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Horizon Foundation and Howard County Maryland - The Roving Radish pop up veggie stand
  • Stories, Videos

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

  • Kerry Darragh, Nikki Highsmith Vernick
  • Horizon Foundation
Philanthropy and Community Empowerment: A Talk with Hanh Le
  • Podcasts, Stories

Listening As Repair: A Conversation with Hanh Le

  • Listen to Community
  • iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility
Ruth Mott Foundation provides update from its Foundation Review article
  • Stories

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

  • Elizabeth Jordan
  • Ruth Mott Foundation
  • Stories

What It Means for Funders to Listen to Community

  • Gita Gulati-Partee, Rick Moyers, Melinda Tuan
  • Fund for Shared Insight
Staff members at Grand Victoria Foundation pose in front of a mural at a foundation-hosted event called Black Abundance Convening
  • Stories

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

  • Listen to Community
  • Grand Victoria Foundation
The Foundation Review, The Power of Listening to Communities
  • Stories

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

  • Julia Coffman
  • The Foundation Review
Listen to Community: Community Conversations —Baltimore
  • Stories, Videos

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

  • Listen to Community
  • Video: Five Baltimore Grassroots Leaders
Creating a ‘Movement-Led Family Foundation’: A Conversation with the Kolibri Foundation
  • Podcasts, Stories

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

  • Listen to Community
  • Kolibri Foundation
People and bicyclists in a parade holding up a banner that says "Essential"
  • Stories

A Family Foundation’s Transformation from ‘Foundation-Centric’ to ‘Community-Centric’

  • Fund for Shared Insight
  • William Penn Foundation
preschool children sit on a gum mat in a classroom with confetti flying down
  • Stories

Strengthening Rural Communities Through Listening

  • Fund for Shared Insight
  • The Ford Family Foundation
The Foundation Review Spotlights Growing Momentum for Funders Listening to Communities
  • Stories

The Foundation Review Spotlights Growing Momentum for Funders Listening to Communities

  • Rick Moyers
  • Fund for Shared Insight
Community leaders at a power-building conference in Kamilche, Washington hosted by Inatai Foundation. Photo: Kariba Jack
  • Stories

How Community Lessons Are Shaping a Statewide Funder’s 50-Year Vision

  • Nichole June Maher
  • Inatai Foundation
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