115: Legacy Is a Verb: Rethinking Philanthropy, Wealth, and Giving with Elena Fracchia

About this episode

Elena Fracchia discusses the challenges of connecting personal values to philanthropy and the impact of her organization, The Good Philanthropist.

Send us Fan Mail Most people don’t struggle with the desire to give. They struggle with knowing how. In this episode, Elena Fracchia shares what she has learned working across nonprofit management, fundraising, and wealth strategy. After seeing both sides of philanthropy, she identified a consistent gap. People are surrounded by financial advice, but no one is helping them connect their values to meaningful impact. Elena built The Good Philanthropist to fill that gap. She works with individua...

People in this episode

Host: Amy Schutte

Guest: Elena Fracchia

Topics covered

• philanthropy
• wealth strategy
• nonprofit management
• fundraising
• values
• impact

Keywords

• philanthropy
• wealth
• giving
• nonprofit
• financial advice
• impact
• values

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Good Philanthropist

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