Advancing Funders’ Openness Practices: Lessons for the Field from the Collective Impact Funder Action Learning Lab

This report highlights key findings and feedback from the Action Learning Lab and the broader Collective Impact Funder Community of Practice. The Action Learning Lab is a group of eight grantmaking organizations working to improve foundation openness. The report goes deeply into five learning themes—building trust, listening before acting, increasing transparency, building capacity for community engagement, and sustaining openness practices.