Fund for Shared Insight concluded in 2026 after 12 years.

This site is an archive.

If you’re interested in funder listening practices that shift power to impacted communities, visit Listen to Community, an initiative co-launched by Shared Insight to continue that work.

This Is My Story

This is my story video

In this powerful video featuring the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), a national organization that works with people coming home from incarceration, we hear Kenneth, Wilfredo, and Patricia – members of CEO’s Participant Advocate Council — tell their own stories of transformation. And we see how high-quality feedback, listening, and storytelling can transform an organization and lead to positive social change.

Have you seen funder listening in action?

Share your stories to demonstrate what’s possible when grantmakers center the people and communities most impacted by their decisions.

A new initiative to engage funders in listening practices that shift power to impacted communities.

A new initiative to support funder listening.