About this episode

The episode explores how philanthropy is adapting to current challenges and opportunities with insights from Matthew L. Evans.

This week, we are diving into the world of philanthropy. We are thrilled to be joined by Matthew L. Evans from the United Philanthropy Forum who will help us understand how philanthropy is evolving to meet this moment and what challenges and opportunities we are seeing for funders and philanthropy infrastructure organizations. Guests for this episode Brittany Hacker Leonard Tim Mooney Matthew L. Evans Shownotes Matthew L. Evans is the United Philanthropy Forum's VP of Advocacy and External Relations . Matthew has more than 14 years of public policy, government relations, and external affairs experience. Before joining the Forum, he was Director of Public Policy & Special Projects for the Southeastern Council on Foundations in Atlanta, where he worked to ensure the legislative and regulatory success of the philanthropic sector in the South. He currently serves as the staff lead for the Forum Public Policy Committee and is a member of the Nonprofit VOTE National Leadership Council. Welcome again, we are thrilled to have you joining us! Could you start off by giving our listeners an introduction to the United Philanthropy Forum and your great work ? Can you explain what a…

People in this episode

Guests: Matthew L. Evans, Brittany Hacker Leonard, Tim Mooney

Topics covered

• philanthropy
• funding challenges
• philanthropy infrastructure
• public policy
• advocacy

Keywords

• philanthropy
• advocacy
• funders
• public policy
• infrastructure organizations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United Philanthropy Forum, Southeastern Council on Foundations, Nonprofit VOTE

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