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The article explores how philanthropy can effectively support the infrastructure for narrative power, emphasizing the need for long-term, generative investments in storytelling and narrative change. It recounts a 2023 gathering in Bogotá of narrative practitioners and funders, highlighting the importance of funding practices that foster deep listening, relationship-building, collective imagination, and coordination across diverse movements. The piece argues that philanthropy must shift its norms to better support experimental, process-oriented approaches and healing-centered engagements, ultimately becoming a more competent and collaborative partner in advancing global justice narratives