This workshop is part of the GEO Learning Conference. Conference registration is required to attend.

While philanthropy has long named the inherent power imbalance between foundations and nonprofits, more and more funders are now taking action to address it. COVID-19 catalyzed support for loosening grantmaking restrictions, with hundreds of funders pledging to reexamine their values and practices through a trust-based lens. As funders proactively seek ways to cede power and control toward a more equitable nonprofit-funder ecosystem, what does that mean for foundation evaluation practices? And how can we think more expansively about evaluation so that it helps us truly learn, grow, and make a difference in the issues we seek to address? Join in this conversation about how funders can, on the one hand, build trust by yielding power while also implementing evaluation practices that deepen learning and impact. This session will feature stories from funders seeking to strike this balance, offering evaluation tools and resources to new and experienced practitioners eager to learn from each other and better understand trust-based evaluation.

Speakers

• Shruti Jayaraman, Chief Investments Officer, Chicago Beyond

• Phil Li, President & CEO, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

• Shaady Salehi, Director, Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

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