Charity Talks

Feb 22 2025 65 ep. 26 mins 10

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Charity Talks is the podcast designed to help people learn about great local, national and international nonprofits through interviews with their leaders. It also highlights inspirational people making a huge impact in the world. In each episode, you will learn about a nonprofit's mission, uplifting stories, and most importantly, how you can help.

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Trickle Up

Feb 22 2025 25 mins

Lauren Hendricks, the President and CEO of Trickle Up, is this episode's guest. Trickle Up partners with women in extreme poverty to build economic opportunities through programs rooted in the "Graduation Approach." As Lauren and Brooke discuss, Trickle Up's programs reach the most marginalized communities including women, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, and people fa

Pancakes For Roger

Nov 05 2024 21 mins

Susan Combs, the Founder of Pancakes For Roger, joins Charity Talks. Susan founded Pancakes for Roger to honor her father, Major General Roger E. Combs, by helping veteran address the unique challenges they face during and after their service. Through partnerships with 501(c)(3) organizations and initiatives tailored to veterans' needs, Pancakes for Roger strives to make a meaningf

Atina

Sep 29 2024 37 mins

Marijana Savic, the Founder and Director of Atina, and Board Director of Global Fund for Children, is this episode's guest. Atina is a Serbia-based nonprofit that fights against human trafficking. As Maja and Brooke discuss, not only does Atina help the transition process for trafficking victims, it also works to support the rights of women generally. Given Maja’s decades of help

Global Fund for Children/Society for Science

Jun 29 2024 24 mins

Maya Ajmera, founder of the Global Fund for Children (GFC), and President & CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of Science News, joins Charity Talks. GFC invests in innovative, community-based organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights. Founded in 1921, Society for Science is dedicated to expandin

4Amanda.Org

Mar 22 2024 35 mins

Dan Hubbard, the founder and Director of 4Amanda.Org, is this episode’s guest. 4Amanda is a non-profit foundation that provides emergency financial support to cancer patients. The foundation is named for Amanda Pagans-Hubbard, Dan’s deceased wife, who with Dan set up the foundation before her passing. As Dan and Brooke discuss, the financial challenges that coincide with cancer

Fisher House Foundation

Jan 14 2024 27 mins

David Coker, the President of Fisher House Foundation, joins Charity Talks. The Foundation builds comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay free of charge while a loved one is in the hospital, and are located in military and VA medical centers around the world. The Foundation also operates the Hero Miles program to bring family members to the bedside of injured ser

Charity Entrepreneurship

Nov 25 2023 26 mins

Joey Savoie, the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Charity Entrepreneurship, is this episode’s guest. CE’s core mission is to launch high-impact nonprofits by connecting entrepreneurs with effective ideas, training and funding. As Joey and Brooke discuss, each year CE dedicates hundreds of research hours to identifying the most effective charity ideas. It then recruits as

I AM ALS

Oct 21 2023 29 mins

Andrea Goodman, the CEO of I AM ALS, joins Charity Talks. I AM ALS was founded by Brian Wallach and his wife Sandra after he was diagnosed with ALS in 2017. ALS is a terminal neurodegenerative disease that robs people of their ability to move, speak, eat, and breathe, usually in less than five years. Brian and Sandra founded I AM ALS to find a way to empower people who are living w

Teaching at the Right Level Africa

Aug 30 2023 29 mins

Titus Syengo, the Executive Director of Teaching at the Right Level Africa (“TaRL”), is this episode’s guest. TaRL began as a joint venture between Pratham and J-PAL (whose Global Executive Director — Iqbal Dhaliwal — was a guest on Charity Talks last year). Its primary goal is to strengthen children’s foundational literacy and numeracy skills by using its evidence-base

WHOlives

Jul 24 2023 37 mins

John Renouard, the Founder and Executive Director of WHOlives, joins Charity Talks. On a trip to Africa in 2010, John was shocked to see how little access to clean water many villages he visited had. So, working with college engineering students, he invented the “Village Drill,” which is a low cost, hand-operated water drill, and then started WHOlives. Since then, WHOlives has