4/8/26: Featured Story: War and Nonprofits and How To Raise Money: A Classic Guide for the Modern Fundraiser

6/24/26: Featured Story: The New Giving USA Results

June 24, 2026: On today's show, Roger D. Ali, Board Chair of AFP Global; Nicola Lawrence MSc MSFP PgC CAP® CFRE, Chair of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners, and Vice President, Individual Giving at Phoenix Children's Foundation; Bill Stanczykiewicz of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and The Fund Raising School; and, Brent Grinna, President at EverTrue, join host Jay Frost to discuss the new Giving USA results.

6/3/26: Featured Stories: Billionaire Environmental Philanthropy and Rule Changes on Federal Grantmaking

June 3, 2026: After the news, Sara Herschander, Future Perfect Fellow at Vox, talks about billionaire environmental philanthropy. Later in the program, we talk with Elizabeth Ginexi, former NIH Scientific Program Official, and Jacob Malcolm, Founder and Executive Director, Next Interior, and former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, about proposed new rules for federal grantmaking.

5/20/26: Featured Stories: The New CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education Report and Mark Quigley's "One Year Before Your Capital Campaign"

May 20, 2026: After the news, Jenny Cooke Smith, Executive Director of CASE Insights, tells us about what is revealed in the new CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education report. Later in the show, Mark Quigley talks about his new book, "One Year Before Your Capital Campaign: A 12-month pre-campaign guide to success."

5/6/26: Featured Stories: The Federal Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Burn't

May 5, 2026: After the news, Shannon McCracken, President & CEO of The Nonprofit Alliance, joins us to examine how the federal indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center could reshape the legal boundaries of nonprofit activity—and why silence from the sector may carry long-term consequences for all. Later in the program, we feature an interview with Daniel Freeman about his forthcoming book, Burn't.

4/22/26: Featured Stories: MacKenzie Scott, Principal Gifts, and the Real Drivers of Big Philanthropy

April 22, 2026: After the news, Digital Transformation Advisor Wayan Vota talks about his analysis of the full Yield Giving dataset. Later in the program, Ben Porter, former CAO at Kellogg and Tuck and leader of principal gifts at Northwestern’s $6B campaign, and author of Principal Gifts Checklist, talks about his latest survey and analysis of principal giving across US higher education.