The Business of Giving Podcast
1) You’re Not Going to Stop Eating Meat. Bruce Friedrich Is Counting on It
What if the entire strategy for fixing how we produce meat has been wrong from the start?For fifty years, advocates have tried to convince people to eat less. Yet, consumption has broken a new global...Show More
2) Cortney Nicolato of United Way of Rhode Island on Leading with Data, Taking Political Risk, and Making Change Stick
Most organizations approaching their 100th anniversary would be looking back and celebrating past achievements. United Way of Rhode Island is doing the opposite. Under Cortney Nicolato’s leadership, t...Show More
3) Jim Fruchterman’s Blueprint for Technology That Actually Serves Humanity
From the person who co-founded the first nonprofit software company to tackle social problems at scale, Jim Fruchterman returns to share insights from his new book “𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗼�...Show More
4) Bob Chapman: Why the Way You Lead at Work Changes How People Live at Home
Bob Chapman didn’t set out to write a leadership manual when he transformed Barry-Wehmiller from a traditional manufacturing company into what a world peace negotiator would call “the answer to world ...Show More
5) Scott Brighton on How Agentic AI is Transforming Nonprofit Fundraising
Scott Brighton returns to The Business of Giving to discuss Bonterra Que, the first truly agentic AI platform designed specifically for nonprofits. Unlike traditional chatbots, Que can actually perfor...Show More
6) When Courage Matters More Than Capital: MIT Solve’s Blueprint for Impact
Hala Hanna is the Executive Director of MIT Solve, a platform connecting social impact innovators with the resources they need to scale solutions that close gaps in equity, learning, health, and clima...Show More
7) When Tech Meets the Mission: How Ike Anand Is Reimagining St. Jude for the Digital Age
When Ike Anand flew into Memphis in the summer of 2020—just one of four passengers on an otherwise empty plane, double-masked with a face shield—he was answering what he calls a calling he couldn’t ig...Show More
8) United Way Worldwide CEO Angela Williams on Turning Chaos Into Clarity
Angela Williams has spent decades reading the signs that most of us miss—the hairline fractures in systems we’ve long taken for granted. As President and CEO of United Way Worldwide, she leads a netwo...Show More
9) How One Dollar Per Ticket Is Changing Philanthropy Forever
When Marika Anthony-Shaw was touring with Arcade Fire, the band started adding a single dollar to every concert ticket—sending the proceeds to Partners in Health’s work in Haiti. Night after night, th...Show More
10) Per Scholas: Making Opportunity as Ubiquitous as Talent
Plinio Ayala didn’t just leave the South Bronx of the 1970s and ‘80s—he returned to it with a blueprint for economic mobility that’s now reshaping workforce development across America.As President and...Show More