Listening in Practice

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Listen4Good The Foundation Review update

Listen4Good: New Learnings from Collaborative Community Listening in the Field

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Tool Spotlight: Learn How to Bring Impacted Community Members on Board

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Putting Community at the Center: Our Path to Shifting Power

‘Share Your Voice:’ GreenLight Fund Kansas City Looks to Community for Direction

The Foundation Review

Listening to Change: Leaning into the Messiness of Authentic Engagement

Headshots of 11 Listen to Community Ambassadors

Introducing the New Listen to Community Ambassadors

"Toward Meaningful, Valuable, Equitable Governance," a report/tool from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Building Boards for Community-Driven Philanthropy: A New Resource from GEO

Reimagining Governance: A Q&A with Dimple Abichandani

Reimagining Governance: A Q&A with Dimple Abichandani

Horizon Foundation and Howard County Maryland - The Roving Radish pop up veggie stand

‘The Relationship is the Intervention:’ A Funder Works Side by Side with Community

Philanthropy and Community Empowerment: A Talk with Hanh Le

Listening As Repair: A Conversation with Hanh Le

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Tool Spotlight: Discover the Participatory Philanthropy Toolkit

Funder Listening Action Menu Tools and Resources to Shift Power to Communities

Tool Spotlight: Explore the Funder Listening Action Menu

Funder Listening Assessment Tool

Tool Spotlight: Take the Funder Listening Assessment

Community Listening Sessions: A Guide for Funders

Tool Spotlight: See What it Takes to Run a Community Listening Session

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Welcome to Listen to Community — Let’s get to work!

June 17, 2026
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET

Listen to Community: A (Continuing) Conversation between Philanthropy & Nonprofits

June 23, 2026
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET

Listen to Community Events

A Deep Dive with Listen to Community: Shifting Power in the Boardroom

July 23, 2026
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET

Listen to Community wave graphic

Welcome to Listen to Community — Let’s get to work!

August 3, 2026
1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET

Ruth Mott Foundation provides update from its Foundation Review article

A Case Study Updated: Applying Community Engagement Lessons to Strategic Planning

The Foundation Review

What It Means for Funders to Listen to Community

Staff members at Grand Victoria Foundation pose in front of a mural at a foundation-hosted event called Black Abundance Convening

‘Who Are You Accountable To?’ The Questions that Changed Grand Victoria Foundation

The Foundation Review, The Power of Listening to Communities

Shifting a Complex System: Lessons from a Decade of Listening-Centered Philanthropy

Listen to Community: Community Conversations —Baltimore

A Candid Conversation Among Community Leaders: What Funders Need to Hear About Listening and Power

Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation

Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation

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