A Celebration of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Movement: What We've Learned and Where We're Going
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, in community with our network of ambassadors and advocates, gathered for a special virtual event celebrating our 5-year anniversary.
In this session, we reflected on highlights and lessons of our first five years, shared our thinking about our next chapter, and dreamed with you about the possibilities for a trust-based future.
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.
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
Series: The Fundamentals of Trust-Based Philanthropy
This two-part series dives into the six practices of trust-based philanthropy and the culture, structures, and leadership necessary for funders to bridge the values-to-practice gap and embody a trust-based approach.
An Era of Power Reckoning: Trust-Based Philanthropy and the Implications for Documentary Film Funding
How does trust-based philanthropy apply to film and arts funding? In this webinar, featuring the latest research on the state of film funding, three funders share how they are implementing trust-based practices and what they're learning along the way.
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.
Trust-Based Philanthropy & Racial Justice – Both/And
In this breakout conversation at Unity Summit 2021, Pia Infante of the Whitman Institute and Brenda Solorzano of Headwaters Foundation discuss the deep links between trust-based philanthropy and embodying values of equity and racial justice.
Redistributing Power Through Trust-Based Philanthropy
In this breakout session of the 2021 Global Philanthropy Forum, two trust-based funders describe the organizational structures and mindsets, rooted in trust, required to alleviate the power dynamic between funders and nonprofits.
Making the Case for Trust-Based Philanthropy: Part 1 & 2
This series addresses common misperceptions of trust-based philanthropy and offers examples and concrete first steps from other grantmakers in the field who have brought these ideas and approaches into their organizations.
Committing to Trust-Based Philanthropy
Presented in partnership with Forefront Illinois, this webinar features a conversation with three foundation leaders on how trust-based philanthropy shapes extends beyond grantmaking practices into organizational values, culture, and leadership.
Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy in 4D
This four-part series invites funders to consider a multi-dimensional approach to the trust-based journey, which trust-based values shape grantmaking practices, culture, Structure, and leadership.
Trust-Based Philanthropy + Corporate Social Responsibility
This candid conversation with John Brothers, President of the T. Rowe Price Foundation, illuminates the compatibility of trust-based philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Trust-Based Philanthropy Summer Learning Webinar Series
This three-part series examines the process of building trust and mutual accountability with grantee partners and invites funders to reflect on the internal work necessary to center equity and power-awareness.
Sharing Power to Advance Impact: The Promise of Trust-Based Philanthropy
Two foundation leaders who have embedded trust-based values and practices into their work share what they're doing, what they are learning, and what is possible when funders yield control in service of healthier nonprofits and communities.
Trust-Based Compliance: From Theory to Practice
A CFO, an attorney, a tax expert, and an auditor share how they have implemented legal and financial practices that are trust-forward and fully compliant.
3-Part Series: Practice, Values, & Culture
This webinar series explores the practices, values, and culture of what it means to be a trust-based funder.
Family Philanthropy Speaks: A Conversation with Carrie Avery
In this Family Philanthropy Speaks conversation, Carrie speaks with Nick Tedesco about Durfee’s trust-based practices, getting her start in her family’s effort, and the process of bringing on non-family directors.
Series: The Ethos of Being Trust-Based
This series is dedicated to exploring the fundamental values and dispositions central to a trust-based approach, spanning personal, interpersonal, organizational, and systemic levels of self-examination and skill-building.
Series: The Six Practices of Trust-Based Philanthropy
Over the course of seven sessions, this series unpacks the six practices of trust-based philanthropy, as well as how to make the case for the structural and cultural changes necessary to support them.
Legal Considerations for Trust-Based Philanthropy
Featuring Jean Tom from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, this webinar addresses questions around the legal implications of trust-based philanthropy and alleviates concerns about perceived legal risks.