Let’s Hear It: Glen Galaich on Why Big Giving Falls Short

About this episode

Glen Galaich discusses his book CONTROL and critiques the current state of big giving.

We’re excited to share a special feed swap this week from our friends, Eric Brown and Kirk Brown, on the Let’s Hear It podcast! In this episode, you’ll get to hear directly from Glen Galaich and frequent Break Fake Rules co-host and Let’s Hear It host, Eric Brown, as they talk about Glen’s newly released book, CONTROL: Why Big Giving Falls Short. Order your copy of Glen’s book, CONTROL: Why Big Giving Falls Short . Join Glen on the book tour ! CONTROL: Why Big Giving Falls Short , out now, makes an argument as simple as it is explosive: when a donor takes a tax deduction to give money away, they've made a deal with the public. That money isn't theirs anymore. But the system we've built lets donors park billions in foundations and donor-advised funds indefinitely — dribbling out 5 cents on the dollar while the rest sits on Wall Street going absolutely nowhere. Glen isn't an outside critic. He's a sitting foundation CEO who spent years reinforcing every rule he's now trying to break. Eric read an early draft, argued with him about it, and told him his central framing was too polite. Glen ignored him. They pick up that conversation here. Follow Let's Hear It and leave a rating so…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Brown

Guest: Glen Galaich

Topics covered

• big giving
• philanthropy
• foundations
• donor-advised funds
• book discussion

Keywords

• big giving
• philanthropy
• foundations
• donor-advised funds
• Glen Galaich
• Eric Brown
• CONTROL

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stupski Foundation

Books & works: CONTROL: Why Big Giving Falls Short

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