Description
In this episode, Carrie Morgridge from the Morgridge Family Foundation and Wendy Steele from Impact 100 talk to Philanthropy Australia's Nick Richardson about the unique Impact 100 funding model.
Carrie Morgridge is Vice President of the Morgridge Family Foundation. The Foundation, according to its website, invests in leaders and organisations that are re-imaging solutions to some of today’s biggest challenges.
Wendy Steele founded Impact100 in 2001, a network of collective giving groups across the world that makes transformational grants to the communities it serves across five focus areas: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Family and Health & Wellness. She supports, mentors and advises Impact 100 chapters around the globe and total grants have exceeded $70million. In 2014, Wendy was awarded the Jefferson Award for Public Service for her work and in 2016, Wendy was named by Philanthropy Media as the Number 2 speaker on philanthropy in the USA behind U2’s Bono.