
Season 4, Episode 1; Jay and Shira Ruderman
Jay and Shira Ruderman join Dave Moss is a Season 4 episode of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast.
Unfunded List’s mission is to educate future generations of philanthropists and social entrepreneurs about fundraising and the philanthropic process. Our main program of proposal evaluation reviews hundreds of unfunded proposals a year and provides feedback directly from relevant experts. Sometimes we’re even able to connect unfunded proposals with funders when we find a match.
The Open Door Philanthropy Podcast is an opportunity to dive deeper into how major giving works through long form interviews with major givers and experts in philanthropy. Foundation heads, heirs, heiresses, and other wealthy patrons open their doors to Unfunded List founder Dave Moss to discuss philanthropy at length in great detail.
We are currently in our fourth season of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast. This season’s theme is simple in concept but tricky in implementation; Collaborative Giving. Learn how each of our guests channel the power of collaborative giving in their work.
Jay and Shira Ruderman join Dave Moss is a Season 4 episode of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast.
Dave speaks to Amanda Cage, CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions about her career and her first year with the Fund.
Aleah Bacquie Vaughn, Executive Director of the CJI Fund, sits down for a long, wide ranging interview with Dave that spans from Aleah’s childhood, to her career in Africa advocating for the release of political prisoners, to her work with CJI Fund supporting incarceration justice here in the US.
For our fourth episode this season learn from John Ahmann CEO of the Westside Future Fund. John lives and works in Atlanta’s historic west side,
Unfunded List founder and Open Door Philanthropy host Dave Moss interviews his father, Richard Moss, about America’s Philanthropy History.
You can read more about how this project came to be or simply listen to the series of interviews, plus the keynote address that inspired it, below.
Season She (three) highlights women in our sector and explores the unique experiences of being woman-identified in philanthropy.
Elizabeth McCormack was the perfect premiere interview for this Season of Open Door Philanthropy.
Dave Moss, our host, first met Mary Galeti of the Tecovas Foundation the day before a gathering of next generation influencers at the White House
Anita Zucker is the wealthiest self-made guest we’ve interviewed on the podcast to date. She is South Carolina’s only billionaire and one of the most
At first glance, it may not seem like Barbara Harman and Dave Moss have much in common. First glances can be deceiving. Like Dave, our
Caren Yanis directed Oprah’s Angel Network for 9 years where she led all of Oprah’s philanthropy. We were lucky to have her join us in the podcast booth at Nexus US.
Candice Cook philanthropist, lawyer, activist, mom, cronut trademarker, and superstar attended Reality Global 2015 a Schusterman Foundation funded trip to Israel for globally-minded entrepreneurs. Also on that trip was Unfunded List founder Dave Moss. They caught up in the podcast booth this year at Nexus US.
Lilian Wang was born in Taiwan and moved to Vancouver as a girl. Many years later she would attend the Nexus Global Summit in New
Noelle Francois runs an unfunded organization called Heat Seek NYC. We reviewed their grant proposals and provided Noelle with a helpful and candid feedback report from
Lynn O’Connell is a philanthropy scholar, serial interim executive director, and a longtime evaluator for the Unfunded List. She is an adjunct professor of philanthropy
Season 2 of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast was recorded at the 2018 Nexus US Summit that took place at the United States Institute of Peace, located in Washington, D.C. We set up a recording booth at the Summit and interviewed a number of attendees about their work and what drew them to Nexus.
Season 2, Episode 1 of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring Hank Love.
Season 2, Episode 2 of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring Zachary Garber
The third episode of Season 2 of the Open Door Philanthropy podcast featuring Jennifer Murtie.
Episode 4 of the second season of the Open Door Philanthropy podcast featuring guest Kristina Saffran.
Episode 5 of the second season of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring guest Candice Cook.
The sixth episode from the second season of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring guest Caren Yanis.
Episode 7 of the second season of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring guest Jason Kampf.
Episode 8 from Season 2 of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring guest Melissa Jane Kronfeld.
The ninth episode from the second season of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast featuring guest Ronit Avni.
In the first season of the Open Door Philanthropy Podcast, our host, Dave Moss, sits down with major individual donors, board members of “invitation only” foundations, hip millennials, arts patrons, activists and Giving Pledge signatories to candidly discuss their philanthropy and purpose.
Our mission is to demystify philanthropy for the general public while providing a platform for our guests to discuss their working lives and lively conversation about the life that led to their legacy.
We begin our series with a two-part episode featuring senior leaders from the Roddenberry Foundation. Rod Roddenberry is Executive Producer of the CBS hit Star
Of the Harman Family Foundation and Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington (DC)
Victor and Dave first met each other in 2010 at the White House’s first ever convening of young philanthropists. Victor is a Russian whose father
What does philanthropy do for the Oceans? Dr. Gregory S. Stone is one of the world’s leading experts on Oceans and has worked with some
Steve Wozencraft is a legendary fundraiser and philanthropist who once hosted a fundraiser with Hillary Clinton with Donald Trump at Trump Tower. Dave and Steve
Dave travels to New Orleans to talk about family philanthropy, health and startups with Ben Swig, an EMT and founder of Ready Responders.
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