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What Donors Want
What Donors Want - a podcast by I.G. Advisors - features a series of thought-provoking conversations on the state of our beautiful, yet in many ways broken, non-profit sector. We want to collectively imagine solutions to the things that keep us up at night, and inspire more progressive practices an...
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Someone's Gotta Give, A Novel by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (Where Philanthropy Meets Fiction)
I.G.'s Chair, Alisha Fernandez Miranda, just published her second book and first novel, Someone's Gotta Give. How to describe it? Think Devil Wears Pr...

Behavioural Science and What Donors (Actually) Want With Piyush Tantia of Ideas42
In this episode of Alisha and Emily interview Piyush Tantia, Chief Innovation Officer at Ideas42.
Piyush shares insights on donor psycho...

Resourcing Narrative Ecosystems With Mandy Van Deven & Jody Myrum
In this episode, Rachel and Emily explore the concept of narrative ecosystems with Mandy Van Deven and Jody Myrum. Together, they dive into:

Leadership in the Social-Profit Sector With Farah Mohamed
Rachel and Alisha speak with the incomparable Farah Mohamed - a leader with over 25 years of experience in the government, social-profit, and for-prof...

Should UK Foundations Have A Minimum Grant Payout?
In this episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Emily Collins-Ellis speak with three philanthropy experts on the debate around whether mandatory minimum...

Imagination Infrastructure - What We All Need To Bring About The Future We Want
In this episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Emily Collins-Ellis speak with Cassie Robinson about the need to invest in ‘imagination infrastructure’ t...

The Power of Trust-Based Funding & The African Visionary Fellowship
In this episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Beatrice Onyango speak with three of Segal Family Foundation’s African Visionary Fellows - all about the...

The Legacy of MacKenzie Scott With FRIDA, SAGE & Panorama Global
Imagine this - you get a call out of the blue from a consultant offering an unrestricted grant of $10 million that you can use however you like, spend...

Feminist Resource Mobilisation With Roz Lee
Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Emily Collins-Ellis speak with the incomparable Roz Lee - a leader who has dedicated her life to advancing racial, gender,...

Corporate Kindness With Kurt Geiger
Rachel Stephenson Sheff speaks with two brilliant executives from the international fashion brand, Kurt Geiger: Neil Clifford, CEO, and Pascale Montan...

Power Dynamics In Governance With Jessamyn Shams-Lau & Jane Leu
Rachel Stephenson Sheff speaks with Jessamyn Shams-Lau and Jane Leu all about power dynamics in governance - particularly in family foundation structu...

#FundingFrontlineImpact With Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom Fund
Rachel Stephenson Sheff speaks with Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom Fund, all about their new resource for donors and philanthropic advisors: #FundingF...

What Fellows Want - Imagining the Funding System of the Future
Emily Collins-Ellis and Rachel Stephenson Sheff speak with some of the Fellows from the very first cohort of I.G. Advisors’ #FixTheFlow Fellowship.

Vu Le, Nonprofit AF
Welcome back to Season 4 of What Donors Want! In episode 36, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Emily Collins-Ellis chat with the legendary Vu Le, founder of...

Introducing The Mesa
In the thirty-fifth episode, Lauren Gross chairs our launch event for The Mesa! (https://www.themesa.org)
The Mesa is the only digital pl...

Ximena Andión Ibañez, The Ford Foundation
In the thirty-fourth episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Jasmine Awad speak with Ximena Andión Ibañez, Programme Officer for Mexico and Central Ameri...

zohra moosa, Mama Cash
In the thirty-first episode, Emily Collins-Ellis and Rachel Stephenson Sheff speak with zohra moosa - Executive Director of Mama Cash - about all thin...

David Simas, The Obama Foundation
In the thirtieth episode, Carlos Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff speak with David Simas – CEO of the Obama Foundation – about all things related t...

Hannah Paterson, Participatory Grant-Making at the National Lottery Community Fund
In the twenty-ninth episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Gaby Cervera chat with Hannah Paterson, a Senior Portfolio Manager at the UK's National Lotte...

Richard Curtis, Filmmaker & Comic Relief
In the twenty-eighth episode, Alisha Miranda and Emily Collins-Ellis chat with the legendary Richard Curtis. He is, of course, the BAFTA and Emmy awar...

Katy Goodrich, Adobe
In the twenty-seventh episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Jasmine Awad dive into the world of corporate impact with Katy Goodrich, Customer Success D...

Anna Josse, Prism the Gift Fund
In the twenty-sixth episode, Emily Collins-Ellis and Rachel Stephenson Sheff dive into the world of Donor Advised Funds (aka DAFs) with Anna Josse, CE...

Alyssa Sweetman & Daniel 'Kasper' Bong, Twitch
In the twenty-fifth episode - streamed originally for IoF's virtual 2020 Convention (#IoFFC)- Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Erin Niimi Longhurst dive in...

Victoria Vrana, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In the twenty-fourth episode, Alisha Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff speak with Victoria Vrana, Deputy Director of Philanthropic Partnerships at t...

Larry Kramer, The Hewlett Foundation
To kick off Season Three, the Hewlett Foundation is back! But this time with a twist: Alfonsina Peñaloza, Programme Officer at the Foundation (and fir...

Season Two Recap
After Season Two, producer Rachel Stephenson Sheff sits down with the I.G. team to discuss key insights from this second round of interviews. In this...

With and For Girls Collective
In the twenty-first episode - to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay - Rachel Stephenson Sheff interviews three panellists from the With and For Girls C...

Sharna Goldseker & Michael Moody, Generation Impact
In the twentieth episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Amy Whight chat with Sharna Goldseker and Michael Moody – co-authors of the groundbreaking book,...

Philippa Charles & Flora Craig, Garfield Weston Foundation
In the nineteenth episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Jasmine Awad chat with Philippa Charles (Director) and Flora Craig (Head of Grants) from the Ga...

What Grantees Want (Live at Segal Family Foundation's 2019 AGM)
In the eighteenth episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff travelled to New York to host a very special live recording at Segal Family Foundation's Annual Gen...

Sara Elisa Miller, Miranda Family Fund
In the seventeenth episode, Alisha Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat with Sara Elisa Miller, Director of Philanthropy and Special Projects at 5...

Kabir Kumar, Walmart.org
In the sixteenth episode, Carlos Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat with Kabir Kumar, Senior Director at Walmart.org, to explore the philanthrop...

Sonal Sachdev Patel, GMSP Foundation (Live at Fundraising Convention 2019)
In the fifteenth episode - recorded live with a studio audience - Emily Collins-Ellis and Rachel Stephenson Sheff sit down with philanthropist, Sonal...

Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth
In the fourteenth episode, Rachel Stephenson Sheff sits down with social justice philanthropy expert, Edgar Villanueva, to discuss 'Decolonizing Wealt...

Emma Turner, Barclays Private Bank
In the thirteenth episode, Emily Collins-Ellis and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat with Emma Turner, Head of Client Philanthropy Services at Barclays Pri...

Tillie Peacock, Oxfam
To kick off Season Two, Alisha Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat with Tillie Peacock, Head of Partnership Insight at Oxfam. They discuss a bril...

Season One Recap
After Season One, producer Rachel Stephenson Sheff sits down with the I.G. team to discuss key insights from the first 10 episodes. In this roundtable...

Zia Khan, The Rockefeller Foundation
In the tenth episode, I.G.'s Emily Collins-Ellis and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat with Zia Khan, Vice President of Innovation at the Rockefeller Found...

Andy Bryant, Segal Family Foundation
In the ninth episode - recorded live with a studio audience - I.G.'s Carlos Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat with Andy Bryant, Executive Direc...

Paul Lindley, Ella's Kitchen
In the eighth episode, I.G.'s Rachel Stephenson Sheff and Amy Whight chat with philanthropist, Paul Lindley - Founder of the UK's number one baby food...