What We Mean by Funder Listening to Shift Power; How You Can Help Lift Up & Explore Listening
Fund for Shared Insight
A national funder collaborative improving philanthropy by centering the people and communities at the heart of our work
What Is Funder Listening to Shift Power?
For more than a decade, Fund for Shared Insight has been working to improve philanthropy by inspiring and supporting nonprofits and funders to listen and respond to those most affected by their decisions. Our long-term goal is that communities and people most impacted, but typically least consulted, by philanthropy and nonprofits are better off in ways they define for themselves.
To get there, we believe funder listening to shift power must become an expected standard in philanthropy. Please read a new viewpoint by Shared Insight's managing director Melinda Tuan to see what we mean by the terms listening, power, and listening to shift power — so that together we can learn, grow, and move towards a more just and equitable world.
Have you seen funder listening in action?
Share your stories to demonstrate what’s possible when grantmakers listen to the people and communities most impacted by their decisions.
With your help, we can lift up practices to inspire and support other funders on their listening journeys — and, with our learning partner ORS Impact, explore important issues around how foundations listen to shift power.