How Philanthropy is Meeting the Moment

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 philanthropy infrastructure org is? (How has the sector evolved)

We were lucky to be presenters at Foundations on the Hill this year, can you tell the listeners a bit about what that is, what you are trying to achieve, and how it went this year?

What would you recommend for foundations that want to get more involved with policy work like this?

This year / Current threat environment: