The Business of Giving

The following is a conversation between Barron Segar, President and CEO of the World Food Program USA, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Barron Segar, President and CEO of the World Food Program USA, shares the following: • People suffering from acute hunger could rise from 130 million to 265 million • Costs: 46 cents to feed a person a meal • The importance of keeping staff connected to mission

The following is a conversation between Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA, shares the following: • COVID-19 risks washing away decades of progress in reducing poverty and food insecurity • Campaign against gender-based violence during a shelter-in-place lockdown • Ways you can help frontline workers in US through a “CARE package”

The following is a conversation between Antony Bugg-Levine, Chief Executive Officer of Nonprofit Finance Fund, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Antony Bugg-Levine, Chief Executive Officer of Nonprofit Finance Fund, shares the following: • Nonprofit leaders feeling haunted......yet undaunted • Organizations need to ask: What is the core of their work that must be preserved at all costs? • Crisis has highlighted the potential of what funders and nonprofits are capable of doing together.

The following is a conversation between Amit Bouri, Co-founder and CEO of The GIIN, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Amit Bouri, Co-founder and CEO of The GIIN, shares the following: • The relationship between business, society, investors and the planet is in flux. • Who we think is essential to maintaining our society has changed dramatically • How impact investing will be viewed on the other side of this pandemic

The following is a conversation between Evan Marwell, Founder and CEO of EducationSuperHighway, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Evan Marwell, Founder and CEO of EducationSuperHighway, shares the following: • You must define what success means • Know what your partners can and cannot do • How education and learning will change

The following is a conversation between Louise Dubé, Executive Director of iCivics, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Louise Dubé, Executive Director of iCivics, shares the following: • Listening to their educational partners allowed them to create for this situation. • Federal support for STEM is $154 per child annually; for Civics, it’s 3 cents. • How the education sector will change as a result of COVID-19

The following is a conversation between Fred Muench, President of the Center on Addiction, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Fred Muench, President of the Center on Addiction, shares the following: • Alcohol sales, particularly hard spirits, have spiked since the lockdown • What the Center on Addiction is hearing on their helpline • Thoughts on how the addiction treatment system can be improved

The following is a conversation between Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President of Programs at the Ford Foundation, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President of Programs at the Ford Foundation, shares the following: • Importance of multi-year grants • How Ford has gotten much faster and simpler in getting money out the door • The unique role philanthropy can play in reimagining new systems

The following is a conversation between Mark Abbott, President and Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. Need to Move from ‘Detect and Repair” to “Predict and Prevent” The February Drill they Held on: What to Do in the Event of a Pandemic Explaining Complex things in Simple Ways is Vital for a Leader During a Crisis

The following is a conversation between Katie Hood, Chief Executive Officer of the One Love Foundation, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. Safe shelter in your home is as important as shelter How they reimagined their service delivery model Concentrating  on a limited number of near-term priorities to get team focused