A written Q & A exchange with Chandra Brown, founder and director of Freeflow Institute and Julie Goldstein, director of SWAHA Foundation.

SWAHA Foundation sponsors 11 nonprofit leaders from 6 partner organizations to attend Opportunity Collaboration in the Dominican Republic elevating leaders through development training and maintaining a commitment to unrestricted funding, acknowledging the multifaceted challenges faced by nonprofits.

Helping organizations create more social impact sometimes means developing more impactful leaders. SWAHA Foundation is taking a different grantmaking approach with the organizations they support, by investing directly in the development of their young leaders.

The next generation is willing to consider different funding models for giving. One shift observed among the next generation of givers is they want to be involved at the grassroots level of an organization where they can get to know who is doing the work and trust that the money is being spent wisely.

How relational giving leads to more personally meaningful giving. It’s more than just supporting good work being done in the world. It is also about becoming a source of support for the leaders of organizations.

The Align-SWAHA partnership has a unified goal: to make the best use of SWAHA dollars to transform environment, education, and human rights, not just with the 5% from its granting budget but with every tool in its toolbox.

The Future Rising Fellowship Program is part of Girl Rising’s new storytelling and social action program.

An Interview with Future Rising Fellow Alex Nguyen who documents the lives of Vietnamese girls living in climate-vulnerable communities.

We are in the midst of a remarkable revolution in women’s rights. This epidemic is more widespread than many of us—especially those of us who are men—ever realized.

As summer transitions to fall, I continue to cherish the extensive time I spent on the river over these past few months.

SWAHA is a meaningful offering (as the term signifies) that distinguishes my life’s purpose of sharing good fortune with others.