A New Day for Listening: Funders Co-Learning From Nonprofits’ Community Feedback
This blog was originally published by Fund for Shared Insight When we created Listen4Good as a capacity-building initiative of Fund for Shared Insight in 2016, community feedback and listening were still emerging practices in the field. This made our work a bit of an experiment. Among the foundational questions we had were: Eight years in, as…
Strengthening Philanthropy through Community Voice: One Funder’s Approach
This blog was originally published by Asset Funders Network We are witnessing an important shift in the asset building space as funders work to center their impact in community voice. This practice resonates deeply with funders’ goal of empowering individuals and communities while working alongside and in partnership with them. At Charles Schwab Bank, we…
Centering Community Voice: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder
Image credits: Trellis for Tomorrow This blog was originally published by Philanthropy Network. Listen4Good (L4G) recently invited Trellis for Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation, an L4G participant and funder, respectively, to share their journey engaging in feedback programming and building their own muscles for community listening and engagement. The following two interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity. Nonprofit Experience:…
