This research examines everyday people as grassroots philanthropic leaders in development aid in Africa. The article balances two objectives. First is to provide a counter narrative to the broad frames that traditionally drive research on nonprofit organizations and development aid, which have tended to center more on the professionalized nongovernmental organization and traditional North–South aid models. Second, I situate grassroots philanthropic leaders within the broader landscape of people engaging in development aid. I use life‐history narratives of leaders to illuminate the diminishing barriers to being a philanthropist, capture motivating and relational dimensions in grassroots philanthropic leadership, as well as provide evidence of African philanthropy and further engagement of diaspora through small voluntary organizations. The findings espouse the everyday, relational practices of grassroots philanthropic leaders in development aid but do not entirely divorce these leaders and their initiatives from the overarching goals of development.

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超越专业化的非政府组织：非洲基层慈善领袖的生活史叙事

这项研究考察了每天作为非洲发展援助基层慈善领袖的人们。本文平衡了两个目标。首先是提供与传统上推动对非营利组织和发展援助进行研究的广泛框架相反的叙述，这些框架倾向于将重点更多地放在专业化的非政府组织和传统的南北援助模型上。第二，我将基层慈善领袖置于更广泛的参与发展援助的人们的视野中。我使用领导者的生活史叙事来阐明成为慈善家的障碍不断减少，抓住基层慈善领导者的动机和关系层面，并提供非洲慈善事业的证据以及通过小型自愿组织进一步散居侨民。