Bridging the Power Divide: How Family Funders Share and Shift Power

As a family funder, how can you acknowledge and responsibly navigate the power of your position? How does the power and privilege you hold affect those you interact with and support? How can you use your power for good—to make lasting impact?

This Passages Issue Brief features stories, perspectives, and practical tips on power, and suggestions for how family funders can work toward bridging the power divide with grantee partners and the communities they care about.

Start by sharing one or two of these stories with your board, and use the Board Conversation Starters to prompt an important dialogue with the board and staff.