Designing Tomorrow: Creative Strategies for Social Impact
Eric Ressler
72 episodes
2 weeks ago
After months away, Jonathan Hicken returns to Designing Tomorrow — and this time, we're recording from the brand new Seymour Studios at the Seymour Center in Santa Cruz. In this episode, Eric and Jonathan take a real look back at 2025: a year that felt like a grind but delivered surprising wins across the sector. They dig into what the data actually says about giving (spoiler: it's not all doom), why the story you tell yourself shapes your reality, what it means to actually invest in storyte...
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After months away, Jonathan Hicken returns to Designing Tomorrow — and this time, we're recording from the brand new Seymour Studios at the Seymour Center in Santa Cruz. In this episode, Eric and Jonathan take a real look back at 2025: a year that felt like a grind but delivered surprising wins across the sector. They dig into what the data actually says about giving (spoiler: it's not all doom), why the story you tell yourself shapes your reality, what it means to actually invest in storyte...
Fewer Donors, Bigger Checks. Interpreting the Latest Giving Data.
Designing Tomorrow: Creative Strategies for Social Impact
51 minutes
1 month ago
Fewer Donors, Bigger Checks. Interpreting the Latest Giving Data.
We break down the 2025 Bank of America Study of Philanthropy with the researchers who created it — exploring what this concentration means for nonprofit sustainability and the future of philanthropy. There’s a number that keeps showing up in conversations about American philanthropy. And it tells two completely different stories depending on how you read it. Over the past decade, charitable giving from affluent households increased more than 30%. That’s remarkable. That suggests a secto...
Designing Tomorrow: Creative Strategies for Social Impact
After months away, Jonathan Hicken returns to Designing Tomorrow — and this time, we're recording from the brand new Seymour Studios at the Seymour Center in Santa Cruz. In this episode, Eric and Jonathan take a real look back at 2025: a year that felt like a grind but delivered surprising wins across the sector. They dig into what the data actually says about giving (spoiler: it's not all doom), why the story you tell yourself shapes your reality, what it means to actually invest in storyte...
