BEYOND Philanthropy – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Want to hear the Q&A from this session or get access to our Community-Centered Marketing Template, check out our Patreon Episode

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.

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.

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Want to dive deeper into relationship building with funders and get access to resources to help you in your journey? Check out our follow-on Patreon Episode.

Check out some additional "Thoughts From Barry"

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.

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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 LEAD this October

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 Episode.

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.

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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.

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

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Join us on Patreon as we discuss how nonprofits can build relationships with grantmakers and educate them to increase disruption, trust, and power.