This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, Nic is talking with Yvonne Moore, the Managing Director of Moore Philanthropy and President of Moore Impact. 

Yvonne has over 25 years of experience in the government, civil society, and philanthropic sectors to their work in providing strategic and tailored philanthropic advisement and solutions to families, individuals, and institutions. Prior to launching Moore Philanthropy, Yvonne was the Chief of Staff to filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail E. Disney where she oversaw the family’s network of media, philanthropic and advocacy organizations. She ran the family’s private foundation, provide advisement on their personal philanthropic giving, both charitable and political, and led their expansion into international giving in 2008. 

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we are continuing with the recast our very first episode of the Nonprofit Build Up. This week, you will hear the second part of Nic's conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

You can jump back to part one of the conversation to learn more about Sherrilyn's expertise, major accomplishments, and the transformational work of the Legal Defense Fund. Get ready to dive into the second part of Nic's conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, where they discuss how funders can support nonprofit sustainability and more.

As nonprofits, we need to be responsive to the people’s needs at the moment while tackling the bigger structural issues as well. This is a powerful message that this episode’s guest can never overemphasize. Over the next two weeks for a special two-part series, Nic is talking with Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights legal organization. This interview was recorded back in May 2020, when the country contended with both a pandemic and growing racial and social justice movements. Which, two years later, is still pressing on in addition to the war in Ukraine and inflated markets worldwide.

Over the next two weeks on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

Over the next two weeks on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is continuing the conversation with Asta Petkeviciute and Thaddeus Squire of Social Impact Commons about equity in fiscal sponsorship. 

Social Impact Commons is a nonprofit organization created to meet the evolving needs of the fiscal sponsorship community. SIC is building the first national network and community of practice, advancing management commons as a model of equitable and inclusive resource sharing for the nonprofit sector aka a next-generation approach to fiscal sponsorship.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with Asta Petkeviciute and Thaddeus Squire of Social Impact Commons. Social Impact Commons is a nonprofit organization created to meet the evolving needs of the fiscal sponsorship community. SIC is building the first national network and community of practice, advancing management commons as a model of equitable and inclusive resource sharing for the nonprofit sector aka a next-generation approach to fiscal sponsorship.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, Nic is speaking with Doug Nelson, President & Managing Director of Discovery Group — a boutique consulting company working with orgs on issues related to governance, planning, and execution and a vision to bring together a group of talented and compassionate leaders. Doug is not only a leader, he is also award-winning in the areas of governance, culture, advocacy, and innovative granting, and he has raised nearly $1 billion for organizations in Canada and the United States.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, Nic is speaking with Jonathan Soto. Jonathan is a community organizer, advocate, and mobilizer who is now running to represent the people of the Bronx’s 82nd Assembly District. He has dedicated his life to serving his community and has helped center the needs of some of the most vulnerable — leading AOC’s Homework Helpers Program which provided free tutoring to 500 students, organizing with workers to advocate for living wages, and more. 

Having over a decade of experience in law, urban planning, human rights advocacy, government administration, and other facets of work that directly impact the people of his community, Jonathan understands the need for transformative change that starts with brave leadership.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, Nic is speaking with Jamie Lieberman. Jamie is the owner and founder of Hashtag Legal: a "go-to" legal firm that allows business owners to be well informed about next steps, while feeling empowered to embrace what having a strong legal side can do for financial success.

Jamie has a deep commitment to making legal accessible and regularly speaks about these matters, the art of negotiation, and entrepreneurial topics at leading industry events such as Alt Summit, Podcast Movement, and FinCon and as an expert source for media like Digiday, Business Insider and Forbes.

As an experienced entrepreneur and practicing lawyer for over 15 years, Jamie understands the unique needs of business owners at different stages in their organization’s growth.