Process the latest presidential election results with co-hosts Monique and Valerie, who talk about the power shifts taking place politically and how philanthropy will need to step up to shift together moving forward. View the episode transcript here.

In this live recording from AFP-GPC's Leading Philanthropy conference, Monique and Valerie discuss how to shift power through collaboration. They also recount the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative and recap conversations they had with various commitment makers during the summit. View the episode transcript here.

Disrupting existing practices and shifting power is exhausting in and of itself. In order to take good care of our communities, we have to take care of ourselves. Monique and Valerie discuss their own self care strategies and the importance of self care in our work. Transcript is available here.

Monique and Valerie chat community-led advocacy with Jude Husein, who wears several hats: Chief of State Advocacy and Strategic Initiatives for the Pennsylvania State Senate, Executive Director of the World Affairs Caucus, and Deputy Executive Director for Philly Bolt. Listen to hear more about how to advocate as a nonprofit, how to involve your community in your work, and what role a foundation has in this advocacy. View the transcript here.

In this episode, Monique and Valerie talk mission-aligned investing with Jason Ray, founder of Zenith Wealth Partners. Zenith embraces mission-aligned investing to help clients further their impact and set out to disrupt their industry. Jason talks about how mission-aligned investing is a tool for shifting power and the importance of community. View episode transcript here.

In this episode of Beyond Philanthropy, Monique and Valerie discuss the limitations of shifting power and challenges that arise when power shifting is performative, not genuine.

In this episode of Beyond Philanthropy, Monique and Valerie sit down with Dr. John H. Jackson, President & CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education to discuss their Endow Now campaign and the ways that nonprofits big and small can prioritize financial stability through endowments. Episode Transcript. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In this episode of Beyond Philanthropy, Monique and Valerie sit down with Chantias Ford from the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project to discuss the framework of Trust-Based Philanthropy, its critics, our qualms, and the future of Trust in Philanthropy. Episode Transcript SSIR article "The Future of Philanthropy Is Trust-Based" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In this episode of Beyond Philanthropy, Monique and Valerie sit down with Carmen James Randolph, Founding President & CEO of Women's Foundation of the South to discuss how empowering women, learning from the South, and understanding intersectional issues can shift the nation. Episode Transcript. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Andreanecia Morris, Executive Director for HousingNOLA, a Housing First Organization, to discuss the "First" Model and how it can be utilized to shift focus to intersectional solutions. Episode Transcript --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In this episode of Beyond Philanthropy, Monique and Valerie kick off season 4's theme of Shifting Power and what it means for Foundations, Nonprofits, and the months ahead. Episode Transcript --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In this episode, Monique and Valerie recap ways to disrupt systems, their favorite guests, build on insights from the most popular episode, and introduce next season's theme. ⁠Episode Transcript⁠ ⁠Suggest a Guest⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In this episode, Monique and Valerie reflect on the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative and the lessons learned from the disruptive actions of 2023 Commitment Makers: Heidi Nel COO at New Theory Ventures, Carmen James Randolph. Founding President & CEO at Women's Foundation of the South, Qween Jean NYC COSTUME DESIGNER FOUNDER of Black Trans Liberation, Nicala De Risi CEOat Huvepharma Italia, and Sage Lenier, Founder & Executive Director · Sustainable & Just Future Episode...

In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Edgar Villanueva, founder of The Decolonizing Wealth Project and Liberated Capital to discuss the 5-year anniversary of the project and how we need to reclaim the word Philanthropy to decolonize current/traditional implementations. Episode Transcript --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyond-philanthropy/message

In our first LIVE recording, Monique and Valerie discuss disruptive storytelling with a standing-room-only crowd at Leading Philanthropy 2023. Check out our latest episode to hear some old and new examples of how to move past traumatizing narratives to focus on joy and community-centered storytelling. Transcript of this episode Want to hear the Q&A from this session or get access to our Community-Centered Marketing Template, check out our Patreon Episode --- Send in a voice...

In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Vu Le, Creator of NonprofitAF and one of the Founders of Community Centric Fundraising, to discuss how nonprofits leaders need to grab a folding chair and organize to save our communities and how funders need to shift practices to do the same. Episode transcript here Want to dive deeper into incorporating community-centric principles into your engagement practices? Check out our follow-on Patreon Episode. --- Send in a voice...

In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Barry Segal (Founder of Focus for Health Foundation and The Segal Family Foundation) and his team at Focus for Health to discuss how to build trusting and authentic relationships between Foundations and Grant Partners... people, and how other foundation leaders can learn to be more progressive and relational in their practice. Episode transcript here Want to dive deeper into relationship building with funders and get access to resources...

In this month's episode, Monique and Valerie speak with Brandyn Campbell of Brandyn Campbell Communications on how to disrupt our language and communications in order to be more inclusive and less traumatic with our internal and external communities. Episode Transcript Here Want to dive deeper into this conversation and get access to resources to help you in your journey? Check out our follow-on Patreon Episode. Want to explore this topic in person? Join Monique and Valerie at AFP...

In this month's episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Regina Hairston, President and Chief Executive Officer of the African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ & DE, to discuss the "dirty A word" - Advocacy, why you shouldn't be afraid of it and why it should be part of your nonprofit/philanthropic practice. Episode transcript here Listen to tips and examples on how to integrate advocacy in your practice and get access to resources to help you on this month's Patreon...

In this month's episode, Monique and Valerie discuss leadership in the sector, the lack of leadership development and how we need to move past "Do as I say, not as I do," to become more effective and supportive leaders. Episode Transcript here Listen to tips from some of the failures and successes in Monique and Valerie's leadership journey and get access to resources to help you in yours on this month's Patreon Episode. --- Send in a voice message:...

In this month's episode, Monique and Valerie discuss some of the various trends happening in grantmaking and the importance of trust,  power dynamics, and community when working to be truly disruptive in these practices.  Learn more about some of the trends mentioned Trust-Based Philanthropy Participatory Grantmaking Democracy-Focused Philanthropy Episode Transcript here  Join us on Patreon as we discuss how nonprofits can build relationships with grantmakers and educate them to...

In this episode, Monique and Valerie discuss the various aspects of Fundraising, how to move the practice forward, how to be more community-centric in your efforts, and how to educate donors throughout the process. Episode transcript can be found here Join our monthly membership to get deeper insights and access to your Fundraising workbook to help you build organizational capacity and create systemic change! Join Now!  --- Send in a voice message:...

In the Season 3 premiere, Monique and Valerie speak with Kia Jarmon, Agency Director for MEPR Agency, to kick off this season's theme of Systemic Change and talk about systems that have been developed to hinder communities, and how nonprofit leaders can overcome them. Episode transcript can be found here Join our monthly membership to get deeper insights and resources to help you build organizational capacity and create systemic change! Join Now!  --- Send in a voice message:...

In this episode, Monique and Valerie end season 2 discussing everything from lessons learned from their guests over the past year to what listeners can do to be truly disruptive in their practices in the future.  Episode Resources Episode Transcript --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beyond-philanthropy/message