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How can we successfully leverage public funds as private donors? Peter Stangel joins Sybil and explains how to distribute funds in the right places, and how donors can strategically use their dollars to strategically leverage public funds and maximize impact.  Episode Highlights: How can we successfully leverage private and public funds for the causes that we care about Peter’s personal journey to...

How can we successfully leverage public funds as private donors? Peter Stangel joins Sybil and explains how to distribute funds in the right places, and how donors can strategically use their dollars to strategically leverage public funds and maximize impact. {You can hear the full episode on Monday, May 15th} Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our...

This month's focus is on leveraging your private dollar with public funding and support. Today we are replaying an interview with Meta Loftsgaarden who shares her experience leveraging public funding with private donations to make the world a better place. In addition to the amazing work Meta does right now with the Mount Hood National Forest, Meta previously ran the Oregon Watershed Enhancement B...

This month's focus is on leveraging your private dollar with public funding and support. Today we are replaying an interview with Meta Loftsgaarden who shares her experience leveraging public funding with private donations to make the world a better place. In addition to the amazing work Meta does right now with the Mount Hood National Forest, Meta previously ran the Oregon Watershed Enhancement B...

Now is the time to figure out how your funding can leverage public funding opportunities. This is especially true right now in the United States when a ton of funding is going out the door through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package and the Inflation Reduction Act. Sybil explains the biggest obstacles to overcome you want to understand how nonprofits can access federal and state funding.  Episod...

Now is the time to figure out how your funding can leverage public funding opportunities. This is especially true right now in the United States when a ton of funding is going out the door through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package and the Inflation Reduction Act. Sybil explains the biggest obstacles to overcome you want to understand how nonprofits can access federal and state funding. {You ca...

Sybil and Fred talk about the power of funder collaborations. They talk about the many different kinds of collaborations, from loose affinity groups to more focused issue focused work that funders do strategically together to make a difference. Sybil shares the conditions needed for a funder collaboration to be successful. Episode Highlights: Personal stories from Fred & Sybil The Five Conditi...

Sybil and Fred talk about the power of funder collaborations. They talk about the many different kinds of collaborations, from loose affinity groups to more focused issue-focused work that funders do strategically together to make a difference. Sybil shares the conditions needed for a funder collaboration to be successful. {You can hear the full episode on Monday, April 24th} Hosted by Simplecast,...

Joanna Kerr is the president and CEO of MakeWay, a philanthropic institution that brings together groups of philanthropists and works on moving the needle and solving solutions to the world's biggest problems and challenges in Canada.  Joanna explains why MakeWay has set up opportunities for philanthropists to be in a relationship with community leaders alongside other philanthropists, to learn to...

Joanna Kerr is the president and CEO of MakeWay, a philanthropic institution that brings together groups of philanthropists and works on moving the needle and solving solutions to the world's biggest problems and challenges in Canada.  Joanna explains why MakeWay has set up opportunities for philanthropists to be in a relationship with community leaders alongside other philanthropists, to learn to...

Sybil talks about how to participate in philanthropic networks because you should never fund and issue you care about all alone - there are others who are also thinking about solutions to the same problems you are trying to solve. Sybil explains three types of funder collaborations: general philanthropic groups that help you improve your craft, issue-centric philanthropic networks that help you im...

Sybil talks about how to participate in philanthropic networks because you should never fund and issue you care about all alone - there are others who are also thinking about solutions to the same problems you are trying to solve. Sybil explains three types of funder collaborations: general philanthropic groups that help you improve your craft, issue-centric philanthropic networks that help you im...

Sybil and Fred discuss the pros and cons of spending down versus a foundation in perpetuity. They agree that it is a personal choice as a donor and that there are good reasons to spend down and there are reasons to stay around for generation after generation. How can you make sure that you are having an impact on the issue that you might care about over the long haul? Episode Highlights: The negat...

Sybil and Fred discuss the pros and cons of spending down versus a foundation in perpetuity. They agree that it is a personal choice as a donor and that there are good reasons to spend down and there are reasons to stay around for generation after generation. How can you make sure that you are having an impact on the issue that you might care about over the long haul? {You can hear the full episod...

We continue our series on “Spending Down”. Ann Krumboltz ran the Brainerd Foundation for years. She joins the podcast and talks about her experience at the Brainerd Foundation, explains why they chose to spend down, and how they evaluated their grants. Ann is the Brainerd Foundation's executive director. Join us as we discuss the insights she has gained from her 30 years of charitable experience! ...

We continue our series on “Spending Down”. Ann Krumboltz ran the Brainerd Foundation for years. She joins the podcast and talks about her experience at the Brainerd Foundation, explains why they chose to spend down, and how they evaluated their grants. Ann is the Brainerd Foundation's executive director. Join us as we discuss the insights she has gained from her 30 years of charitable experience! ...

Dr. Bruce Lourie shares why the Ivy Foundation has made the choice to spend down. He explains why the Ivey foundation decided to spend down and his tips to making the most impact possible.  Episode Highlights: Bruce’s personal journey into philanthropy The reasons why  a family foundation decides to spend down The best grant-making strategies to choose when you are spending down. The unexpected tw...

Dr. Bruce Lourie shares why the Ivy Foundation has made the choice to spend down. He explains why the Ivey foundation decided to spend down and his tips to making the most impact possible. {You can hear the full episode on Monday, March 13th} Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If you are donating to worthy causes, I am guessing you’ve asked yourself whether to give it all away in your lifetime, or over a set period of time. This is what’s called “spending down” in philanthropic circles. This month Sybil is going to investigate the right conditions to spend down, versus the benefits of investing your assets so that you keep giving to the cause you care about in perpetuit...

If you are donating to worthy causes, I am guessing you’ve asked yourself whether to give it all away in your lifetime, or over a set period of time. This is what’s called “spending down” in philanthropic circles. This month Sybil is going to investigate the right conditions to spend down, versus the benefits of investing your assets so that you keep giving to the cause you care about in perpetuit...

Geneva is a citizen of the Yurok Nation and also a Senior Program Manager at the California Endowment. Geneva brings her deep knowledge about her community to be an effective philanthropist. She has many important tips and wisdom to share in order to be an effective philanthropist and to show up as your best self when giving to Indigenous communities.   Episode Highlights: Geneva’s personal journe...

Geneva is a citizen of the Yurok Nation and also a Senior Program Manager at the California Endowment. Geneva brings her deep knowledge about her community to be an effective philanthropist. She has many important tips and wisdom to share in order to be an effective philanthropist and to show up as your best self when giving to Indigenous communities.  {You can hear the full episode on February 27...

Eric joins us to encourage donors to think about framing, making sure we approach conversations from a place of strength. Cultural power, ancestral knowledge, and all sorts of other wisdom are at the table. Start your relationship in a way that Native communities want to partner with you.  Episode Highlights: Eric’s personal journey The untapped potential of experts and partnerships in the Native...

Eric joins us to encourage donors to think about framing, making sure we approach conversations from a place of strength. Cultural power, ancestral knowledge, and all sorts of other wisdom are at the table. Start your relationship in a way that Native communities want to partner with you. {You can hear the full episode on January the 20th} Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

Sybil has a very special interview for you today. She had a wonderful conversation with Jim Enote, a Zuni Tribal Member, farmer, and Executive Director of the Colorado Plateau Foundation. In season one, Sybil interviewed him at length twice because his advice is so wonderful for donors who want to give effectively to Indigenous communities. Sybil has profiled some of her favorite parts of Jim's co...