Volume 17, Issue 2 (2025) The Power of Listening to Communities
Executive Summary
Front Matter
Editorial
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Funder Listening to Shift Power: Definitions and Context
Melinda Tuan, Rick Moyers, and Gita Gulati-Partee
Listening and Participation Prime Funders to Honor and Build Community Ownership
Gita Gulati-Partee and Katy Love
The Trouble With Community Engagement: From Power Sharing to Power Shifting Through the Community Bill of Rights
Jessica Lee, Patrick McNeal, Malikah Garner, Katya Fels Smyth, Tanya Tucker, Shemekka Stewart Isaacs, Jasmaine Shaphon Henry, and Miranda Rabuck
A New Opportunity for Funder-Nonprofit Partnership: Advancing Shared Listening Efforts to Learn From Community
Valerie Threlfall
Listening and Responding Lead to Better Outcomes: Building the Evidence Base for High-Quality Listening Practice
Penelope Huang
Evaluating Efforts to Shift Power Through Listening: Defining Power and Listening to All Sides
Sarah Stachowiak and Juan Clavijo
Leaning into the Messiness of Authentic Engagement: Fostering Reciprocity in Foundation Strategy, Learning, and Evaluation
Sonia Taddy-Sandino, Jennifer Ho, Kim Ammann Howard, and Clare Nolan
Community Engagement: A Core Practice on the Journey to Power Sharing
Elizabeth Jordan, Tryphena A. Clarke, and Raquel R. Robinson
Listening as an Adaptive Practice to Transform Philanthropy
Nitya Venkateswaran, Kate Szczerbacki, and Jay Feldman
Centering Community Voice in Strategic Design: The BUILD Health Challenge Model
Melissa Monbouquette and Jessica Mulcahy
