Welcome to Part 2 of our three-part series featuring River Foundation Co-founder, Randy Attkisson! In this episode, you'll hear how Randy and his team first began to cultivate the generosity culture of the River Foundation we know today and how through the bank's years of acquisition and expansion, they learned more about how to honor God both in their work and their personal finances.

Episode Highlights

[0:47] What motivated Randy and his team to commit to come out of debt, not just as a business, but as individuals

[2:17] A bank that discourages customers from borrowing money? What made Randy's earlier banks unique

[2:40] How do we give money away well? The question that led Randy and Jess to start the River Foundation in 1988

[3:29] How God enabled the bank to pay off their debt 5 years ahead of schedule

[4:19] "Do you want a net-blessing or a gross-blessing?" Why the bank decided to give out of their pre-tax earnings

[5:21] The foundation's methodology (and theology): "Give it all away this year, and trust God for next year."

[6:09] Welcome to the 90s: the five-year search for funding (and an insurance company)

[9:48] Acquisitions in the West: what Randy's team did to set the culture among new employees of their growing company

[12:00] More than just a morning meeting! The business practice Randy learned from the staff of the Ritz Carlton Hotel