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Beyond Philanthropy

A podcast about how we can move beyond traditional philanthropy

from co-hosts Monique Curry-Mims & Valerie Johnson.

S4 E12: Can Power Be Shifted?
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S4 E12: Can Power Be Shifted?

After an entire season focused on Shifting Power, we have to ask... can power actually be shifted? Join Monique and Valerie as we recap our favorite moments from this season and, more importantly, ask ourselves if power can be shifted in the philanthropic space.

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S4 E11: Shifting Together
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S4 E11: Shifting Together

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.

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S4 E10: Shifting through Collaboration
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S4 E10: Shifting through Collaboration

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.

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S4 E9: Self Care While Shifting
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S4 E9: Self Care While Shifting

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.

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S4 E8: Community-led Advocacy
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S4 E8: Community-led Advocacy

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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S4 E7: Mission-aligned Investing
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S4 E7: Mission-aligned Investing

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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S4 E6: Performative Power Shifts
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S4 E6: Performative Power Shifts

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.

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S4 E5: Endowing Nonprofits
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S4 E5: Endowing Nonprofits

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.

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S4 E4: The Future is Trust Based
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S4 E4: The Future is Trust Based

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.

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S4 E3: Shifting the South
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S4 E3: Shifting the South

In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Carmen James Randolph, Founding President & CEO of Women's Foundation of the South to discuss how empowering women, leaning from the South, and understanding intersectional issues can shift the nation.

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S4 E2: At the Intersection
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S4 E2: At the Intersection

In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Andreanecia Morris, Executive Director of HousingNOLA, a Housing First organization, to discuss the model and how it can be utilized to shift focus to intersectional solutions.

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S4 E1: Shifting Power
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S4 E1: Shifting Power

In this episode of Beyond Philanthropy, Monique and Valerie kick off season 4's theme of Shifting Power and what it means for foundations and nonprofits in the months ahead.

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S3 E11: Disruption in Action
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S3 E11: Disruption in Action

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.

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S3 E10: Decolonizing Philanthropy
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S3 E10: Decolonizing Philanthropy

In this month's 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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S3 E9: Disrupting Storytelling
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S3 E9: Disrupting Storytelling

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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S3 E8: Disrupting Through Organizing #BringaFoldingchair
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S3 E8: Disrupting Through Organizing #BringaFoldingchair

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.

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S3 E7: Disruptive Philanthropic Relationships
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S3 E7: Disruptive Philanthropic Relationships

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 and how other foundation leaders can learn to be more progressive and relational in their practice.

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S3 E5: Disrupting Policies: Advocating for Change
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S3 E5: Disrupting Policies: Advocating for Change

In this month’s episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Regina Hairston, President & 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 and philanthropic practice.

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S3 E6: Disrupting our Communication Practices
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S3 E6: Disrupting our Communication Practices

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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