022 - Your Guide to Partnering with Young People in Philanthropy, with Dr. Kimberlin Butler

Dr. Kimberlin Butler, Founder & Chief Possibility Catalyst of The L.E.A.D Agency, certified impact philanthropy advisor, and creator of Youth Possible Philanthropy™ shares why young people are essential partners in systems change, philanthropic leadership, and community investment, and how intentional listening strengthens equitable grantmaking.

Butler challenges the youth as tokens model prevalent in many philanthropic spaces arguing that partnering with young people is obligatory if philanthropy is going to fulfill its promise of transformation.

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Resources courtesy of Dr. Butler

Engaging Youth in Philanthropic Practice: Field-Building Strategies and the Promise of Youth-Possible Philanthropy™ (The Foundation Review, Volume 17, Issue 1)

Power Shared, Possibility Realized: Youth-Possible Philanthropy™ (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)

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