Positive Money mission drift statistics and information

This package includes information gathered during research into Positive Money, conducted between 2019 and 2024. Information includes i) statistics on funding received by Positive Money between 2010 and 2023, including grant amounts, donation amounts, and topics or activity areas funded - categorised as 'climate' or 'other'. Please note that 'other' also includes projects which contain elements of focus on climate change. This information points to a decline in grassroots donations and a significant increase in service-dependent grants, with a growing majority of these grants funding projects which focus primarily on climate issues. ii) an inexhaustive list of recorded policy proposals advocated by Positive Money between 2012 and 2023. This information points to the expansion of Positive Money's scope and its drift from monetary reform. ii) statistics on the number of Positive Money supporters and grassroots local groups between 2009 and 2023. This information points to a decline in support for Positive Money in line with its drift away from monetary reform. iv) the results of supporter surveys conducted by Positive Money, and published on its website, in 2017, 2019, and 2022. This information points to a lack of endorsement from Positive Money supporters for its drift away from monetary reform. v) the anonymised list of interviewees who participated in this research project. Overally, this information is used to understand the mission drift, mission displacement, and mission creep of Positive Money, a formerly a money creation reform campaign, which adopted a new mission for social justice and green finance after 2016.