Ellen Remmer

Ellen Remmer, a senior partner at The Philanthropic Initiative and president of the Remmer Family Foundation, shares her extensive experience in philanthropy. She discusses the journey of giving, emphasizing that it's about experimentation and learning from successes and failures. Ellen differentiates between charity, strategic philanthropy, and impact investing, advocating for families to focus on shared values over individual passions. She also highlights the importance of redefining success metrics and using advocacy and community organizing as powerful philanthropic tools.