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Dr Xanthe Scharff: Mackenzie Scott gifts, collaborative funding & combatting modern slavery
Apr 23, 2026
54m 16s
ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #13
Apr 9, 2026
53m 45s
Craig Newmark on philanthropy
Mar 26, 2026
44m 25s
Myths of Philanthropy #3: Individualism and Scarcity, with Zaineb Mohammed & Devi Leiper O'Malley
Mar 12, 2026
49m 51s
Myths of Philanthropy #2: Presumed Expertise, with élysse marcellin & Tesmerelna Atsbeha
Mar 9, 2026
1h 00m 27s
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| 4/23/26 |  Dr Xanthe Scharff: Mackenzie Scott gifts, collaborative funding & combatting modern slavery | Send us Fan Mail On this episode we are joined by Dr Xanthe Scharff, Managing Director for External Affairs and Editor-at-Large at the Freedom Fund, to discuss their work combatting modern slavery and what it is like to receive not one but two major gifts from Mackenzie Scott. Including: What is Freedom Fund’s mission, and how does it go about delivering on this?What is the scale of modern slavery as an issue? How much philanthropic funding does modern slavery currently attract? How... | 54m 16s | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #13 | Send us Fan Mail In the thirteenth edition of our podcast partnership with the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP), we talk to more academics whose work is featured in the latest batch of short, practitioner-focused ERNOP Research Notes. In this episode we hear from: Lauren Dula (Binghamton University, State University of New York) & Laurie Paarlberg (Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University), about their research into the literature on how power m... | 53m 45s | ||||||
| 3/26/26 | Craig Newmark on philanthropy | Send us Fan Mail On this episode we are joined by Craig Newmark - founder of Craigslist, philanthropist and recent Giving Pledge signatory - to discuss his thoughts on the importance of philanthropy and how he approaches it. Including: What was it that particularly made him decide to sign the Giving Pledge last year, given that he has been doing philanthropy at a significant level for a long time now?Part of Craig's stated aim in signing the Giving Pledge is to “inspire really rich people to ... | 44m 25s | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | Myths of Philanthropy #3: Individualism and Scarcity, with Zaineb Mohammed & Devi Leiper O'Malley | Send us Fan Mail In the third and final episode of our "Myths of Philanthropy" series, Rhodri and Chiara are joined by Zaineb Mohammed (Kataly Fund) and Devi Leiper O'Malley (Closer Than You Think) to discuss individualism and scarcity. Including: What does it mean to have a scarcity mindset, and why is it so common in the nonprofit sector?What does a scarcity mindset lead to?How can funders and nonprofits overcome the scarcity mindset themselves, and how can they help the nonprofits they fun... | 49m 51s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | Myths of Philanthropy #2: Presumed Expertise, with élysse marcellin & Tesmerelna Atsbeha | Send us Fan Mail For the second episode in our "Myths of Philanthropy" series, we are joined by élysse marcellin (Whose Knowledge?) and Tesmeralna Atsbeha (philanthropic strategist & advisor, formerly Wellspring Philanthropic Fund) to discuss presumed knowledge. Including: Why do we equate wealth with expertise across a broad range of domains, and why is this a mistake? Do we also make judgements about those who do not have money (i.e. that they have less knowledge or less capacity t... | 1h 00m 27s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 | Myths of Philanthropy #1: Legacy, with Lisa Cowan and Dimple Abichandani | Send us Fan Mail In the first episode of our mini-series on "Myths of Philanthropy", Rhodri and Chiara are joined by Lisa Cowan (Director of The Haven Fund, previously Vice President of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation) and Dimple Abichandani (author of A New Era of Philanthropy: Ten Practices to Transform Wealth Into a More Just and Sustainable Future) to discuss the notion of legacy. Including: To what extent do foundations exist in perpetuity as a default, rather than an active c... | 54m 37s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 | Myths of Philanthropy: Introduction, with Mandy van Deven & Chiara Cattaneo | Send us Fan Mail Rhodri is joined by Mandy van Deven and Chiara Cattaneo from Elemental, to introduce a new 3-part collaborative series on "Myths of Philanthropy". Including: Why curate a series about the myths of philanthropy? How did the series take shape? Who are the contributors?What are the myths of philanthropy, and where did they come from?What do we hope readers and listeners will take away from this series?Further Resources: ElementalThe Myths of Philanthropy Fil... | 32m 06s | ||||||
| 2/19/26 | David Campbell & Lindsey McDougle: Can You Teach Philanthropy? | Send us Fan Mail In our 100th episode we talk to David Campbell (Binghamton University, State University of New York) and Lindsey McDougle (Rutgers University - Newark) about their work on "Experiential Philanthropy" (EP) and using giving as a teaching tool. Including: What is experiential philanthropy?What are some of the different models for delivering EP courses? Is EP primarily a way of learning about philanthropy, a tool for learning about other subjects, or a means of promoting act... | 58m 07s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | Jonathan Heawood: Philanthropy and Public Interest Journalism | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Jonathan Heawood, Executive Director of the Public Interest News Foundation (PINF), about the role philanthropy can play in funding public interest journalism, and some of the opportunities and challenges this might bring. Including: How do we define public interest journalism?What are the key challenges for news providers in the modern digital landscape? What role can philanthropy play in addressing these challenges?Why is local news particularly i... | 53m 31s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | Ann Mei Chang: Data and Civil Society | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Ann Mei Chang, CEO of Candid, about the opportunities and challenges when it comes to collecting and publishing data on the nonprofit sector. Including: How does Candid decide what data to collect beyond what’s available from IRS filings?How can we ensure that data collection benefits nonprofits rather than burdening them? How are nonprofits using Candid data?What role could the nonprofit sector take in modeling more ethical and transparent ap... | 49m 13s | ||||||
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| 1/8/26 | ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #12 | Send us Fan Mail In the twelfth edition of our podcast partnership with the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP), we talk to more academics whose work is featured in the latest batch of short, practitioner-focused ERNOP Research Notes. In this episode we hear from: Peter Vandor (WU Wien), about his research (with Fabian Dober, Michael Meyer and Reinhard Millner) into how social investors make decisions about what to fund.Jo Bacon & Claire Routley (University of Ke... | 54m 02s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | What Next? 2026 Trends and Predictions for Philanthropy & Civil Society | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we offer thoughts on the trends and topics that are going to shape philanthropy and civil society in 2026. Including: Philanthropy & Charities Ongoing political challenges for US philanthropy (more attacks on the legitimacy of foundations; will Trump weaponise the IRS?)More billion-dollar gifts; more donors signalling intent (e.g. by joining the Giving Pledge); the emergence of some new big-money philanthropists (including some high-profile women?)How will... | 1h 21m 48s | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Philippa Charles: Foundations and Grantmaking | Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Philanthropisms podcast we speak to Philippa Charles OBE, Chief Executive of the DFN Foundation, about the role of foundations and what it means to be a good grantmaker. Including: What is required to make core cost funding work from the funder’s point of view?What challenges do current grant application processes present for charities? How can we minimise or overcome these challenges?The relationship between fundraisers and funders (or donors) is... | 53m 34s | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | Rachael Jarosh & Suzanne Ehlers: Women-led philanthropy in support of refugees | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Rachael Jarosh and Suzanne Ehlers, Chair and CEO respectively of USA for UNHCR, the US-based support organisation for the United Nations refugee agency, about their new women-led philanthropy project Building Better Futures. Including What is the aim of the Building Better Futures campaign and how did it come about?Why was it decided to focus on access to education? What makes that such an powerful catalyst for wider change?Why do female refugees fa... | 45m 02s | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | Asha Curran: Radical generosity & the power of everyday giving | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Asha Curran, CEO of GivingTuesday, about the evolution of Giving Tuesday from its origins as a US-based giving day to its current incarnation as a global generosity movement operating in over 100 countries worldwide; and what she has learned about the power of everyday acts of giving. Including: How has GivingTuesday evolved since its inception over a decade ago?What are the key aims of the organisation today?How important does the actual Giving Tue... | 59m 33s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | Sonal Sachdev Patel: Reflections of a Philanthropist in Residence | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Sonal Sachdev Patel, CEO of GMSP Foundation, inaugural Philanthropist In Residence at the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and executive coach working with philanthropists and senior leaders. In a wide-ranging conversation, we discuss: How did the LSE Philanthropist in Residence role come about? What is the aim of the role, and what are the key insights so far?How did Sonal and her family get started... | 58m 24s | ||||||
| 10/16/25 | ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #11 | Send us Fan Mail In the eleventh edition of our podcast partnership with the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP), we talk to more academics whose work is featured in the latest batch of short, practitioner-focused ERNOP Research Notes. In this episode we hear from: Maria Jedicke (formerly of University of Freiburg), about her research on how to design effective volunteering appeals.Georg von Schnurbein (University of Basel) about his paper (with Alice Hengevoss) look... | 54m 37s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | Oli French & Sally Vivyan: Why and how do foundations spend down? | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Oli French (freelance consultant) and Sally Vivyan (Co-Director of Gower Street and Grants Advisor/Trustee to the Sir Ernest Cassel Education Trust) about why and how foundations choose to spend themselves down. Including: Are decisions to spend down more commonly about mission, principles or practicalities? Or is it a mixture of all 3 (and how does the balance shift over time)?Who tends to make the decision to spend down in an existing perpetual fo... | 1h 11m 27s | ||||||
| 9/18/25 | Philanthropy in an Era of Populist Politics | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we consider the rise of political populism across the world, the impact this is having on philanthropy and civil society, and what the response might be. Including: What are the key features of populist politics?Has philanthropy played a role in creating the current populist moment?How are funders and NGOs in the US responding to populist attacks on their legitimacy? Are these challenges set to intensify?Can and should philanthropic funders step in to cover ga... | 1h 14m 07s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | Liv Egholm & Pia Gerber: Philanthropy & Democracy in Europe | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Liv Egholm, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, and Pia Gerber, Director of Freudenberg Stiftung, about philanthropy and democracy in Europe. Including: What is the core role of philanthropy within a democratic society, which differentiates it from either state or market provision? Can philanthropy be used to strengthen democracy, or is it inherently anti-democratic, because it offers a means for those with wealth to bypass the e... | 56m 43s | ||||||
| 7/10/25 | Alisha Fernandez Miranda: Writing fiction about philanthropy | Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Philanthropisms podcast we talk to Alisha Fernandez Miranda, author of Someone's Gotta Give (out 5th August), a comic novel about the struggles of an American former fundraiser to balance motherhood, life in the UK and a new job working as a philanthropy adviser. Including: How did the book come about?How did the experience of working in philanthropy inform the book?Which archetypes and situations are people who work in nonprofits and philanthropy... | 44m 48s | ||||||
| 6/26/25 | ERNOP: Connecting Philanthropy Academia & Practice #10 | Send us Fan Mail In the tenth edition of our podcast partnership with the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP), we talk to more academics whose work is featured in the latest batch of short, practitioner-focused ERNOP Research Notes. In this episode we hear from: Bouke Klein Teeselink (Assistant Professor in Economics at the Department of Political Economy, King's College London), about his research on how political affiliation affects charitable giving.Elizabeth Dale... | 55m 58s | ||||||
| 6/12/25 | Róisín Wood: Philanthropy & Civil Society in Northern Ireland | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Philanthropisms podcast we talk to Róisín Wood, CEO of the Community Foundation Northern Ireland (CFNI), about the landscape for philanthropy and civil society in Northern Ireland. Including: How and why was CFNI originally formed, and what is the organisation’s focus today?What is the history and current context for civil society in NI?What is the overall makeup of the NI civil society sector, in terms of formalised vs informal orgs, large vs small, di... | 1h 00m 05s | ||||||
| 5/22/25 | The Gates Foundation and timescales for philanthropy | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we take a look at the recent announcement by Bill Gates that he now plans to give away 99% of his wealth and spend down his foundation over the next 20 years. Including: Should we be excited about this news?Why has the announcement been made now? Should it be seen in part as a response to the Trump administration? Do the sums stack up? Can we square what has been said so far about the total amounts that will be given away with the projected annual spendin... | 1h 03m 40s | ||||||
| 5/15/25 | Allison Fine: Using AI to make fundraising better | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Allison Fine (President of Every.org and nonprofit tech expert) about the impact of AI on philanthropy, and how it can be used to make fundraising more relational at scale. Including: Is everyday giving in decline? If so, what are the key drivers?Are there particular declines among certain demographics or age groups?Has this led to an over-reliance on a small group of donors giving larger amounts? What are the practical and ethical issues with... | 48m 36s | ||||||
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