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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Give Better Get Better episodes:

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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18min
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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18min
October 03, 2025 Executive Perspective: Stratton Lloyd
Our latest leadership conversation features Stratton Lloyd, President & CEO of the Essex County Community Foundation. In it he shares his path from starting a nonprofit in Chile, through the tech world, and into philanthropy. He discusses his effort for population-level impact with systems philanthropy, and talks about how to galvanize around a shared vision.

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21min
September 26, 2025 Executive Perspective: Matthew Randazzo
Join Josh for his latest CEO conversation with Matthew Randazzo, President & CEO of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Matthew shares how his career kept circling back to community foundations before he finally landed in what he calls a "Goldilocks City." He also explains the complex demands to balance immediate needs with long-term planning and investments in our communities.

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15min
September 19, 2025 Executive Perspective: Samin Dadelahi
This week in our CEO conversation series we get to know Samin Dadelahi of the Wyoming Community Foundation, who started as a temporary employee and ended up as President & CEO. Samin discusses her 25 year community foundation career, the power and importance of nonprofit advocacy, and a wish for the proliferation of knowledge and truth.
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FAQs about Give Better Get Better:

How many episodes does Give Better Get Better have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.