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Community foundations have a unique nonprofit mission: to generate more support for the missions of the other nonprofits in our community. However, our ability to pursue this mission is built on our internal operations, just like most other kinds of organizations. The connection between internal ops and external effectiveness is the focus of our Inside & Out series. To wrap up the Inside &...

Community foundations are a different kind of animal in the nonprofit world. Our mission is to generate more support for the missions of the other nonprofits in our community, and our ability to do so is built on our internal operations. The connection between operations and effectiveness is the focus of our Inside & Out series. This week Josh welcomes Kristin Todd, President and CEO of the No...

Community foundations are unique organizations that can be hard to explain. However, like most nonprofits, we spend money on people and tools to pursue our mission in the community. The Inside & Out series explores the connection between those investments and the change we can make in our service area. This week's episode is double-barreled! Josh talks with Brie Griset Smith, Chief Development...

Community foundations work to build and grow nonprofits that improve life in our service area. Our success relies heavily on our internal capacity to pursue that mission in the community. The connection between operations and effectiveness is the focus of our Inside & Out series. This week Josh talks with Shelly Prichard, President and CEO of The Wichita Foundation. Shelly discusses her career...

Because we work in community foundations, we know our internal capacity significantly affects our success in pursuing our mission in the community. That connection -- between operations and effectiveness -- is the focus of our Inside & Out series. This week Josh welcomes Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, President and CEO of The Miami Foundation. Rebecca shares her mission to make Miami the most generou...

Community foundations are unique in many ways, but like most organizations our internal capacity significantly affects our success in pursuing our mission. That connection -- between operations and effectiveness -- is the focus of our Inside & Out series. Today Josh talks with Marisa Magallanez, President and CEO of Albuquerque Community Foundation and New Mexico Community Trust. Having assume...

Community foundations are unique in many ways, but like most organizations our internal capacity significantly affects our success in pursuing our mission. That connection -- between operations and effectiveness -- is the focus of our Inside & Out series. This week Josh welcomes Susie Nelson, Executive Director of the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley in Wheeling, WV. Drawing on nearly...

Community foundations can be hard to explain. But like most companies or organizations, our internal culture and capacity significantly influence our effectiveness in pursuing our external mission. That connection is the focus of our Inside & Out series. This week Josh talks with Jennifer O'Flannery Anderson, President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Broward in south Florida. Jennifer...

Community foundations are unique in many ways. Not exactly mission-driven nonprofits, and not a typical financial institution, our organizations can be hard to explain. However, like most companies or organizations, our internal culture and capacity significantly influence our effectiveness in pursuing our external mission. That connection is the focus of our next series: Inside & Out. This se...

This special episode features a creative way that one community foundation has built pride and connection around a major athletics event. Listen in as Josh talks with Jessica Martin, President and Executive Director of the Greater Salina Community Foundation. She explains her uncommon path from selling cabinets to community foundation leadership, her organization's focus on planned giving, and the...

As the icy grip of winter begins to fade we are wrapping up our Snowbird Series. We hope you're enjoying these conversations with community foundation leaders to learn how part-time residents shape their work. This week, Josh welcomes the first repeat guest in the history of the podcast! Kristi Knous, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines shares a brief recap of their work in...

This week's installment in our Snowbird Series takes us across Lake Michigan from last week and all the way across the state of Michigan. Jackie Hanton, Vice President at the Community Foundation for St. Clair County, introduces us to her corner of the world, shares her path from trust officer to community foundation leadership, the investments they are making in rural recreational assets, and the...

Welcome back to our Snowbird Series on seasonal residents with homes in more than one community. We hope you're enjoying these conversations with community foundation leaders to learn how part-time residents shape their work. This week, Josh welcomes Bret Bicoy, President & CEO of Door County Community Foundation (the "thumb" of Wisconsin). Bret explains why local residents are "protective of...

Our Snowbird Series, an exploration of donors who make their home in more than one community, continues to think about how these residents influence the work of place-based philanthropies like community foundations. Next, we head to the Rockies to meet Erica Snow, President & CEO of Aspen Community Foundation. Erica shares her path from being a mental health professional to a community foundat...

Welcome back to the Snowbird Series, our deep-dive on donors who call more than one community home. We're asking community foundation leaders how the Snowbirds in their communities drive their work. Next up, Josh welcomes Chris Sawin, President & CEO of Outer Banks Community Foundation on the North Carolina coast. Chris explains how his background in music contributes to his career in philanth...

Our focus on seasonal residents (with homes in more than one community) continues! We're asking community foundation leaders how the Snowbirds in their communities drive their work. Next in the Snowbird Series, Josh talks to Eileen Connolly-Keesler, President & CEO of Collier Community Foundation (centered on Naples). Eileen shares how leading a community foundation in Wisconsin lead her to wo...

This week we continue our focus on Snowbirds, the seasonal residents who have homes in more than one community. We're asking community foundation leaders how these part-time residents drive their work. Next in the Snowbird Series, we're talking to Callie Neslund, President & CEO of GiveWell Community Foundation (between Tampa and Orlando). Callie describes her unusual journey into community fo...

In our first series of 2026, we are zooming in on Snowbirds, the seasonal residents who have meaningful ties to more than one community. We'll explore what those ties mean for their philanthropy and for the community foundations in all the communities where they feel connected. The next installment of the Snowbird Series features Jenny Flynn, President & CEO of the Community Foundation for Sou...

To begin the year, we are focused on Snowbirds, the part-time seasonal residents who have meaningful ties to more than one community. We'll ask what that means for the community foundations where they live and play. We continue our exploration of the Snowbird with Phillip Lanham, President & CEO of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. He shares his journey from Cincinnati to the south, what th...

Happy New Year! To kickoff 2026, we are launching a new series focused on people often called "snowbirds." These part-time, seasonal residents often have meaningful ties to more than one community, with one home in a colder northern climate and another somewhere warm, for example. What does that arrangement mean for the community foundations where they live and play? We begin our exploration of th...

Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion for Josh to welcome Laura McKnight and Kelli Cavey from Embolden back to the show. The GBGB team recaps the first year, highlights some "favorite" episodes, and previews what's coming up in 2026. Thank you for listening to this show. Please share your thoughts and suggestions for topics/guests at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com. We are grateful for your ideas! Ho...

This week Josh meets Renee Byng Yancey, President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, who talked about her path from banking to philanthropy, the "think and do tank" embedded in their organization, and how the federal government shut down and funding squeeze is affecting people and nonprofits in her community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Josh this week as he gets to know Winter Kinne, President & CEO of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. She talks about spending her entire 20 year career in community foundations and the potential of the organization's new home to transform their community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Josh talks with President & CEO of the SouthCoast Community Foundation, Melanie Edwards-Tavares, about her journey from a nonprofit sustainability program to a community foundation, her focus on building resilience across the nonprofit sector and her wish that people would know the power of community foundations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we meet the President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Abilene, Katie Alford. She discusses her unexpected career in community foundations, their efforts to translate community needs into their grantmaking plans, and the superpower that community foundations have to propel communities forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.