The Opportunity in Values-Aligned Investing
Episode 1, Season 1 | Featuring Nick Flores
FS WebNovember 5, 2023
UnCharitable: The Dark Side of Philanthropy
Episode 2, Season 1 | Featuring Stephen Gyllenhaal and Rudy Espinoza
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FS WebNovember 5, 2023
Advisors in Philanthropy: Influencers and Gatekeepers
Episode 3, Season 1 | Featuring Dien Yuen
FS WebNovember 5, 2023
Synthesizing Financial, Investment and Charitable Plans to Magnify Impact
Episode 4, Season 1 | Featuring Shilpa Andalkar
FS WebNovember 5, 2023
The Power Differential Between Funders and Grantees
Episode 5, Season 1 | Featuring Vu Le
FS WebNovember 5, 2023
My Father’s Shadow
Featuring Author Christina Lewis Halpern
A parent’s success, fame, and achievement can be a complicated legacy for the next generation. Author Christina Lewis Halpern lost her father, Reginald F. Lewis, the famed entrepreneur and, at the time of his death, the richest black man in America. In this conversation, Christina shares her struggles and ultimate triumphs, as well as how philanthropy helped her forge a powerful identity of her own.
FS WebOctober 3, 2016
How to Raise Compassionate Kids
Featuring Susan Crites Price, family philanthropy expert and author
Susan Crites Price, family philanthropy expert and author of Generous Genes: Raising Caring Kids in a Digital Age explains how parents, grandparents, and extended family can become “generosity coaches,” using real-world and digital tools to inspire compassion and teach the fundamentals of philanthropy.
FS WebAugust 29, 2016
Succession Happens
Featuring Mary Galeti
Mary Galeti shares how her family’s foundation became a tool for legacy and personal discovery after the deaths of the Tecovas Foundation’s founder and two family trustees. She provides a millennial lens to tackling issues that many next-generation successors of family foundations will ultimately face: finding one’s voice as a leader, navigating family dynamics, and uniting multi-generational members in shared purpose.
FS WebAugust 7, 2016
Women in Philanthropy
Featuring Jacki Zehner, Chief Engagement Officer of Women Moving Millions and President of The Jacqueline and Gregory Zehner Foundation, and Dr. Debra Mesch, Director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute
Increasingly, women are rising as leaders in philanthropy. They’re creating their own wealth, establishing private foundations, and collaborating with their philanthropic peers. In this podcast, we hear from two extraordinary women who are transforming the sector through research and convening power. Together, Jacki Zehner, Chief Engagement Officer of Women Moving Millions and President of The Jacqueline and Gregory Zehner Foundation, and Dr. Debra Mesch, Director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute discuss gender differences in giving and their significance as more women take the helm affecting social change.
FS WebAugust 6, 2016
Built to Last: A 4th Generation Foundation Still Going Strong
Featuring Peter Haas, a fellow of the Haas family’s William Penn Foundation
What does it take to keep a foundation vital and effective for more than four generations? The Haas family’s William Penn Foundation, a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, has been improving the quality of life in Philadelphia for more than 70 years—and it’s not slowing down. In this episode, we talk to Peter Haas, a fellow of the Foundation established by his great-grandparents, Otto and Phoebe Haas. He shares his family’s tips for success and explains how they’ve engaged foundation members to build an enduring philanthropic legacy.
FS WebAugust 6, 2016
When Business Meets Purpose
Featuring Peter Thum, Ethos Water founder
Pioneering entrepreneur Peter Thum is a leader in creating businesses that do good while doing well. As the founder of Ethos Water, Peter turned his idea of bringing clean water to children into a successful social venture that was subsequently acquired by Starbucks. In this segment, we’ll explore Peter’s most recent venture targeting gun violence in the United States, the characteristics that drive effective social entrepreneurs, and how private foundations can invest in social enterprises.
FS WebMarch 22, 2016