Trees, Water & People, an environmental nonprofit based in Fort Collins, created “In the Right Hands”, a short film that explores the importance and impact of trust-based philanthropy.

https://www.trustbasedphilanthropy.org/tools-resources/intherighthands

Trust-based philanthropy is a growing movement and practice in the philanthropic sector which encourages authentic donor-grantee relationships, unrestricted and long-term grant structures, and more flexible reporting requirements; ultimately, trust-based philanthropy seeks to reduce burdens upon nonprofits and other grantees, and facilitate investment in more long-term, systemic change by allowing communities greater autonomy and flexibility in the use of funding. Though these practices are not entirely new, the concept of trust-based philanthropy became more formalized under the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and gained further momentum following the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrated the need for more flexible funding structures.

DENVER — Colorado turns 150 years old this year and to mark the milestone — and the concurrent 250th anniversary of the founding of the country — the state Legislature established a commission to plan a series of commemorative events.

And what are Colorado’s Indigenous communities planning to bring to the parties?

The truth.

On a bus.

“We want to talk about what happened, what really happened, and our histories and bring that into the modern day, and see how we can we heal from this,” said Diné artist Nazhoné Morgan, who helped turn an ordinary school bus into a mobile exhibit on Colorado’s Native culture and history that will travel the state sharing the stories.

Earlier today, five speakers from the Colorado Clergy Alliance gathered outside the State Capitol with a crowd of 50 supporters, representing Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Unitarian faith communities. The rally sought to “decry the federal government’s attempts to interfere with election administration and to remove voting rights from eligible voters, because the right to vote and freely elect our leaders is the most foundational democratic right that we have locally here in Colorado,” according to Rev. Dr. Jenny Whitcher, the co-founder and co-leader of the Colorado Clergy Alliance.