How to Facilitate Inclusive Meetings

It isn’t enough to get everyone in one room: To ensure your committee meetings are inclusive and productive, you need to prepare thoughtfully and facilitate proactively. Bring a diversity of voices into grantmaking decisions by using external review committees or engaging in participatory grantmaking.

Our how-to guide gives you clear, actionable insight for setting ground rules, ensuring everyone is heard, addressing unproductive contributions, and leaning into conflict, plus a look at the ways majority-culture norms have affected decision-making in philanthropy.