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At Listen4Good, we're committed to putting community voices at the center of philanthropy. This article by Elaina Mulé from Charles Schwab Bank featured by Asset Funders Network, underscores how our partnership is helping to drive this approach.

Charles Schwab Bank partnered with Listen4Good to create a learning community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, bringing local nonprofits together to share insights and solve problems collaboratively. This initiative not only supported nonprofits in better understanding their communities but has also provided valuable feedback which Charles Schwab Bank has used to inform their grantmaking strategies.

Read the full article: https://listen4good.org/insights/strengthening-philanthropy-through-community-voice-one-funders-approach/

If you want to support a Listen4Good Learning Community and learn alongside your grantees, we’d love to connect.

Strengthening Philanthropy through Community Voice: One Funder’s Approach - Listen4Good This blog was originally published by Asset Funders Network We are witnessing an important shift in the asset building space as funders work to center their impact in community voice. This practice resonates deeply with funders’ goal of empowering individuals and communities while working alongsid...

We are thrilled to be featured on Candid's blog today!

Valerie Threlfall of Listen4Good and Megan Campbell of Feedback Labs offer four actionable tips for nonprofits who want to gather feedback from the communities they serve.

We'd love for you to share it and let us know what you think!

Read it here: https://blog.candid.org/post/how-to-gather-high-quality-nonprofit-client-feedback/

Listen4Good wishes you a peaceful and joyous holiday season with family and friends. See you in 2024!

"Supporting investment in strong feedback programs directly supports our mission as it ensures that our grantee partners are providing the most valuable programming for the communities they serve." - Alexandra (Mindy) Aldridge, President, The Nelson Foundation

In this post, learn how Listen4Good worked with Trellis For Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation in the Greater Philadelphia area, and how our feedback system helped them advance their equity and social justice goals.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ayAZ7M

Centering Community Voice: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder Listen4Good invited Trellis for Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation to share their experiences with using robust feedback systems to amplify community voice and support a commitment to equity. Here are their perspectives.

Listen4Good is ! We're in search of a Program Coordinator to join our core team.

This person will play a key role across our core team to support our 18-month, equity-based capacity building feedback program, especially the new exciting offerings we are introducing to nonprofits and social sector organizations in 2024.

While this is a remote position, the candidate must be able to attend weekly virtual team meetings Pacific time and available to travel periodically to the Bay Area for team meetings.

Know an amazing person who would be a great fit? Share this post with them!

Deadline to apply: January 2, 2024

APPLY: https://bit.ly/3uU7c98

Please join us in welcoming Listen4Good's inaugural Advisory Board, comprised of Cesar Del Valle of Candid, Carter McClure of Compass Working Capital, and Melinda Tuan of Fund for Shared Insight.

We are honored to have their wisdom and guidance as we continue to grow.

When you work with us, we help you center and amplify the voices of your clients in all you do.

This equity-based approach results in greater impact and deeper trusted relationships with the community you serve.

Check out our free one-pager - our client engagement pyramid - which shows how the feedback process can help you advance your equity goals and share power with your clients.

DOWNLOAD:https://listen4good.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/L4G-Pyramid-Regular-Vertical.pdf

As you consider your year-end charitable contributions, we hope you will consider a tax-deductible gift to Listen4Good!

To date, we've helped over 850 nonprofits across the country to amplify client voice.

With your support, we can help even more nonprofits listen and respond to the communities they serve through our 18-month equity-based feedback program.

Organizations that complete our program come away with actionable data they can use to build trusted relationships with their clients while becoming more effective and impactful.

Thank you for your consideration, and happy holidays!

DONATE: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/l4g

What makes Listen4Good different from other capacity building programs?

We help nonprofits find out what their communities really want and need, through clear, fearless, unapologetic, honest client feedback.

And then we help nonprofits respond to what they hear, so that they can serve their communities to the very best of their abilities.

Learn more about our powerful approach here: https://bit.ly/3GGyqmL

"I love my coach!" is a phrase we regularly hear from the organizations who participate in Listen4Good.

When you work with us, we assign one of our highly experienced coaches to work with you throughout our 18-month, equity-based feedback program.

Your coach will help you:

- develop targeted survey questions so you collect actionable data from the community you serve
- obtain high response rates in a respectful way
- interpret the results
- communicate what you find back to your stakeholders
- act upon the information

With their support, you don't have to navigate the feedback process alone.

Meet our wonderful coaches here: https://listen4good.org/about/team/

TODAY at 9 am PT/ 12 noon ET!

Join us for a free, interactive webinar to learn how we can help you your clients to gather data for fundraising, reporting, and improving your services.

Not only will we save you time and headache, we'll also help you survey your clients respectfully and equitably, so you strengthen your relationship with the community you serve.

REGISTER: https://lu.ma/dyl92e64

Listen4Good Informational Session - December 7, 2023 · Zoom · Luma Listen4Good is a capacity-building initiative dedicated to build the practice of listening to constituents served by the social sector. By joining Listen4Good, nonprofits and agencies...