Season 8
Lowering Our 'Revenue Risk,' with Gretchen Upholt, BDO
In this episode, nonprofit finance expert Gretchen Upholt joins Rusty to introduce Nonprofit GPS , BDO’s free new online toolkit for scenario planning, business model resilience, and short-term coaching. Learn how your organi...
Imagine What's Possible: Understanding Funder Responses to the Trump …
This episode explores the stages of foundation responses to the Trump Administration’s War on Charities, through the lens of a place-based funder network. Rusty sits down with Megan Thomas, CEO of Catalyst of San Diego and Im...
Funding Nonprofit People & Possibility: Inside the Durfee Foundation
In this episode, you'll get valuable insights from the CEO of one of the few foundations in the US focused on nonprofit people, not nonprofit programs. Our guest is Maria Cabildo, CEO of The Durfee Foundation. Durfee funds “p...
'Silence Isolates, Solidarity Shields,' with Tonya Allen, McKnight Fo…
In this powerful episode of Fund the People’s Defend Nonprofits, Defend Democracy series, Rusty sits down with Tonya Allen, President of the McKnight Foundation, to explore how philanthropy can respond to the Trump Administra...
Introducing Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants Concept
In this brief Bonus Episode, Rusty Stahl introduces the concept of Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants. It's a new type of grant for the new type of existential crisis we face. Download our new S.O.S. Grants Concept Paper...
How Funders Can Fight Nonprofit Burnout, Not Fuel It — with Elisha Sm…
Nonprofit burnout is real — and rising. In this episode, Rusty Stahl welcomes back Dr. Elisha Smith Arrillaga , Vice President of Research at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) . They discuss new data revealing how s...
How to Grow Nonprofit Voice & Visibility with Powerful Advocacy
Advocacy expert Bethany Snyder joins Rusty Stahl to reveal how nonprofit leaders can reclaim their power, speak out boldly, and protect the sector from political attacks. In this powerful episode of Fund the People , host Rus...
End the Overwhelm: Boost Your Team with Fractional Consultants
Is your nonprofit stuck in an understaffing cycle, in which you need expertise but can't afford senior-level salaries? Are you overwhelmed by wearing multiple hats as an executive director, lacking specialized skills in fundr...
How to Process Major Mission Setbacks to Fuel Sustainable Action
Are you feeling drained like we are by all the setbacks facing our work? Struggling to process the cycle of progress and backlash? Would you like to create space for your team to discuss their sadness, anger, and fear, but al...
Funding for the Long Haul: How Many-Year Grants Strengthen Nonprofit …
In this episode, you’ll learn how many-year grants can bolster nonprofit people and programmatic impact. Host Rusty Stahl sits down with Betsy Leondar-Wright, Ph.D., the lead researcher at Fund the People, to discuss our bran...
The Trump War on Charity
In the season premiere of Season 8, your host Rusty Stahl (Founder, President & CEO of Fund the People) outlines the season’s focus on strengthening and defending the nonprofit sector. He previews upcoming conversations with ...