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What IDEX is learning from artists about trust within grantmaking

By August 17, 2015

IDEX’s artists-in-residence program demonstrates the role of the present moment, courage, and improvisation in social change By Rajasvini Bhansali, Executive Director, and Jennifer Lentfer, Director of Communications, both of IDEX We can admit that many of us entered with trepidation into IDEX’s artists-in-residence program. With a career in nonprofit and global development, we’ve become skilled…

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Funders, Bathroom Stalls, and Hegemony: Reflections on a Missed Opportunity to Build Trust

By April 20, 2015

Last week I gathered up TWI’s NYC-based grantees, a couple of funder colleagues, and a couple of consultant friends for a conversation about trust-based grant-making.  I followed many of my own rules, and intentionally stacked the group with mainly women of color leaders and practitioners – folks whose approaches to transforming inequalities were based in…

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