Give Better Get Better

By Josh Dukelow

A podcast for community foundation professionals with conversations about serving donors, engaging advisors and creating impact in our communities.

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The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

Give Better Get Better episodes:

January 16, 2026 Snowbird Series: Phillip Lanham, Gulf Coast (Florida)
To begin the year, we are focused on Snowbirds, the part-time seasonal residents who have meaningful ties to more than one community. We'll ask what that means for the community foundations where they live and play.

We continue our exploration of the Snowbird with Phillip Lanham, President & CEO of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. He shares his journey from Cincinnati to the south, what their unique mix of assets makes possible, and how Snowbirds drive the work they do in and around Sarasota, including their focus on affordable housing and environmental quality efforts.
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January 09, 2026 Snowbird Series: Barzella Papa, North Central Florida
Happy New Year! To kickoff 2026, we are launching a new series focused on people often called "snowbirds." These part-time, seasonal residents often have meaningful ties to more than one community, with one home in a colder northern climate and another somewhere warm, for example. What does that arrangement mean for the community foundations where they live and play?

We begin our exploration of the Snowbird with Barzella Papa, President & CEO of the Community Foundation of North Central Florida and Chair of the Community Foundations of Florida. She shares her path to leadership of a formerly volunteer-led foundation, their deep work on the coming wealth transfer and how Snowbirds shape the work that they do in and around Gainesville, FL.
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21min
November 28, 2025 Thanksgiving Celebration with Laura & Kelli from Embolden
Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion for Josh to welcome Laura McKnight and Kelli Cavey from Embolden back to the show. The GBGB team recaps the first year, highlights some "favorite" episodes, and previews what's coming up in 2026.

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November 21, 2025 Executive Perspective: Renée Byng Yancey
This week Josh meets Renee Byng Yancey, President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, who talked about her path from banking to philanthropy, the "think and do tank" embedded in their organization, and how the federal government shut down and funding squeeze is affecting people and nonprofits in her community.
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22min
November 14, 2025 Executive Perspective: Winter Kinne
Join Josh this week as he gets to know Winter Kinne, President & CEO of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. She talks about spending her entire 20 year career in community foundations and the potential of the organization's new home to transform their community.
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22min
November 07, 2025 Executive Perspective: Melanie Edwards-Tavares
This week Josh talks with President & CEO of the SouthCoast Community Foundation, Melanie Edwards-Tavares, about her journey from a nonprofit sustainability program to a community foundation, her focus on building resilience across the nonprofit sector and her wish that people would know the power of community foundations.
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20min
October 31, 2025 Executive Perspective: Katie Alford
This week we meet the President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Abilene, Katie Alford. She discusses her unexpected career in community foundations, their efforts to translate community needs into their grantmaking plans, and the superpower that community foundations have to propel communities forward.
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21min
October 24, 2025 Executive Perspective: Dr Jocelynne Rainey
This week we travel to New York City's borough of Brooklyn to meet the President & CEO of Brooklyn Org, Dr Jocelynne Rainey. Learn about her path to leadership in her beloved Brooklyn, get a glimpse into their participatory grantmaking models, and stay tuned for her wish to bring people together.
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20min
October 17, 2025 Executive Perspective: Cristine Clayton
This week we learn about a community foundation with a twist when we meet Christine Clayton, Executive Director & CEO of Commonwealth Charitable Management and the Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains in northeast Pennsylvania. She explains the state tax credit that drives some of their work, how their organization is connected to the shale oil boom, and the reality of serving a rural community.
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October 10, 2025 Executive Perspective: Donna Kush
In this CEO conversation, Donna Kush, President & CEO of the Omaha Community Foundation, talks about her journey from corporate philanthropy to the community foundation world, the health of the nonprofit sector at this pivotal time, and her desire to expand the positive effects of philanthropy to meet the needs of the communities where we work.
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FAQs about Give Better Get Better:

How many episodes does Give Better Get Better have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.