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Live from an ESG-flavored 2025, it's an all-new Wacky Wednesday edition of Business Pants. Joined by Analyst-Hole Matt Moscardi! On today's Costco lovefest called January 8th 2025: Headlines We Missed since the end of December and the new comic book superhero named Costco!Our show today is being sponsored by Free Float Analytics, the only platform measuring board power, connections, and performance for FREE.DAMION1Shit We Missed (in no particular order):Tech BrosZuckDana White, UFC CEO and Trump ally, to join Meta's board of directorsZuckerberg Announces New Measures to Increase Hate Speech on FacebookMark Zuckerberg's Meta is moving moderators out of California to combat concerns about bias and censorship“Huge problems” with axing fact-checkers, Meta oversight board saysCo-chair Helle Thorning-Schmidt said she is "very concerned" about how parent company Meta's decision to ditch fact-checkers will affect minority groups: "We are seeing many instances where hate speech can lead to real-life harm, so we will be watching that space very carefully," she added.Meta Drops Rules Protecting LGBTQ Community as Part of Content Moderation OverhaulThe changes included allowing users to share “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality.”Meta replaces policy chief Nick Clegg with former Republican staffer Joel Kaplan ahead of Trump inaugurationSamSam Altman Explodes at Board Members Who Fired Him"And all those people that I feel like really fucked me and fucked the company were gone, and now I had to clean up their mess," adding that he was "fucking depressed and tired.""And it felt so unfair," the billionaire told Bloomberg. "It was just a crazy thing to have to go through and then have no time to recover, because the house was on fire."The board's primary fiduciary duty was not to maintain shareholder value or profits, but rather to stay true to OpenAI's mission of creating safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits humanity.Helen Toner: the director of strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.Tasha McCauley: an adjunct senior management scientist at think tank RAND Corporation. McCauley was also on the advisory board of the Centre for Effective Altruism. In 2017 she signed the Asilomar AI Principles on ethical AI development alongside Altman, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and former board member Elon MuskOpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuitMuskMaga v Musk: Trump camp divided in bitter fight over immigration policyElon Musk Endorses Nazi-Linked German Party, Even Though It Opposed Tesla's GigafactoryTech Bro Wealth12 US billionaires gained almost $1 trillion in wealth in 2024 as the stock market delivered another year of massive returnsNYT Report Says Jensen Huang, The CEO Of Nvidia And The 10th-Richest Person In The U.S., Trying To Allegedly Avoid $8 Billion In TaxesMark Zuckerberg says he doesn't have a Hawaiian doomsday bunker, just a 'little shelter.' It's bigger than most houses.You could live next door to Jeff Bezos on 'Billionaire Bunker' island for $200 millionMusk urges Bezos to throw an ‘epic wedding' after Amazon founder blasts report of $600 million nuptials as ‘completely false'Elon Musk takes aim at MacKenzie Scott again for giving billions to liberal causes, calling the gifts 'concerning'How Jensen Huang and 3 Nvidia Board Members Became BillionairesMark Zuckerberg sported a $900,000 piece of wrist candy as he announced the end of fact-checking on MetaDEI/ESG Flip-FloppingWhen an anti-DEI activist took a swing at Costco, the board hit backA Costco shareholder proposal brought by conservative activist The National Center for Public Policy Research asked the company to probe its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, with an eye toward eliminating them.The thrust of the proposal is that certain DEI initiatives could open Costco up to financial risks over discrimination lawsuits from employees who are “white, Asian, male or straight.”The company's board of directors unanimously urged shareholders to reject the proposal and made the case that Costco's success depends on establishing a racially diverse, inclusive workplace: “We believe that our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are legally appropriate, and nothing in the (Center for Public Policy Research) proposal demonstrates otherwise,” the board's statement said.The statement went on to rebuke the Center for Public Policy Research, saying that they and others were the ones responsible for inflicting financial and legal burdens on companies. “The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing the risk for the Company but abolition of diversity programs,” the board said.Costco board member defends DEI practices, rebukes companies scrapping policiesJeff Raikes, co-founder of the Raikes Foundation and former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who has served on Costco's board of directors since 2008: "Attacks on DEI aren't just bad for business—they hurt our economy. A diverse workforce drives innovation, expands markets, and fuels growth. Let's focus on building a future where all talent thrives." He concluded his post on X with the hashtag, "InclusiveEconomy." While businesses began to announce their departures from DEI policies last year, Raikes urged companies to expand such practices at work, insisting that scaling down DEI in businesses would harm the economy.Robbie Starbuck: “I fully endorse cancelling memberships at this point.”McDonald's rolls back DEI programs, ending push for greater diversityFour years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks,McDonald's said it will retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. It also intends to end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training and to increase the number of minority group members represented within their own leadership ranks.Managers 'touch up' staff: McDonald's faces fresh abuse claimsFast-food chain McDonald's has been hit by fresh allegations of sexual and homophobic abuse as staff members allege they have been 'touched up' by managers and offered extra shifts for sex.The chain first faced bombshell claims of widespread sexual abuse and harassment at its stores in July 2023 and has since been reported more than 300 times for harassment to the UK's equality watchdog.Allegations have included racist abuse, sexual assault and harassment and bullying. BlackRock Cuts Back on Board Diversity Push in Proxy-Vote GuidelinesThe policy updates remove both (a) numerical diversity targets (i.e., boards should aspire to 30% diversity of membership and have at least 2 women directors and 1 director from an underrepresented group) and (b) the related disclosure-based voting policy (i.e., BlackRock previously would consider taking voting action if a company did not adequately explain its approach to board diversity) – but provides that BlackRock may consider taking voting action if an S&P 500 board is not sufficiently diverse (BlackRock includes a footnote in the policy update suggesting that 30% diversity may still be the expectation).BlackRock's investment stewardship team tweaked the language used to describe how it approaches votes for other companies' boards. It didn't explicitly recommend that boards should aspire to at least 30% diversity of their members, after having done so in previous years.The report noted, however, that all but 2% of the boards of companies in the S&P 500 have diverse representation of at least 30%—and that if companies were out of step with those norms, BlackRock may cast opposing votes on a case-by-case basis. JPMorgan Leaves Net Zero Banking Group, Completing Departure of Major U.S. Banks Stakeholder Anger (or Anger at Stakeholders)Poll finds many Americans pin partial blame on insurance companies in UHC CEO killingA recent survey from the University of Chicago, found that, while 8 out of 10 U.S. adults believe the person who killed Brian Thompson bears the responsibility for the murder, 7 in 10 shared the belief that healthcare companies are also to blame. Luigi Mangione mention on SNL met with applause, critics slam 'woke' audience: 'Wooing for justice?'New York to charge fossil fuel companies for damage from climate changeThe new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant to repair or avoid future damage from climate change.Albania bans TikTok for a year after fatal stabbing of teenager last monthTeens in Vietnam will now be limited to one hour of gaming per sessionStarbucks baristas set to strike as new CEO makes $100 millionWashington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is KilledNorway on track to be the first to ‘erase petrol and diesel engine cars'Fully electric vehicles accounted for 88.9% of new cars sold in 2024Exxon Sues California Official, Claiming He Defamed the CompanyExxon Mobil sued California's attorney general, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups on Monday, alleging that they conspired to defame the oil giant and kneecap its business prospects amid a debate over whether plastics can be recycled effectively.DystopiaMan Trying to Catch Flight Alarmed as His Driverless Waymo Gets Stuck Driving in Loop Around Parking LotAsked to Write a Screenplay, ChatGPT Started Procrastinating and Making ExcusesKlarna's CEO says AI is capable of doing his job and it makes him feel 'gloomy'Governance newsShari Redstone is saying goodbye to Paramount GlobalCharles Dolan, TV pioneer who founded HBO and Cablevision, dies at 98Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76 Dye & Durham board resigns, activist nominees take control, interim CEO named The Fortune 500 has two new female CEOs—finally pushing that milestone above 11%And we end with a few classics:Boeing ends a troubled year with a jet-crash disaster in South KoreaMan who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel used ChatGPT to plan the attackNorovirus rates have skyrocketed by 340% this season. Here's where the ‘winter vomiting disease' is spreading and whyMATT1CostcoNational Center for Public Policy Research filed the proxy with CostcoTheir arguments include…US Supreme court decision at HarvardA $25m judgment in PA for white regional manager at Starbucks who was fired after two black patrons were arrested for being blackThis gem: “With 310,000 employees, Costco likely has at least 200,000 employees who are potentially victims of this type of illegal discrimination because they are white, Asian, male or straight.”This, perhaps, is the greatest ironic argument for “meritocracy” ever made in historyThey point out that the MAJORITY OF THE STAFF is white, Asian, male, or straight… but they don't even use Costco's data, they source census data and just guessThe real numbers:Non management is 44.2% white, management is 58% white - a 14% increase in meritocracyExecutives are 80.6% white - a whopping 36.4% more meritHispanics are 33.1% of non management, 23.3% of management - 9.8% less merit!Executives are 5.8% Hispanic, 26.3% less meritAsians are 8.5% and 7.1%, so 1.4% less merit7.9% executive - so even merit?US Exec management is 72.3% maleSo 80.6% of executives are white, and 72.3% are male - and the argument NCPPR is making is that BECAUSE there are a lot of white males, there is a lot of RISK that THE WHITE MALES WILL SUE YOU if they think they're discriminated againstThink of what they're saying - because you have so many non diverse people, you can't have diversity programs for risk of lawsuitThe response dropped the pretense that the proxy was anything except racismThe proponent professes concern about legal and financial risks to the Company and its shareholders associated with the diversity initiatives. The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives. A 2023 federal district court decision, in a case brought by the proponent, noted that the proponent had "published a document called 'Balancing the Boardroom 2022,' which describes its shareholder activism as 'fighting back' against 'the evils of woke politicized capital and companies.' [The proponent went] on to describe 'CEOs and other corporate executives who are most woke and most hard-left political in their management of their corporations' as 'inimical to the Republic and its blessings of liberty' and 'committed to critical race theory and the socialist foundations of woke' or 'shameless monsters who are willing to sacrifice our future for their comforts.'" National Center for Public Policy Research v. Schultz, E.D. WA. (Sept. 11, 2023). And the proponent's efforts to demonstrate retrenchment on the part of companies are misleading, at best. For example, the assertion that "Microsoft laid off an entirea[sic] DEI team" is simply wrong. It was later reported that Microsoft stated that the two positions eliminated were redundant roles on its events team and that Microsoft's diversity and inclusion commitments remain unchanged, according to Jeff Jones, a Microsoft spokesperson: “Our focus on diversity and inclusion is unwavering and we are holding firm on our expectations, prioritizing accountability, and continuing to focus on this work.” Colvin, Caroline. Amid DEI cuts, Microsoft works to distinguish itself from those responding to ‘woke' backlash. HR Dive, July 24, 2024.Reason Costco might be pushing back?Racism is basically unveiledOf all the companies targeted by a proposal or Robbie Starbuck, Costco has the lowest deviation in board member influence - as in, nearly the entire board has equal power, it's highly democratic - women, men, diverse cohorts are more or less equally powerful to anyone else in the roomNo connections to any board member on another DEI flipper companyMeanwhile, the anti DEI, anti immigrant movement has begun to eat itself before Trump even takes officeIn defense of more HB1 visas and foreign workers, Vivek Ramaswamy says we venerate jocks over valedictorians on Twitter, and Americans aren't as good employeesThe rebuttal was MAGA Trumpers saying Vivek is fake MAGAAlso this: “His entire argument is a terrible proposition,” he adds. “Children raised to be good little robots might grow up to build robots of their own someday, and become rich. Asians are the highest-earning racial group in America, but are they happier for it? Suicide is the leading cause of death for Asians aged 15-24 … and the second-leading cause of death for those aged 25-34.” Page points to a Psychology Today post that blames tiger parenting for causing anxiety and depression and then asks, “Do we really want this country to be even more stressed-out?”Costco proxy says Asians are discriminated againstTwitch gamers are streaming about “meritocracy”

Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation, join Phil and Grace to share their path to philanthropy, their focus on creating supportive systems and fostering belonging for youth, and their belief in proximity and partnership with both nonprofits and beneficiaries of their funding. They discuss what they learned as they transitioned to full-time philanthropy and how donors can avoid common pitfalls. Phil and Jeff also debate the merits of comparing giving to investing. Additional Resources Raikes Foundation CEP's Grantee Perception Report YouthTruth Giving Compass' Learning Center CEP's Resources for Individual Donors Solidaire Network Women Donors Network Find your local community foundation

In this milestone episode of the Positive Leadership Podcast, I'm joined by someone who has had a profound influence on my career and personal growth—Jeff Raikes. Jeff and I share a deep connection, having both spent significant time at Microsoft, where he became a legendary manager and mentor to me.From his early days at Microsoft in 1981 to his pivotal role as President of the Business Division, Jeff's leadership has been integral to the company's success. Beyond his Microsoft career, Jeff is known for his extraordinary philanthropic work. As the former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and co-founder of the Raikes Foundation with his wife Tricia, he has made a lasting impact in youth development, education, and addressing youth homelessness.In today's conversation, we dive into the principles of leadership that have guided Jeff throughout his career and explore how his commitment to making the world a better place continues to drive his work.Tune in for an insightful discussion on leadership, giving back, and the power of making a lasting difference.Interested in other similar episodes with great positive leaders?Don't miss my conversation with Yoshito Hori, founder of GLOBIS Corporation, GLOBIS University, and GLOBIS Capital Partners: https://thepositiveleadershippodcast.buzzsprout.com/1798971/episodes/16010088-combining-purpose-and-entrepreneurship-for-japan-s-future-with-yoshito-horiOr with Kevin Scott, Microsoft's chief technology officer: https://thepositiveleadershippodcast.buzzsprout.com/1798971/episodes/14764673-empowering-people-with-ai-with-kevin-scottSubscribe now to JP's free monthly newsletter "Positive Leadership and You" on LinkedIn to transform your positive impact today: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/positive-leadership-you-6970390170017669121/

Kent McGuire of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Zoe Stemm-Calderon from the Raikes Foundation sit down with Katie Hong to discuss their work on advancing equitable and inclusive public education across the United States. In this episode they share their foundations' collaborative efforts as well as their own personal and professional experiences – both inside and outside of philanthropy – in the education space. 

Imagine a world in which Gen Xers, millennials, and boomers interact with young people in ways that leave them feeling inspired, enthusiastic, and ready to contribute—rather than disengaged, outraged, or overwhelmed. That world may be closer than you think. In his new book, 10-to-25: The Science of Motivating Young People, psychologist David Yeager explains how to stop fearing young people's brains and how to truly connect with them. Neuroscientists have discovered that around age ten, puberty spurs the brain to crave socially rewarding experiences, such as pride, admiration, and respect, and to become highly averse to social pain, such as humiliation or shame. As a result, young people subtly read between the lines of everything we say, trying to interpret the hidden implications of our words to find out if we are disrespecting or honoring them. 10 to 25 helps adults develop an ear for the difference between the right and wrong way to respect young people and avoid frustrating patterns of miscommunication and conflict. An essential event for anyone who interacts with young people, Yeager seeks to offer long-term strategies to help nurture well-adjusted, independent, accomplished young people who contribute to society in positive ways—all while making our own lives easier. David Yeager, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and the cofounder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute. He is best known for his research conducted with Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth, and Greg Walton on short but powerful interventions that influence adolescent behaviors such as motivation, engagement, healthy eating, bullying, stress, mental health, and more. He has consulted for Google, Microsoft, Disney, and the World Bank, as well as for the White House and the governments in California, Texas, and Norway. His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more. Clarivate Web of Science ranks Yeager as one of the top 0.1% most-influential psychologists in the world over the past decade. Tricia Raikes is a philanthropist, advocate, and executive who works to advance racial justice and equity in our country. Tricia is the co-founder of the Raikes Foundation with her husband, Jeff. Together, they focus on transforming youth-serving systems to support healthy life outcomes and increased agency for young people. A longtime advocate for research universities, Tricia serves on the advisory boards for Stanford's Graduate School of Education and the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska. Tricia was recognized as a White House Champion of Change by President Obama for her work on youth homelessness.   Buy the Book 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation—And Making Your Own Life Easier Third Place Books

In this episode, we explore what it means to walk through the world with an open heart, the opportunities it creates for connecting across our differences, and for strengthening resilience as we manage the long work of building beloved community. Dennis Quirin is the executive director of the Raikes Foundation. Dennis oversees the Foundation's work in advancing equity and sets the organization's priorities on strategy, grantmaking and partnerships. In 2023 he established the Resourcing Equity and Democracy (RED) department at the Foundation to compliment the foundation's long-standing and successful focus on improving youth serving systems. RED focuses on building a representative, multiracial democracy through base organizing. While at the Raikes Foundation, Dennis has overseen the grant approval process moving 125 million dollars to hundreds of nonprofits to advance the Foundation's work.    Learn more about ⁠Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy⁠

In this episode of Beyond the Blue Badge, host Rich Kaplan talks with former Microsoft executive Jeff Raikes, who shares his journey before, during and after working at Microsoft. In the final part of this three-part episode, Jeff talks about leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the work he and Tricia Raikes are doing with The Raikes Foundation, being part of a Major League Baseball ownership group and being part of the startup ecosystem.

Collaborating in Community: Philanthropy's Role in Cultivating Equitable K-12 Learning EnvironmentsIn this special guest episode of 16:1, Katie and Chelsea are joined by Dr. Gisele C. Shorter, the Director of National Education Strategy at the Raikes Foundation, an organization with a mission to "[invest] in youth-serving institutions and systems to make them more effective in supporting and empowering all young people, especially those who have been most marginalized."Dr. Shorter discusses her work at the intersection of philanthropy and building equitable learning environments in K-12 schools, a role through which she empowers educators, policymakers, grantmakers, schools, support orgs, and communities to center the student experience. The discussion ranges from topics of classroom instruction, funding, and the science of learning and development to the educational policy initiatives that bolster community engagement and drive student success. Gisele and the hosts also explore the processes of defining goals and outcomes and measuring success with partner schools and educators, undertakings that can be difficult against a challenging cultural and political backdrop.The show concludes with a discussion of the ideal role of philanthropic partners in transforming educational experiences, a few questions about how Dr. Shorter sees her work evolving over the next decade, and a list of resources that she recommends for educators who are striving to build more equitable learning communities. Stick around for "What We Learned" if you're into trivia on transistors, maple syrup bottles, and a parting thought about doing the hard work of naming what's happening in our schools.Meet Dr. Shorter:Dr. Gisele C. Shorter provides strategy, policy, impact scaling and fundraising consulting services to non-profits, coalitions and advocacy groups to help them expand their reach and strengthen their impact.Gisele's career is rooted in a deep belief that an equitable society starts with an equitable education system. For 20 years, she has led large-scale community-based programs, research and policy initiatives to advance justice and equity, close health disparities, and ensure access and opportunities for Black and Brown youth and communities to flourish.Dr. Shorter has led youth development, education and community-based organizations through programmatic resets, large-scale culture change initiatives and strategic re-engineering. In 2018 she was recruited to the Raikes Foundation to lead the K-12 School & System Redesign portfolio focused on a commitment to grow the foundation's impact and to advance justice and equity in the redesign of our national public education system by leveraging the science of learning and development.The heartbeat of the K-12 portfolio is the Building Equitable Learning Environments (BELE) Network. Today she is responsible for impact and strategy coherence across the K-12, postsecondary, education fieldbuilding, and policy portfolios, as the Director of the National Education Strategy. She ensures grantmaking investments advance education policies and practices that support students furthest from educational justice, including those experiencing homelessness, foster care, and the justice system.Gisele began her career in the private sector with leadership experiences including Volume.com, an AOL Time Warner company, where she was Head of Research and ESPN, Inc. where she was a Program Management Associate. She has successfully leveraged her private sector experience, community connections, and academic training to drive positive change on behalf of the most vulnerable youth and communities.She is an adjunct professor and founding faculty member of the EdD in Leadership and Innovation degree program at NYU Steinhardt Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology. She advises doctoral students on a wide range of complex problems of practice, from the role of philanthropy in China's evolving socio-political context to the role of district superintendents as agents for change.Dr. Shorter earned her Ed.D. from Columbia University Teachers College. She holds an M.P.A. from Long Island University and a B.A. from Amherst College. She is a Pahara Aspen Fellow and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.Sources + Resources:Raikes Foundation - Introducing Gisele C. ShorterBuilding Equitable Learning Environments NetworkThe BELE Resource LibraryNYU Steinhardt FacultyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)Search Institute - The Developmental Relationships FrameworkNational Assessment of Educational ProgressCommunities for Just Schools FundKingmakers of OaklandCouncil of Chief State School OfficersWestEDCollaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)The BARR CenterThe School Superintendents AssociationResource Equity Funders CollaborativeIpsos

Young people eventually released from Washington state's foster care, juvenile or mental and behavioral health systems often do so without having reliable, steady housing already in place. For instance, the latest estimate is that 17% of young people leaving foster care were homeless at some point within a year of that exit. With a new law in 2018 and the passage of complementary legislation earlier this year, state lawmakers have ramped up a multibillion-dollar effort to keep those teens and young adults from falling into homelessness. For this episode of the Youth Today podcast, producer Rachel Stevens talked to the lead sponsor of that legislation about what she hopes it will achieve. She also spoke with two young women who were homeless after being released from state care to get their take on whether the new initiatives are sufficient. This podcast is part of an ongoing series on homelessness in Washington state, done in collaboration with Crosscut. It is made possible in part by support from the Raikes Foundation. Youth Today and Crosscut maintain editorial control.

Sara Lomelin es la co-fundadora y CEO de Philanthropy Together, una asociación sin fines de lucro que se encarga de maximizar el impacto de los “círculos de dar” o “giving circles” y que cuenta con el apoyo de instituciones como The Gates Foundation, The Kellogg Foundation, Raikes Foundation, Lodestar Foundation, entre muchas otras. Históricamente, la decisión para destinar los fondos recaudados por medio de filantropía ha sido monopolizada por un grupo pequeño de personas e instituciones, lo cual ha traído como consecuencia el apoyo desproporcionado a determinadas causas y la segregación de otras. El democratizar el acceso a recursos por medio de comunidades ("giving circles") independientes, se logra asignar fondos a causas que tradicionalmente no reciben apoyo. Este episodio es presentado por Jeeves ---> Ve a https://www.tryjeeves.com/?ref=TRUEGROWTH#Signup (TryJeeves.com) e ingresa nuestro código de referido TRUEGROWTH, en cuestión de días tendrás tarjetas de crédito físicas y virtuales ilimitadas para todo tu equipo. Philanthropy together ofrece recursos, contenido y organiza eventos para más de 2,500 giving circles en USA, los cuales han donado más de $1.3 billones de USD a diferentes causas. Con Sara platico del impacto de la filantropía, la historia detrás de Philanthropy Together, la forma en la que podemos involucrarnos para apoyar causas importantes para cada uno de nosotros y las causas más y menos apoyadas a nivel mundial y mucho más. Conoce más de Philanthropy together en https://philanthropytogether.org/ (su sitio web), siguiendo https://www.instagram.com/philanthropytogether/ (su cuenta en Instagram) o visitando https://whatisagivingcircle.com/.

When schools closed and the states locked down against COVID-19 in March 2020, employees at organizations serving homeless youth felt a wave of panic. How would they aid students trying to attend remote school from inside a car? Or reach kids quarantining in crowded homes where money for food and rent already was stretched thin? As COVID-19 upended their usual protocols, some nonprofits saw the tally of homeless youth they served plummet. But for other organizations across the country, the pandemic spurred innovations in how they find and serve a population whose needs were amplified and, in some ways, made more acute because of COVID-19. A number of service providers adopted online and telephone-based options for young people to apply for housing, attend support groups and connect with case managers, mental health counselors and doctors. Other groups went in the opposite direction, delivering food and other supplies directly to youth and their families wherever they were sheltered, including in cars and motel rooms. Several organizations around the country also began experimenting with giving cash directly to young people, allowing them to determine how best to meet their own needs. For this episode of the Youth Today News podcast, we focus on two providers in one city that responded to the pandemic in very different ways, saw the benefits of doing something new and were forever changed by it. This podcast is part of an ongoing series on homelessness in Washington state, done in collaboration with Crosscut. It is made possible in part by support from the Raikes Foundation. Youth Today and Crosscut maintain editorial control. You can read a text version of this story on Youth Today.

In this special bonus episode of Giving Done Right, we share a recent conversation on philanthropy’s role in supporting racial equity and the movement for racial justice, which was part of the first event in CEP’s 20th Anniversary Virtual Learning Sessions, a dynamic series addressing some of the major challenges currently facing philanthropy in 2021. Moderated by Giving Done Right co-host Grace Nicolette, this urgent discussion features Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation; Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change; Tricia Raikes, philanthropist and principal at the Raikes Foundation; and Yolanda Coentro, president and CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit Practice.

Casey Trupin has extensive experience advocating for and investing in programs for youth experiencing homelessness. Learn about how deep problems in youth homelessness have been tackled and philanthropy's role in effecting positive change.  The mental health challenges of youth and the connection to mental health is discussed. The critical role of data to make informed decisions and the role of youth in framing problems and articulating solutions is explored.   

Anthony talks with Mr. Jeff Raikes, Co-Founder of the Raikes Foundation and author of the op-ed published in FORBES entitled, 'Dear White CEOs: It's Time To Lead On Racial Justice' having real dialogue on the subject of race, perception, Corporate America and personal experiences. The HBCU Nation Radio Show airs on HBCUiRadio and HBCU Smart TV, Hosted by Anthony Ray, Founder, Creator and Producer of The HBCU Nation Radio Show. For more information, visit HBCUNation.org.

In this episode, we sit down with Katie Hong for a candid conversation about money, power and identity. Having worked in philanthropy for over 15 years, Katie knows the sector can be a significant catalyst for social change. She reflects on how essential it is for those working on the grant-making side of things to face into their own relationship to power and money. Katie and Becky also discuss what people working in philanthropy can do to be most helpful to non-profits in these times. Listen in to learn how those working to give away other people’s money can more effectively show up and partner with others in advancing a more just and equitable world.   Katie Hong, Raikes Foundation, Director of Special Initiatives   Show Highlights: Katie’s honest reflections on what she’s learned as a White House Fellow and working for the Gates and Raikes Foundations What it’s like to have a job that is about giving away other people’s money How being an immigrant and a woman of color has shaped her and her world-view Challenging paternalistic assumptions that sometimes arise in her field  Philanthropy as risk capital that can either help or harm Getting over solution-itis and looking at what happens after “We don’t have a knowledge problem, we have a power problem.” The difference between positional power and personal power   Links: katie.hong@raikesfoundation.org   Forbes article, “What is Power, Really?” https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickmiller/2018/10/25/what-is-power-really/#357362ef42a7   Books: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How it Can Do Better by Rob Reich Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva

Gisele C. Shorter, of Raikes Foundation, and Camille Farrington, of University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, spoke with Matt Shea and Courtney Belolan at the Aurora Institute Symposium Voices Hub about initiatives that are supporting equitable learning environments and the conditions that foster them.

Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Jim Bildner, CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationJulia Reed, Managing Director, Relationship Management, Schwab Charitable After you listenWith almost two million 501(c)(3) charities registered in the United States, you may be looking for help in identifying highly effective charities that can have the greatest impact on the causes you support. Find guidance here: https://www.schwabcharitable.org/public/charitable/features/where_to_give/finding_charities.Interested in learning more about designing your philanthropic approach to maximize your impact? Spend six minutes with Fred Kaynor, Vice President Schwab Charitable and Jeff Raikes, Co-Founder of Raikes Foundation at https://www.schwabcharitable.org/public/charitable/maximize_your_impact/one_charitable_minute_videos.Curious about how a donor-advised fund might help you make more of a philanthropic impact over time? Watch our video and find out if this is the right solution for you at https://www.schwabcharitable.org/public/charitable/donor_advised_fund. Given the amount of capital available to Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, they are really trying to push the ball on complex societal issues including access to food and water, homelessness, access to education, healthcare, the critical issues that face society globally. Find out more about how DRK Foundation is looking for solutions to these very complicated societal issues, and how they are typically finding those in early stage entrepreneurs, in the three articles below:Learn more about DRK Foundation’s belief in early-stage investments in social entrepreneurs and how this practice is essential for creating profound and lasting change to society’s most challenging problems in "The Urgency to Fund Early-stage Social Entrepreneurs" published by Stanford Social Innovation Review.Funders who care about systems change should look from the outside in, and shouldn’t discount the potential and influence of early-stage organizations. Today, disruptive innovation is bubbling up, rather than trickling down, Read more in this article published by Stanford Social Innovation Review "To Change the System Look Outside the System."Read about how the need to bridge the digital divide between those with and those without adequate connection to the internet took more than technology. It required a system’s change. "Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking" in Harvard Business Review. Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from Schwab Charitable and Stanford Social Innovation Review.If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

Matt and Courtney interview Camille Farrington and Dr. Gisele Shorter at Aurora Institute Symposium 2019 about their work and research with the Raikes Foundation and the Bele Network (find the library at https://equitablelearning.org/ !). They talk about building equitable learning networks across the country, where to find the FREE library of resources they have developed, and more!

Matt and Courtney interview Camille Farrington and Dr. Gisele Shorter at Aurora Institute Symposium 2019 about their work and research with the Raikes Foundation and the Bele Network (find the library at https://equitablelearning.org/ !). They talk about building equitable learning networks across the country, where to find the FREE library of resources they have developed, and more!

Moderator: Michael Gordon Voss, publisher of Stanford Social Innovation ReviewGuests:Jeff Raikes, Co-Founder of the Raikes FoundationFred Kaynor, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Schwab Charitable After you listenLooking for impactful charities to support the causes that mean the most to you? Find helpful resources including curated lists at schwabcharitable.org/explore_charities.If you would like to read or listen to stories from donors as they recount their approach to philanthropy and how they are maximizing the impact of their charitable giving, we have twenty to choose from at schwabcharitable.org/20stories.To learn more about how to fund your philanthropy with tax-smart contributions of complex assets, read our series of helpful white papers at schwabcharitable.org/noncash. The interconnected concepts of equity and justice are taking center stage across the philanthropic landscape. Individual donors can engage in effective philanthropy with an equity lens that not only celebrates and respects diverse perspectives but empowers those closest to the issues in helping to co-create solutions.You can find out more about advancing equity and justice in Jeff’s recent article published in Forbes.Check out Giving Compass, a project sponsored by Raikes Foundation as a central source for relevant articles.Subscribe to Giving with Impact for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.Giving with Impact is an original podcast from Schwab Charitable and Stanford Social Innovation Review.If you enjoy the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.

In this of Beyond the Blue Badge, host Rich Kaplan visits Tricia Raikes on the shores of Seattle’s Lake Union at the headquarters for North Forty and The Raikes Foundation. Tricia shares why she and her husband Jeff Raikes in 2002 started the foundation, which has given more than $97 million in grants; how the organization’s mission has evolved; and how everyone — at any level — can think about impact-driven philanthropy.

Hear the voices of season 5 describe how they became homeless and how it feels to be homeless. Elected officials, business leaders, academics, and unsheltered residents describe the challenges in addressing homelessness and share opinions on solutions. Casey Trupin of the Raikes Foundation shares how Pearl Jam got involved in the crisis and how the successful Home Shows came together.

Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Some believe that such generosity is not the unassailable good we think it to be, and in its current form might even be undermining democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Political science professor Rob Reich took Town Hall’s stage to cross-examine philanthropic practices of our age. He presented insight from his book Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better, decrying big philanthropy as an unaccountable and overly tax-advantaged exercise of power which converts private assets into public influence. Reich was joined in conversation with Jeff Raikes, co-founder of the Raikes Foundation. Together they examined the policies which define philanthropy today, casting a discerning eye on the ways we could restructure organized giving to serve democracy rather than undermine it. Calling for new designs that appeal to the purpose of philanthropy—decentralization of power, funding of public goods, and patronage of scientific research and the arts—Reich and Raikes discussed new foundations to guide our organized giving, and considered what we can all do to better support democratic values and promote justice. Rob Reich is professor of political science and faculty co-director for the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University. Jeff Raikes is the co-founder of the Raikes Foundation, and formerly served as CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and member of the senior leadership team at the Microsoft Corporation. Recorded live at Impact Hub by Town Hall Seattle on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. 

During her tenure as president, Hilarie Bass has focused a lot of the American Bar Association’s energies on aiding homeless youth, not just in the U.S., but around the world. In this report from On The Road at the 2018 ABA Midyear Meeting, host Jim Calloway talks to Casey Trupin, Michael Santos, Angela Vigil, Melanie Redman, Darla Bardine, and Stephen Gaetz about the ABA homeless youth initiatives President Bass has inspired and how lawyers can get involved. Together, they also discuss the biggest legal needs of these homeless children, from finding shelter to getting a license without a birth certificate, and how volunteer lawyers can meet these needs. Casey Trupin is a program officer for the Raikes Foundation’s youth homelessness strategy. Michael Santos is an attorney at the National Law Center on Homeless and Poverty whose work focuses on advocating for homeless youth access to education through public education, impact litigation, and policy advocacy. Angela Vigil is a partner and executive director of the Pro Bono Practice at Baker McKenzie. Melanie Redman is the co-founder and president & CEO of A Way Home Canada. Darla Bardine is a public interest attorney serving as executive director of the National Network for Youth (NN4Y). Stephen Gaetz is a professor in the Faculty of Education at York University and is the director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Homeless Hub.

If you’re white and middle class, you were probably raised thinking that discussing race was impolite. Color blindness was seen as a virtue. But in truth, color blindness is an insidious form of racial oppression, says Ford Foundation President Darren Walker. In this episode, Walker and Jeff Raikes, former CEO of the Gates Foundation, speak with Michele Norris, director of The Bridge at the Aspen Institute, about how color blindness affects social policy. Find the Aspen Insight episode, "What Would MLK Say About Today's America" by clicking here. Discover more about the Aspen Institute program The Bridge. Follow our show on Twitter @aspenideas and Facebook at facebook.com/aspenideas. Email your comments to aspenideastogo@gmail.com.