Past fundSHIFT participants included representatives from

Past fundSHIFT reflections

  • I loved the idea of bridging the gap (grantee and grantmaker) in a safe, supportive community where there was no risk. It helped foster stronger personal bonds with both.

    — fundSHIFT 2021 participant

  • "I felt empowered to advocate for my organization’s needs. Being honest with funders about our reality."

    — fundSHIFT @ SKoll participant

  • "I really enjoyed the experience - it caused me to “STOP” and just listen and learn and interrogate grantmaking generically in a very interesting and productive way, i.e., not within my own foundation per se (about which I have plenty of critique...) but in way that put me at a 40K foot level to think about the ecosystem and how to gradually move it within and outside my organization."

    — fundSHIFT 2021 participant

  • "Generative, solutions-focused, digging deeper - it felt like we were doing something meaningful and novel."

    — fundSHIFT 2021 participant

  • "Recognizing that I am not alone and that the questions I have about philanthropy are echoed by others, and brainstorming solutions was useful to me."

    — fundSHIFT @ Skoll Participant

  • "The design-facilitation really did a great job to set up an open, relaxed space for honesty and discussion."

    — fundSHIFT 2021 participant

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