Trust in Action: The Bridge Between Grantmakers and the Grassroots
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Trust in Action: The Bridge Between Grantmakers and the Grassroots

This guide highlights the challenges faced by community-based organizations and their priorities for change in philanthropy and global development. It examines how funders can strengthen trust, flexibility, and partnership in funding to nourish community-led change.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy Explained (for Giving Circles)
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Explained (for Giving Circles)

This guide provides a comprehensive breakdown of trust-based philanthropy as it applies specifically to giving circles. Included in the guide, you can find a list of frequently asked questions, outlines of concrete steps you can take, and a list of additional resources

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210 Goodbyes: Lessons From Ending Grantee Relationships
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210 Goodbyes: Lessons From Ending Grantee Relationships

This resource from the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation provides guidance and practical steps for how to navigate the ending of a grantmaking relationship in a way that maintains your grantee partner’s needs in mind.

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6-Part Series: Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy

6-Part Series: Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy

In this six-part webinar series, the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and featured speakers address common questions, clarify misconceptions, and explore ways to overcome obstacles in implementing trust-based philanthropy. 

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Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy for Community Foundations
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Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy for Community Foundations

This two-part series, a partnership between the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Philanthropy Northwest, and the Iowa Council of Foundations, is designed for community foundations that are actively working to embrace trust-based philanthropy. This series explores how trust-based philanthropy plays out in the unique context of community foundations working at the intersection of grantmaking, fund development, donor relations, and community leadership

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Trustee Perspectives on Trust-Based Philanthropy
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Trustee Perspectives on Trust-Based Philanthropy

Since 2010, bi3, the philanthropic initiative of Bethesda, Inc., has invested $50 million to transform and enhance health in Greater Cincinnati.  In the following videos, Bethesda Inc. Trustees Dr. Robert Collins, Ellen Katz, and Jill Miller, share about the impact of trust-based philanthropy and the role boards play in supporting their organizations on their trust-based journey.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy vs. Conventional Grantmaking
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Trust-Based Philanthropy vs. Conventional Grantmaking

While two institutions may share the same mission, how they carry it out can vary widely. Trust-based philanthropy flips the script on conventional philanthropy by promoting a culture of sharing power, centering relationships, and fostering mutual accountability. While the two approaches are not always diametrically opposed, this overview highlights some key areas of distinction wherein trust-based philanthropy reimagines conventional norms.

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Planet & Partnership: Funding Climate Solutions via Equitable Partnerships
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Planet & Partnership: Funding Climate Solutions via Equitable Partnerships

For corporate philanthropy to be more equitable and impactful, we need to examine and reimagine the way we do our work to better center the experiences of leaders who are on the frontlines of the issues we seek to address. As businesses and funders, we can accelerate climate solutions that advance equity while at the same time shifting power dynamics within traditional philanthropy, and building authentic and mutually accountable relationships with frontline and local communities. How do we build these relationships?

In this webinar, the team at The Trust Based Philanthropy Project will share a framework for more equitable and effective grantmaking partnerships as we hear from community partners and B Corp funders who are operationalizing trust-based practices.

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Participatory Grantmaking and Trust-Based Philanthropy

Participatory Grantmaking and Trust-Based Philanthropy

This webinar explores what it takes to build trust within a participatory framework, and how to bolster the strengths of trust-based philanthropy and participatory grantmaking—while also mitigating their tensions and challenges.

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