6-Part Series: Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy

6-Part Series: Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy

In this six-part webinar series, the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and featured speakers address common questions, clarify misconceptions, and explore ways to overcome obstacles in implementing trust-based philanthropy. 

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Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy for Community Foundations
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Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy for Community Foundations

This two-part series, a partnership between the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Philanthropy Northwest, and the Iowa Council of Foundations, is designed for community foundations that are actively working to embrace trust-based philanthropy. This series explores how trust-based philanthropy plays out in the unique context of community foundations working at the intersection of grantmaking, fund development, donor relations, and community leadership

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An Era of Power Reckoning: Trust-Based Philanthropy and the Implications for Documentary Film Funding

An Era of Power Reckoning: Trust-Based Philanthropy and the Implications for Documentary Film Funding

How does trust-based philanthropy apply to film and arts funding? In this webinar, featuring the latest research on the state of film funding, three funders share how they are implementing trust-based practices and what they're learning along the way.

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Participatory Grantmaking and Trust-Based Philanthropy

Participatory Grantmaking and Trust-Based Philanthropy

This webinar explores what it takes to build trust within a participatory framework, and how to bolster the strengths of trust-based philanthropy and participatory grantmaking—while also mitigating their tensions and challenges.

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Redistributing Power Through Trust-Based Philanthropy

Redistributing Power Through Trust-Based Philanthropy

In this breakout session of the 2021 Global Philanthropy Forum, two trust-based funders describe the organizational structures and mindsets, rooted in trust, required to alleviate the power dynamic between funders and nonprofits.

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Making the Case for Trust-Based Philanthropy: Part 1 & 2

Making the Case for Trust-Based Philanthropy: Part 1 & 2

This series addresses common misperceptions of trust-based philanthropy and offers examples and concrete first steps from other grantmakers in the field who have brought these ideas and approaches into their organizations.

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Committing to Trust-Based Philanthropy

Committing to Trust-Based Philanthropy

Presented in partnership with Forefront Illinois, this webinar features a conversation with three foundation leaders on how trust-based philanthropy shapes extends beyond grantmaking practices into organizational values, culture, and leadership.

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Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy in 4D

Series: Trust-Based Philanthropy in 4D

This four-part series invites funders to consider a multi-dimensional approach to the trust-based journey, which trust-based values shape grantmaking practices, culture, Structure, and leadership.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy + Corporate Social Responsibility

Trust-Based Philanthropy + Corporate Social Responsibility

This candid conversation with John Brothers, President of the T. Rowe Price Foundation, illuminates the compatibility of trust-based philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

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Trust-Based Philanthropy Summer Learning Webinar Series

Trust-Based Philanthropy Summer Learning Webinar Series

This three-part series examines the process of building trust and mutual accountability with grantee partners and invites funders to reflect on the internal work necessary to center equity and power-awareness.

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Sharing Power to Advance Impact: The Promise of Trust-Based Philanthropy

Sharing Power to Advance Impact: The Promise of Trust-Based Philanthropy

Two foundation leaders who have embedded trust-based values and practices into their work share what they're doing, what they are learning, and what is possible when funders yield control in service of healthier nonprofits and communities.

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Trust-Based Compliance: From Theory to Practice

Trust-Based Compliance: From Theory to Practice

A CFO, an attorney, a tax expert, and an auditor share how they have implemented legal and financial practices that are trust-forward and fully compliant.

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3-Part Series: Practice, Values, & Culture

3-Part Series: Practice, Values, & Culture

This webinar series explores the practices, values, and culture of what it means to be a trust-based funder.

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Family Philanthropy Speaks: A Conversation with Carrie Avery

Family Philanthropy Speaks: A Conversation with Carrie Avery

In this Family Philanthropy Speaks conversation, Carrie speaks with Nick Tedesco about Durfee’s trust-based practices, getting her start in her family’s effort, and the process of bringing on non-family directors.

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Series: The Six Practices of Trust-Based Philanthropy

Series: The Six Practices of Trust-Based Philanthropy

Over the course of seven sessions, this series unpacks the six practices of trust-based philanthropy, as well as how to make the case for the structural and cultural changes necessary to support them.

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Legal Considerations for Trust-Based Philanthropy

Legal Considerations for Trust-Based Philanthropy

Featuring Jean Tom from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, this webinar addresses questions around the legal implications of trust-based philanthropy and alleviates concerns about perceived legal risks.

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Webinar Collection: Trust-Based Philanthropy 101

Webinar Collection: Trust-Based Philanthropy 101

TBP 101 sessions offer a primer on trust-based philanthropy and an overview of its six principles, through the lens of a particular trust-based foundation’s journey.

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