-Making Volunteer Application Form Template | Paperform
description: Recruit community volunteers for participatory grant-making programs with this equity-centered application form. Perfect for power-shifting philanthropy and grassroots funding decisions.
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### Transform Philanthropy Through Community-Led Decision Making

Traditional grant-making often concentrates power in the hands of a few decision-makers far removed from the communities they aim to serve. Participatory grant-making flips this model on its head, empowering community members to decide how resources are distributed based on lived experience and grassroots priorities.

This **Participatory Grant-Making Volunteer Application** template is designed for nonprofits, foundations, and community organizations committed to power-shifting philanthropy. Whether you're launching a participatory budgeting initiative, establishing a community advisory board, or building a grassroots funding collective, this form helps you recruit volunteers who will be at the center of resource redistribution decisions.

#### Built for Equity-Centered Organizations

This template recognizes that those closest to the problems are closest to the solutions. It asks thoughtful questions about community connection, lived experience, and equity values while remaining accessible and welcoming. The form includes:

 - Questions about community ties and grassroots involvement
 - Exploration of understanding around participatory democracy and resource equity
 - Availability and commitment level assessment
 - Space for applicants to share their vision for equitable resource distribution
 - Accessibility and support needs to ensure inclusive participation

#### Streamline Your Volunteer Recruitment with Paperform

Built on Paperform's flexible platform, this template can be customized to match your organization's brand and specific program needs. Use conditional logic to tailor follow-up questions based on experience level, connect responses to your CRM or volunteer management system, and set up automated confirmation emails that welcome applicants into your community-centered process.

For organizations managing complex volunteer workflows, **Stepper** (stepper.io) can automatically route applications through review processes, trigger background checks if needed, schedule orientation sessions, and keep your team coordinated across multiple volunteer cohorts—all without manual data entry.

This template is ideal for community foundations, mutual aid networks, grassroots funding collaboratives, social justice organizations, and any group committed to democratizing philanthropy and centering marginalized voices in grant-making decisions.
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