Public, private, and social sector leaders share an interest in advancing healing and providing resources that enable people to realize their fullest potential; however, some approaches can fall short or unintentionally cause harm. Chicago Beyond’s Healing-Centered Funding for Systems Change framework identifies five shifts funders can make to build a more interconnected understanding of issues and increase the probability of successful, enduring, healing-centered solutions.
Knowledge of trauma and healing gives funders a way to expand their perspectives, do less harm, and be more effective at systems change. Originally published in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Healing-Centered Funding for Systems Change provides a framework for impact that endures.
Making catalytic investments to increase the impact of solutions led by those closest to the issues
Leading national initiatives in partnership with diverse changemakers to challenge and reshape the status quo
Providing insights to disrupt and reimagine “systems as usual,” and drive equitable funding, practices, and policies