Beyond 5%: Philanthropy as a Bridge, Not Backup Government with Jamie Allison feat. Elizabeth Cushing
About this episode
The episode discusses the reimagining of Tax Day as a celebration of collective care and the role of philanthropy in supporting nonprofits amidst funding cuts.
What happens when one of the most dreaded days on the calendar gets reimagined as a celebration of collective care? In this episode, Stupski Foundation CEO Glen Galaich and co-host Jamie Allison, executive director of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, use Tax Day to open up a bigger conversation about public responsibility, private wealth, and what taxes make possible. Jamie makes a joyful case for loving Tax Day, not in spite of what it asks of us, but because taxes fund the schools, roads, clean water, and public systems that hold our lives together. Together, she and Glen ask what it would mean to stop treating taxes as something to avoid and start seeing them as an investment in one another, while also asking whether philanthropy is putting its own tax-advantaged dollars to work with that same sense of responsibility. They are joined by Elizabeth Cushing, CEO of Playworks, a national nonprofit that helps nearly 1 million children each year build belonging, resolve conflict, and return to class ready to learn through structured play and recess. Elizabeth lays out the damaging impact of federal education funding cuts and tightening state budgets on kids across the country. She…
People in this episode
Host: Glen Galaich
Guests: Jamie Allison, Elizabeth Cushing
Topics covered
- philanthropy
- taxes
- public responsibility
- education funding
- nonprofit support
- collective care
Keywords
- Tax Day
- philanthropy
- public systems
- education funding cuts
- nonprofits
- collective investment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stupski Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, Playworks
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