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Season Two:
Governance

Tune into our monthly series, #MakeShiftHappen, for conversations between trustees, foundation leaders, and organizers thinking honestly together about how to do philanthropy differently.

Season 2: Governance drops monthly on YouTube and Spotify starting October 14, 2026. To dive deeper into the episode conversations, join us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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It's Not Boring, It's Governance!

Governance is where philanthropy decides who holds power over resources meant for the public good, and how that power gets used. Season 2 of #MakeShiftHappen follows people who are changing that from the inside, and this is your first look at the first half of the season, six conversations releasing between October 14, 2026 and March 2027.

As always, we didn't hand anyone a script. We asked each pair what stories they had that could help us learn together about transformation, and the same themes kept surfacing on their own: redefining fiduciary duty, staying in relationship through conflict, and being honest about how money and power shape the way we show up with one another.

This video explores: #MissionAlignment #Philanthropy #ANewEraOfPhilanthropy #FoundationGovernance #PhilanthropyReimagined #SystemsChange #PowerShift

Oct 08, 2026 | SEASON 2

What Happens When Governance Cultivates Belonging?

Most philanthropic governance was built for separation: community from decision-making, board from staff, even board members from each other. The distance that creates is where the gap between values and practice lives, but it doesn't have to be that way. This season of #MakeShiftHappen is about building governance structures worthy of the world we want.

Featuring: Dimple Abichandani, Philanthropic Advisor & Author at New Era Strategies; Farhad Ebrahimi, Philanthropic Transformation Strategist at Solidaire Network; Ellen LaPointe, Managing Director at NPAG and Independent Consultant; Medha Chandra, Managing Director of Programs and Impact at Transit Center Foundation; Kimi Mojica, Co-Senior Director of Consulting at Justice Funders; Nathan Naik Shara, Embodied Leadership Coach and Facilitator at Shaping Change; Natalie Blackmur, Narrative Strategist with Tara Health Foundation, Producer of Make Shift Happen and Principal of n.b. comms; Jono Anzalone, Board Chair of Elmina B Sewall Foundation; Marcus Walton, President & CEO of Grantmakers For Effective Organizations (GEO); and Mia Reilly, Deputy Director of Tara Health Foundation and Executive Producer of Make Shift Happen.

This video explores: #MissionAlignment #Philanthropy #ANewEraOfPhilanthropy #FoundationGovernance #PhilanthropyReimagined #SystemsChange #PowerShift

Oct 06, 2026 | SEASON 2

When Philanthropy Shifts From Protection to Purpose…

The structures foundations have inherited weren't built for transformation. They were built for preservation. This season, we went looking for the people changing that from the inside, and asked them to think and learn out loud together about what it takes.

Featuring: Rachel J. Robasciotti, Board Chair of Tara Health Foundation and Founder & Co-CEO of Adasina Social Capital; Glen Galaich, CEO of Stupski Foundation; Michael Gast, Founder of Organize the Rich; Marcus Walton, President & CEO of Grantmakers For Effective Organizations (GEO); Leslie Lindo, Executive Director of Hidden Leaf Foundation; Ellen LaPointe, Managing Director at NPAG and Independent Consultant; Nwamaka Agbo, CEO of Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund (REF); Mia Reilly, Deputy Director of Tara Health Foundation and Executive Producer of Make Shift Happen; and Elise Belusa, Executive Director of Tara Health Foundation.

This video explores: #MissionAlignment #Philanthropy #ANewEraOfPhilanthropy #FoundationGovernance #PhilanthropyReimagined #SystemsChange #PowerShift