Trust Power(s) Impact

Philanthropy is a huge enabler and at the same time has to deal with various challenges on the way to being impactful towards positive social change: it is necessary to overcome short-term and inflexible project funding, to form partnerships on an equal footing, and to deal sensitively with questions of transparency and power. Various authors draw attention to these challenges in books, guidelines and approaches – e.g. in "Winners Take all", "Embracing Complexity - Towards a shared understanding of funding system change", "Less is more" or "Modern Grantmaking".  

Our aim is to align our actions with these approaches and to continuously improve ourselves. Within the #VertrauenMachtWirkung network, we have found a group of philanthropists who share this aspiration and reflect on and further develop their own strategies and practices in a productive dialogue.

Key facts:

• Duration: since 2023
• Location: Germany-wide