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Friday, October 18 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
Flipping the Script: Examples of Shifting Foundation Power to Community

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Changing the way we do things as foundations is not easy. We have systems and processes that have worked very well for us for many years, even if these same systems and processes have not worked so well for the nonprofits we fund or the issues we care about. What happens when a foundation deeply listens to the community and then changes its approach so that the community has more voice and the foundation takes more direction from the activists and leaders on the ground? Using a couple of real life examples of shifting power away from the foundation and to community, you will learn what went well, what went wrong, and the lessons that can be gleaned to help you think about how you can build authentic trust and shift power to community, in an effort to decolonize wealth.

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Ron Harris

Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation, Community Advisor, City of Minneapolis, Chief Resilience Officer
Ron Harris is a black millennial focused on political involvement, civic/shareholder engagement, and philanthropy being the best opportunities to improve people’s lives. He got his start volunteering for then Senator Barack Obama’s campaign for president, and has been involved... Read More →
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Patrick Troska

President, The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota
Patrick J. Troska has been with The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota since 2000 when he was hired as a Program Officer. He was named Executive Director in January 2011, then President in 2018. In addition to providing leadership for the Foundation’s overall strategy... Read More →

Flipping the Script Case Study Handout pdf
Flipping the Script Session Slides pdf
Friday October 18, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm
Los Angeles/Miami/Scottsdale Room, 5th Floor Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL 60611
  Grantmaking and Investment Strategies