Family Foundations Community of Practice

Philanthropy is most impactful when it’s guided by the voices of those most directly impacted by the systems we seek to change. During this session, staff from the Fund for Shared Insight will join us to share how funders can listen in ways that shift power. We will dig into their Funder Listening Action Menu and the newly added Funder Listening Assessment, practical tools that help foundation leaders think critically about how to adopt practices and strategies that center community voices.

Participants will explore ways to strengthen their listening practices, respond meaningfully to community insights, and share power with people who have lived experience with the issues they are seeking to address. The session will include time for individual reflection and peer conversation, offering strategies and next steps participants can put into action as soon as they step out the door.

Target Audience

This program is designed for members of Catalyst. If you are interested in Catalyst membership, please contact Melissa Leon.

Catalyst is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. Please let us know how we can help you fully participate by contacting Maryan Osman. 

Speakers

Jonathan Brock | Program Manager | Fund for Shared Insight

For over 20 years, Jonathan has supported the learning, development, and capacity-building of nonprofit leaders, funders, and the communities they serve. He offers extensive experience in designing and delivering education, leadership development, and career pathway programs. Recently, Jonathan worked on capacity-building initiatives for grantees at Tipping Point Community and managed the fiscal sponsorship program at the Foundation for California Community Colleges. Currently, he supports Fund for Shared Insight’s initiatives that support funders in embedding community voice into decision-making processes.

Katy Love | Program Manager | Fund for Shared Insight

Katy Love is an experienced practitioner of participatory philanthropy and an independent consultant. With Fund for Shared Insight, Katy co-led a several year participatory climate initiative and co-created the Participatory Philanthropy Toolkit. Katy has 20 years of experience in philanthropy and has worked in foundations in director and program officer roles. She has extensively spoken, written, and trained others on the topic of community participation in philanthropy. As an independent consultant, she has designed, led, and assessed participatory philanthropy programs for funders looking to increase participation. Before becoming an independent consultant, she was the director of the grantmaking team at the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, where her team ran six participatory grantmaking programs.