REPG Publishes Open Letter to Philanthropy on Power-Sharing and Volume 1 of Power-Sharing Framework

In 2021, REPG members began discussing how power operates in philanthropy and the ways in which foundations can share power with grantees and communities. Subsequently, REPG created a Power-Sharing Task Force dedicated to exploring the issue further and developing resources. Drawing from these discussions, the Task Force has published an open letter to philanthropy reflecting on the importance of advancing a commitment to power-sharing along with the first volume of a power-sharing framework that categorizes various approaches and associated practices for advancing power-sharing both internally and externally. This framework will help foundations to assess their progress on power-sharing.  A second volume of the framework will be released at a later date as a paper and will provide foundation examples and profiles within each of the categories.