Philanthropy Colorado's Headwinds, Headaches and Hurricanes podcast series explores four existential threats to philanthropy in 2025.
Podcast 1: A New Approach to Public Relations, features Ruth Rohs, President of Philanthropy Colorado member IMA Foundation and Jennifer Stapleton, principal at Fire and Bliss Creative. discuss current negative narratives about philanthropy and dive into strategies our field might take to help the public and policymakers understand the valuable work of the sector and the positive impact of our work.
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Podcast 2: Meeting the Moment with Grantees features Karen McNeil-Miller, President & CEO of The Colorado Health Foundation speaking with Marty Zimmerman, President & Founder of Zim Consulting and Lydia Prado, Executive Director of nonprofit LifeSpan Local, discussing how philanthropy can support grantees during these uncertain times, with a focus on flexibility, sustainability and equity.
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Podcast 3: Protection and Lawfare features Philanthropy Colorado CEO Noah Atencio in conversation with Cara Lawrence, Partner, Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC on legal challenges to the sector and how philanthropy can consider and mitigate risk while remaining focused on our philanthropic missions
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Podcast 4: Cybersecurity – Emerging Needs to Protect Data features Margaret Danuser, Chief Financial Officer with The Denver Foundation and Saurabh Gupta, CEO of Gyan-I Cybersecurity outlining critical steps funders, and their grantees, need to take to safeguard their data and operations
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