Tackling Common Misconceptions about Trust-Based Philanthropy

“The need that emerged in creating the space for trust-based philanthropy is that there's a values-to-practice gap that exists in our sector . . . Oftentimes when you dig beneath the surface, the practices that we deploy don't really match with those same values. And somehow over the course of the last several decades, philanthropy has reinforced this very heavy compliance-oriented culture where funders are set up as the omnipotent experts and nonprofits have to kind of fit themselves into boxes to appease the funders.”

— Shaady Salehi

Trust-based philanthropy is becoming increasingly well-known among grantmakers—but do funders really understand how to incorporate the values and tenets of this movement in an effort to shift power? In this episode of Submittable’s Impact Audio podcast, Director of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project Shaady Salehi addresses why trust-based philanthropy is more than just a crisis response, how long-term relationships underpin the work, and what it means to provide genuine, meaningful support.

Read the transcript for this episode here.