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  • Events

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

February 18, 2026
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET

  • February 18, 2026 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET
  • Learn how Listen to Community can support your foundation’s efforts to listen in ways that can build community power — whether you are just getting started or are eager to deepen your practice.
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  • Stories, Tools

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, Tools

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
Listening in this Moment: A Guide for Funders
  • Tools

Tool Spotlight: A Funders’ Guide to Listening in This Moment

  • Feedback Labs
Feedback Labs seminar: Effective Listening Across Difference
  • Events

Effective Listening Across Difference

January 22, 2026
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET

  • January 22, 2026 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET
  • Register for the first of Feedback Labs' three interactive webinars. || Part 1: Explore how nonprofits and funders can navigate differences of opinion in today’s climate of political and ideological division.
Feedback Labs webinar: Prioritizing Safety and Security in High-Quality Listening
  • Events

Prioritizing Safety and Security in High-Quality Listening

January 29, 2026
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET

  • January 29, 2026 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET
  • Register for the second of Feedback Labs' three interactive webinars. || Part 2: Examine strategies to mitigate risks in your feedback process and protect your listening data without putting marginalized communities at greater risk.
Feedback Labs Interactive Webinar: High-Quality Listening Through Uncertainty and Rapid Change
  • Events

High-Quality Listening Through Uncertainty and Rapid Change

February 5, 2026
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET

  • February 5, 2026 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET
  • Register for the third of Feedback Labs' three interactive webinars. || Part 3: Explore practical ways to listen quickly, minimize burden on constituents, and respond with transparency.
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  • Stories

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

  • Fund for Shared Insight
  • William Penn Foundation
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  • Videos

A Silicon Valley Funder Rethinks the Power It Holds

  • Fund for Shared Insight
  • Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2)
Participatory Philanthropy Toolkit
  • Tools

Tool Spotlight: Participatory Philanthropy Toolkit

  • Fund for Shared Insight
  • News

Listen to Community: Seven Organizations Launch Initiative to Champion Funder Listening

  • Listen to Community
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  • 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, Tools

The Foundation Review Spotlights Growing Momentum for Funders Listening to Communities

  • Rick Moyers
  • Fund for Shared Insight
Funder Listening Action Menu Tools and Resources to Shift Power to Communities
  • Tools

Tool Spotlight: Explore the Funder Listening Action Menu

  • Fund for Shared Insight
Funder Listening Assessment Tool
  • Tools

Tool Spotlight: Take the Funder Listening Assessment

  • 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
Community Listening Sessions: A Guide for Funders
  • Tools

Tool Spotlight: Community Listening Sessions, A Guide for Funders

  • Fund for Shared Insight
Family Foundation is shifting power to community
  • Stories

A New Table, Set Together: How a Family Foundation is Shifting Power to Community

  • Rabya Hassen
  • Mortenson Family Foundation
Funders: Are We Really Listening? An Opportunity for Reflection and Change
  • News

Funders: Are We Really Listening? An Opportunity for Reflection and Change

  • Melinda Tuan and Rick Moyers
  • Fund for Shared Insight
Community Listening and Reimagining Strategy at Deaconess Foundation
  • Stories

Community Listening and Reimagining Strategy at Deaconess Foundation

  • Constance Harper
  • Deaconess Foundation
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