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Bold Conversation Archives
| Cathie Hartnett | July 19, 2012 | | Minnesota, women as donors, inheritor, talking about money, LGBT philanthropy |
Featuring Bold Giver: Cathie Hartnett When I was twenty-five, I inherited a lot of money. I’m not sure exactly how much, but I know it would be worth millions today. I wasn’t given any direction in how to use it. I was literally handed an envelope filled with stock... continue reading
| Brickson Diamond | June 20, 2012 | | Liberty Hill Foundation, The Blackhouse Foundation, Creating access, Los Angeles, Brown University, Benefits of Philanthropy, Challenging Yourself Philanthropy, Board Invovlement |
Featuring Bold Giver: Brickson Diamond I focus my giving on organizations and efforts that increase access. This means opening pathways to positions of power for people from communities that are traditionally excluded. As a gay, black man who grew up in Atlanta, Georgia during the... continue reading
| Barbara Meyer | May 20, 2012 | | Southern Partners Fund, family philanthropy, farm workers, Atlanta, inheritor |
Featuring Bold Giver: Barbara Meyer My wealth was serendipitous from the beginning. In 1912, my father began delivering packages at age 12 for a small start-up company that became the United Parcel Service. He stayed with UPS most of his life, and when he died in 1964, left $250,000 to my... continue reading
| Barbara Meyer | May 17, 2012 | | Southern Partners Fund, family philanthropy, farm workers, Atlanta, inheritor |
Featuring Bold Giver: Barbara Meyer My wealth was serendipitous from the beginning. In 1912, my father began delivering packages at age 12 for a small start-up company that became the United Parcel Service. He stayed with UPS most of his life, and when he died in 1964, left $250,000 to my... continue reading
| Carol Newell | April 19, 2012 | | British Columbia, Renewal Partners, Endswell Foundation, Impact Investing, Play Big, Impact, Money Manners, Whole Portfolio Activation |
Featuring Bold Giver: Carol Newell I grew up in Ogdensburg New York, in a business-oriented family, where our business was one of the main employers in the small town. My father was an executive at the Newell Company and my mother a home maker. After my father died at 48, my mother... continue reading
| Jim Whitton | March 15, 2012 | | International Giving, The Hunger Project, Connecting with a Cause, Engaging Donors on Deep Personal Level, Missionizing Fundraising |
Featuring Bold Giver: Jim Whitton In 1982, I was 25 years old, living in NYC, doing international banking in the Asia Pacific region for Chase Manhattan. I didn’t love banking – nor was I particularly good at it.
One day a friend invited me to something called... continue reading
| Jason Franklin | February 16, 2012 | | Next Generation, Family Foundation, LGBTQ Philanthropy, Bolder Giving, Giving Strategy |
Featuring Bold Giver: Jason Franklin I was just 14 years old when I had my first success as a community organizer. Angry about major proposed cuts to public education in state, I co-founded a student organizing effort to “save the Oregon school system.” I was thrilled as... continue reading
| Elizabeth Sheehan | January 19, 2012 | | Healthcare, Haiti, Africa, Women, Children, Social Entreprenuer, Family Foundation |
Featuring Bold Giver: Elizabeth Sheehan Over the past three years, I’ve completely transformed myself as a giver. Previously, I was the uninspired yet loyal trustee of our family foundation. Although our grant-making was generous and thoughtful, the process seemed perfunctory,... continue reading
| Douglas Tsoi | December 15, 2011 | | Community Foundations, Values into Action, Quaker, Oregon |
Featuring Bold Giver: Douglas Tsoi I believe that a happy life is a purposeful and meaningful one, one filled with connection and service to others. Ten years ago, after being laid-off as a technology lawyer in San Francisco, I wrote a mission for my life: to help people learn and become... continue reading
| Nyla Rodgers | November 17, 2011 | | Mama Hope, Africa, Connected Development, Starting a NGO and Uniqueness Factor, Young Inheritor |
Featuring Bold Giver: Nyla Rodgers I am an action person. Lots of people are upset about the state of the world but don’t do anything about it. My mother and I were never like that; we are doers. My mother spent her life giving to others, a virtue she passed on to ... continue reading
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