Individual history with money shapes professional deployments, influencing power dynamics in grantmaking. Emotional states linked to money complicate fiduciary duties beyond metrics like basis points. Relationships with money, influenced by scarcity, privilege, and authority, affect risk assessment and resource distribution. Effective grantmaking demands emotional intelligence and understanding cultural contexts. While tools like mission alignment and due diligence are essential, they do not address the core needs for impactful outcomes. Emotional resilience is increasingly recognized as an essential asset in the financial sector, signifying a shift towards holistic approaches in governance.
Capital carries memory. If our relationships with money are complex and connected to our emotional state, then fiduciary duty for impact must measure more than basis points.
Working with money is emotional work. We all have a complex relationship with money," Deb Nelson, executive director of the Just Economy Institute, told NPQ.
Recalibrating how people in power assess risk and share control takes more than new term sheets; it demands emotional intelligence, cultural context, and care integrated into governance norms.
One of the most underacknowledged assets in this field is emotional resilience, not as a private virtue, but as sector-wide imperative.
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