
Giving With Impact
Generosity and innovation are fueling exponential progress in addressing the most complex and intractable problems we face today. Growing at a commensurate pace is the drive to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of donors, the advisors who support them and nonprofits in creating the impact they envision. Giving with Impact is a podcast created by DAFgiving360 and Stanford Social Innovation Review to engage the philanthropic sector in an ongoing discussion around maximizing charitable impact. The series creates a collaborative space for leading voices from across the philanthropic ecosystem to engage in both aspirational and practical conversations around relevant topics at the heart of achieving more effective philanthropy.
Latest episodes

Jul 29, 2020 • 22min
C-19: What's Next - The Lifecycle of a Pandemic
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Regine A. Webster, Vice President, Center for Disaster PhilanthropyBrian Howell, Director, Business Development, DAFgiving360 After you listenReview this up-to-date list of CDP-recommended charities supporting COVID-19 response, relief, and recovery efforts both domestically and abroad.Heartbreaking tragedies affect thousands of people every year, from devastating storms and earthquakes to wildfires and mudslides. Victims are often left in dire need of food, emergency shelter, clean water, electricity, and access to critical medical care. DAFgiving360 and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy are working together to provide our generous donors with a convenient way to extend their support.

Jul 15, 2020 • 15min
C-19: What Nonprofits are Facing Now and How Donors Can Help
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Dean Amir Pasic, Eugene R. Tempel Dean and Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Eugene R. Tempel Dean and Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of PhilanthropyMary Jovanovich, Sr. Manager, Relationship Management, DAFgiving360After you listenReview this up-to-date list of charities recommended by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy supporting COVID-19 response, relief, and recovery efforts both domestically and abroad.DAFgiving360 clients say they've increased their philanthropic giving more than they otherwise would have because they have a donor-advised fund account. Learn how we make it easy for donors to support charities like yours 0720-0ZAB

Jul 3, 2020 • 23min
C-19: Giving Effectively and Efficiently to Address the Most Pressing Needs
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Patricia McIlreavy, President and CEO, Center for Disaster PhilanthropyFred Kaynor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, DAFgiving360After you listenVisit our website for webcasts, articles and blogs from philanthropic leaders, and charity search tools designed to help donors increase the impact of their charitable giving.Review this up-to-date list of CDP-recommended charities supporting COVID-19 response, relief, and recovery efforts both domestically and abroad.Community foundations offer invaluable knowledge and resources to help donors maximize the impact of their support in local communities affected by the spread of COVID-19. Access this tool to help identify community foundation-sponsored COVID-19 funds for specific geographic locations.As donors and organizations mobilize to help the most vulnerable, the healthcare sector and local economies, consider how your time, talent and treasure may help make a difference.Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from DAFgiving360 and Stanford Social Innovation Review.If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.0720-0R8F

Feb 5, 2020 • 25min
Venture Philanthropy: Empowering Possibility
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Jim Bildner, CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationJulia Reed, Managing Director, Relationship Management, DAFgiving360 After you listenWith almost two million 501(c)(3) charities registered in the United States, you may be looking for help in identifying highly effective charities that can have the greatest impact on the causes you support. Find guidance here. Given the amount of capital available to Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, they are really trying to push the ball on complex societal issues including access to food and water, homelessness, access to education, healthcare, the critical issues that face society globally. Find out more about how DRK Foundation is looking for solutions to these very complicated societal issues, and how they are typically finding those in early stage entrepreneurs, in the three articles below:Learn more about DRK Foundation’s belief in early-stage investments in social entrepreneurs and how this practice is essential for creating profound and lasting change to society’s most challenging problems in "The Urgency to Fund Early-stage Social Entrepreneurs" published by Stanford Social Innovation Review.Funders who care about systems change should look from the outside in, and shouldn’t discount the potential and influence of early-stage organizations. Today, disruptive innovation is bubbling up, rather than trickling down, Read more in this article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review "To Change the System Look Outside the System."Read about how the need to bridge the digital divide between those with and those without adequate connection to the internet took more than technology. It required a system’s change. "Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking" in Harvard Business Review. Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from DAFgiving360 and Stanford Social Innovation Review.If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

Jan 22, 2020 • 19min
The Economy, Taxes and Philanthropy: What Donors Can Do to Navigate the Current Giving Environment
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Una Osilli, Associate Dean of Research and International Programs; Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of PhilanthropyHayden Adams, CPA, Director of Tax and Financial Planning, Schwab Center for Financial Research After you listenTo learn more about how to fund your philanthropy with tax-smart contributions of complex assets, read our series of helpful white papers.Listen to Richard as he discusses how converting low-basis stock into charitable gifts helps him and his family give more. Donating stock is a piece of cake.Looking for impactful charities to support the causes that mean the most to you? Find helpful resources here.Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from DAFgiving360 and Stanford Social Innovation Review.If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

Jan 8, 2020 • 19min
Facilitating Impact – What’s Right, What’s Missing, What’s Next for Donor-Advised Funds
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Nicole Taylor, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Community FoundationKim Laughton, President, DAFgiving360 After you listenIf you’d like to learn more about donor-advised funds and how to maximize your charitable impact, check out our website—where you’ll also find information on donating complex assets, identifying impactful charities to meet your giving goals, and asking important questions to align your giving vehicles.Decisions about what you do with your financial assets are just as important as the decisions you make while you’re accumulating them. Listen to this episode of Financial Decoder as Kim Laughton discusses a smarter way to give to charity.You can find out more about the work of Silicon Valley Community Foundation by listening to their podcast Philanthropy Now.Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from DAFgiving360 and Stanford Social Innovation ReviewIf you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

Dec 18, 2019 • 19min
Giving With a Gender Lens: Unleashing Charitable Impact by and for Women
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Board Chair and President Charles Schwab Foundation and Board Chair of DAFgiving360.Andrea Pactor,Interim Director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. After you listenLooking for impactful charities to support the causes that mean the most to you? Find helpful resources including curated lists at DAFgiving360.If you would like to read or listen to stories from donors as they recount their approach to philanthropy and how they are maximizing the impact of their charitable giving, we have twenty to choose from at DAFgiving360.To learn more about how to fund your philanthropy with tax-smart contributions of complex assets, read our series of helpful white papers. The bottom line is that gender matters in philanthropy, that men and women have different motivations for giving, and different patterns of giving. One trend that we’re seeing now is that more women are leveraging all of their resources—income, assets, their families—to make the change that they want to see.Discover recent research around women and giving in the Women Philanthropy Institute library at https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/institutes/womens-philanthropy-institute/library/index.htmlIf you like to learn visually, check out research report infographics at https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/institutes/womens-philanthropy-institute/infographics.htmlSubscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from DAFgivng360 and Stanford Social Innovation Review

Dec 10, 2019 • 28min
Making the Most of Your Generosity: Addressing Equity and Social Change Through Corporate and Individual Philanthropy
Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Jeff Raikes, Co-Founder of the Raikes FoundationFred Kaynor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, DAFgiving360 After you listenLooking for impactful charities to support the causes that mean the most to you? Find helpful resources here.If you would like to read or listen to stories from donors as they recount their approach to philanthropy and how they are maximizing the impact of their charitable giving, we have twenty to choose from at DAFgiving360.To learn more about how to fund your philanthropy with tax-smart contributions of complex assets, read our series of helpful white papers. The interconnected concepts of equity and justice are taking center stage across the philanthropic landscape. Individual donors can engage in effective philanthropy with an equity lens that not only celebrates and respects diverse perspectives but empowers those closest to the issues in helping to co-create solutions.You can find out more about advancing equity and justice in Jeff’s recent article published in Forbes.Check out Giving Compass, a project sponsored by Raikes Foundation as a central source for relevant articles.Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from DAFgiving360 and Stanford Social Innovation Review.If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.