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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

This article reflects on a session from the 2025 Narrative Power Summit in New Orleans, convened by Elemental, Our Collective Practice, and the Constellations Culture Change Fund and Initiative. It explores how funding criteria and practices must shift for narrative strategies to thrive, outlining four funding practices that strengthen narrative infrastructure by prioritising long‑term investment, experimentation, and sustained ecosystem support.