990 Talk Ari Strulowitz and Sruly Bogo

This week we are privileged to be joined by Charlie Hammerman, President and CEO at The Disability Opportunity Fund (https://www.thedof.org), for an absolutely fascinating interview. We discuss how he leveraged his finance background into a career of multifaceted impact, changing the lives of individuals with disabilities all over the US (21:05). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (3:48), "Ari's rant" (17:35), "Where we were wrong" (79:20), and "Linkswipe" (83:38). 

Joel Pollick, Founder and CEO of Percent Pledge (https://www.percentpledge.org/) joins us to discuss his story, the benefits of building a culture of charity at your company, millennial giving trends and much more (19:54). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (5:35), and "Where we were wrong" (63:26). 

Finally the long awaited live recording from the 2021 Nageela @ Topgolf event featuring your favorite Chicago personalities is here. Again, very important PSA: There is no content of substance in this episode so if you are here to expand your knowledge then please skip to the next episode. You have been warned.....

Serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Wendy Berger (https://wbsequities.com), steps in to discuss her story, nonprofit trends, female entrepreneurship, and her experience giving a Ted Talk (17:34). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (5:40), and Ask the "Expert" featuring an old friend (61:00).  

We are back for another episode and this time we are joined by Jonathan Greenberg (https://twitter.com/JGreenbergSez), Director of Freedom Initiatives at the Jack Miller Family Foundation. He was not shy about his opinions on a variety of matters, and gave lots of good tips for organizations as they interact with foundations and funders (4:55). Other segments include "Board of Directors" including the debut of our new intern Justin (46:40), and a new segment called "Personality Tests" (62:18). 

Founder and CEO of Maverick Soul Consulting (https://www.mavericksoulconsulting.com/), Stefan Teodosic, returns to the show in studio to become the first reoccurring guest on 990 Talk. We dug deep discussing his personal inspirations, strategic planning, the difference between mission, vision, and goals, and broke down the long term future of this podcast (4:52). Plus, join us for some random bonus content after the outro (78:56). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (61:31) and a disgruntled listener joins the show for a "Where we were wrong" regarding a segment last episode (72:55).