The trust-based approach is one of several efforts underway to even the power imbalance between foundations with cash and the nonprofits lining up for grants. Some groups, like the Justice Funders, are working with foundations to align practices with social-justice values.
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has designed an assessment tool that foundations can use to determine whether they are wielding their power in a way that hurts grantees.
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