changemaking
Driving systemic reform
Changemaking refers to the process of giving back coins when a payment exceeds the purchase price, or to the deliberate work of creating positive social change.
In its financial sense, it's the everyday task of calculating and returning the correct combination of coins and bills.
The social sense has gained currency in nonprofit and educational contexts, where a changemaker is someone who identifies problems and works systematically to solve them.
The foundation supports young changemakers addressing climate issues.
Pleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- movementChange in position
- organizingSystematically putting in order
mobilization · protest · demonstration · rally · petition · boycott · lobbying · solidarity
Adopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- amendmentChange to official text
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
governance · accountability · oversight · lobbying · transparency · watchdog · testimony · rulemaking
Final results achieved
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- replicabilityAbility to duplicate results
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
metrics · evaluation · assessment · indicators · upstream · downstream
Forceful interruption of process
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupNew business enterprise
- ideationForming mental concepts
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
incubator · accelerator · scaling · replication · co-creation · hackathon · breakthrough · pioneering
Distributing charitable funds
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- donationsGifts to organizations
donor · benefactor · patronage · microfinance · crowdfunding · aid · relief · humanitarian
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- movementChange in position
organizing · mobilization · protest · demonstration · rally · petition · boycott · lobbying · solidarity · coalition
policy
Adopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- amendmentChange to official text
regulation · governance · accountability · oversight · lobbying · transparency · watchdog · testimony · rulemaking · decriminalization
outcomes
Final results achieved
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- replicabilityAbility to duplicate results
beneficiaries · metrics · evaluation · assessment · indicators · upstream · downstream
disruption
Forceful interruption of process
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupNew business enterprise
- ideationForming mental concepts
prototype · incubator · accelerator · scaling · replication · co-creation · hackathon · breakthrough · pioneering · experimentation
grantmaking
Distributing charitable funds
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
donations · donor · benefactor · patronage · microfinance · crowdfunding · aid · relief · humanitarian · trust
changemakinginaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · complacency · apathy · acquiescence · doing nothing
changemakingconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
preservation · traditionalism · entrenchment · reactionism · preservationism
change, making, changes, changed, changing, changeable, unchanged, changer, exchange