How can giving be easier, more effective, and more engaging? A question that Ty Walrod and the company he co-founded and is CEO of, Bright Funds, is trying to answer. In this episode, Ty will talk about how Bright Funds is tackling each of those areas and shares about his past in the VC and finance world, advocacy, and how to speak up on issues that are important as a leader and founder of a company.

Bright Funds empowers everyday donors to become strategic philanthropists. They support thousands of individuals in their personal giving, and partner with the world's leading companies to bring impact-focused workplace giving to employees on a global scale. You can learn more at brightfunds.org.

Looking for great causes? Check out The Good Journey Pod Fund on Bright Funds where we’ll add organizations we have on the show, trust, love, and respect.

In this episode, Derrick Feldmann from the Millennial Impact Project chats about some of last year’s research on Millennials, politics, and how views changed throughout the election, what he did before Millennial Impact, and how nonprofits need to do better at moving and engaging donors of all ages.

Derrick is the lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Project a multi-year study of how the next generation supports causes that produces some truly great research and reports. He’s written two books, Cause for Change and Social Movements for Good, and is also the founder of Achieve - a full service research and marketing agency for causes.

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In this episode, Brett Hagler, CEO and Co-Founder of New Story, discusses how crucial culture is for great organizations and the gap that exists between the tech/for-profit sector and nonprofit space. He shares about his personal journey, New Story's decision to use a '100% model', and gives some tips on how organizations can be more innovative.

If you don't know about New Story, you should. New Story is an innovative nonprofit that transforms slums into sustainable communities around the world. They were recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 most Innovative Companies in the world within the nonprofit space for 2017.

Brett is pretty impressive in his own right. He's a cancer survivor, author, speaker, Y Combinator alum, and 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur.

Hope you enjoy the episode.