Join a TBP Peer Exchange

The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project hosts two listservs that offer opportunities to engage with peers:

  • The TBP Grantmakers’ Peer Exchange, a dedicated email group for funders and grantmakers to connect with peers and share ideas, questions, and challenges related to trust-based philanthropy.

  • The Trust-Based Consultants’ Listserv, a dedicated email group for consultants and advisors who are supporting donors and foundations in operationalizing trust-based philanthropy.

Please pick the option that is best suited for you and we will respond to your request within the next 1-2 weeks:

Community Agreements for Peer Exchange Participation

By participating in our listservs, you agree to follow the community agreements. We invite participants to show up fully as themselves, from sharing thorny problems, to celebrating wild successes, to offering specific tips and solutions. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. While each listserv is moderated, we ask that you help us in caring for the community, each other, and yourself by following the community agreements.

  • Uphold trust-based values. Practice humility, curiosity, power-consciousness, and openness with one another.

  • Practice self-reflection. In order to do this work well, we must practice a degree of self-reflection which recognizes that, although we are all working toward the same shared goals, we each bring our opinions and lived experiences to this work. Take time and space to reflect on your own role in this movement to prioritize trust, cede power, and build equity.

  • Be accountable to yourself, and to each other. We are operating within a larger society that upholds harmful beliefs that many of us are working to change. This is a space to actively work toward the systems and relationships we want to see in the world. If you have witnessed or experienced harassment of any kind, please reach out to community@trustbasedphilanthropy.org.  

  • Act with respect. We are here to listen to and learn from one another. As a community that values trust, we will all do our part to listen and honor each others’ experiences, and actively work to cause no hurt or harm in our relationships. 

  • Practice confidentiality: Information that is posted on the listserv may not be shared externally, unless the person posting it has given explicit permission. This allows participants to work through their challenges openly, without speaking for their organizations. 

If you experience or witness behavior that is not aligned with these agreements, please email community@trustbasedphilanthropy.org.