Philanthropisms Podcast
1) What Next? 2026 Trends and Predictions for Philanthropy & Civil Society
Send us a text In this episode we offer thoughts on the trends and topics that are going to shape philanthropy and civil society in 2026. Including: Philanthropy & Charities Ongoing political challeng...Show More
2) Philippa Charles: Foundations and Grantmaking
Send us a text On this episode of the Philanthropisms podcast we speak to Philippa Charles OBE, Chief Executive of the DFN Foundation, about the role of foundations and what it means to be a good gran...Show More
3) Rachael Jarosh & Suzanne Ehlers: Women-led philanthropy for refugees and migrants
Send us a text In this episode we talk to Rachael Jarosh and Suzanne Ehlers, Chair and CEO respectively of USA for UNHCR, the US-based support organisation for the United Nations refugee agency, about...Show More
4) Asha Curran: Radical generosity & the power of everyday giving
Send us a text In this episode we talk to Asha Curran, CEO of GivingTuesday, about the evolution of Giving Tuesday from its origins as a US-based giving day to its current incarnation as a global gene...Show More
5) Sonal Sachdev Patel: Reflections of a Philanthropist in Residence
Send us a text In this episode we talk to Sonal Sachdev Patel, CEO of GMSP Foundation, inaugural Philanthropist In Residence at the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics & Political Sci...Show More
6) ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #11
Send us a text In the eleventh edition of our podcast partnership with the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP), we talk to more academics whose work is featured in the latest batch of sh...Show More
7) Oli French & Sally Vivyan: Why and how do foundations spend down?
Send us a text In this episode we talk to Oli French (freelance consultant) and Sally Vivyan (Co-Director of Gower Street and Grants Advisor/Trustee to the Sir Ernest Cassel Education Trust) about why...Show More
8) Philanthropy in an Era of Populist Politics
Send us a text In this episode we consider the rise of political populism across the world, the impact this is having on philanthropy and civil society, and what the response might be. Including: What...Show More
9) Liv Egholm & Pia Gerber: Philanthropy & Democracy in Europe
Send us a text In this episode we talk to Liv Egholm, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, and Pia Gerber, Director of Freudenberg Stiftung, about philanthropy and democracy in Europe. I...Show More
10) Alisha Fernandez Miranda: Writing fiction about philanthropy
Send us a text On this episode of the Philanthropisms podcast we talk to Alisha Fernandez Miranda, author of Someone's Gotta Give (out 5th August), a comic novel about the struggles of an American for...Show More