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What Makes a Good Impact Investment?

Impact investing has grown exponentially over the past 20 years. How is the field evolving? What are the new approaches and strategies that are making impact investing more accessible and appealing to funders of all sizes? How can the curious get started? Megan Kashner from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management joins the show to address critiques levied at the field and how to tell if an investment is having an impact. Giving With Impact is developed with the support of DAFgiving360^®

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Building a Culture of Conflict Resiliency

By Ana del Rocío

Conflict is inevitable in any organization. The question for the nonprofit sector and its supporters is how to structure it in ways that strengthen communities.

Who Holds the Keys? Unlocking Foundation Board Support for a Sector in Crisis

By Elisha Smith Arrillaga & Ellie Buteau

As federal funding disappears and community organizations close, much of the power to respond sits with foundation boards—and the moment to use it is now.

Intentional Design in AI Adoption, Not Just Speed

By Samia Amin & Tamara Johnson

Going from hamster wheel to flywheel to supercharge AI adoption in workforce training

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How Profit Sharing Redistributes Wealth

By Chana R. Schoenberger

French profit-sharing rules improve the pay of lower-skilled workers without affecting the growth or productivity of firms.

A Model for Restoring the Rust Belt

Deindustrialization hit Chicago's south suburbs hard. Can the Southland Development Authority breathe new life into the area and promote a template for reviving regions?

Philanthropy’s Missing Trillions, Revisited

By Jennifer Xia Spradling & Patrick Schmitt 1

The Baby Boomers' wealth transfer is one of the greatest opportunities in the history of the philanthropy and nonprofit sector. There is still work to do.

Faith-Aligned Finance Is the Original Trust Capital

By Alaa Murabit

Development finance sees faith-aligned capital as money to unlock. Its bigger value is the centuries-old architecture that lets money move at scale, endure over time, and arrive with trust built into its design.

How AI Disclosures Disconnect

By Chana R. Schoenberger

Seeing an AI disclosure on a social post leads users to disengage, because they feel the creator spent less effort on making it.

Closing the Rental Wealth Gap

For nearly a century, US policy prioritized homeownership to build middle-class wealth—leaving many renters behind. But innovative new renter-wealth models are enabling renters to access the American dream.

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