Radhacal Good

Radha Friedman

Less than 2% of philanthropic dollars support women and girls, and less than 1% goes to women and girls of color. It's time to change that. Radhacal Good is a podcast to discuss how we can do our most radical good by investing in women and girls. Join the feminist finance revolution to move power by moving our money.

Episodes

  1. The Global Digital Revolution for Women & Girls with Jensine Larsen

    05/02/2022

    The Global Digital Revolution for Women & Girls with Jensine Larsen

    In this episode, I talk with Jensine Larsen. Jensine is the founder and CEO of World Pulse, an independent social network that connects women all over the world for social change. She’s an international journalist and global women’s rights expert, as well as a frequent speaker on the power of technology to accelerate women's power. Jensine is also part of the Equals Global Partnership (a coalition bridging the gendered digital divide), a fellow of the Academy for Systems Change (a ten-year fellowship for the next generation of system change leaders) and has been awarded the Tribeca Innovative Disruptor fellowship and the United Nations Media Social Impact Award. In our conversation, we talk about breaking the silence for women around the world through a digital revolution--imagine an online social platform with with thousands of Malala's telling their own stories.  If you’re interested in exploring how to support organizations like World Pulse that align with your values and are doing badass work to change the world, you can check out my Feminist Philanthropy Guidebook on my website, www.radhafriedman.org, completely free. And if you want more, you can book a free consultation with me.  If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, share it with friends, and don’t forget to give the podcast a five star rating and review on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts! You can also support the podcast with a monthly donation as a Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/RadhacalGood

    39 min
  2. Don’t Let the IRS Limit How You Give Back, with Stephanie Ellis-Smith

    04/15/2022

    Don’t Let the IRS Limit How You Give Back, with Stephanie Ellis-Smith

    In this episode, I talk with Stephanie Ellis-Smith, CEO of the philanthropic advisory firm Phila-Engaged Giving. Stephanie works with ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, foundations, and corporations to make catalytic investments that advance racial and social justice. She is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP), a 21/64 Advisor, a Partner at the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and more. In 2020, Stephanie co-founded the Giving Gap (formerly known as “Give Blck”) to advance racial equity and mobilize positive action for Black lives by connecting people to causes they care about. The Giving Gap includes an online database of Black-founded organizations to support, making it easier for donors to connect with Black organizations and solving one of the primary challenges both Stephanie and I hear when people are seeking to support racial justice--knowing where to find the organizations that do this work. In this episode, Stephanie reminds us not to let the IRS limit our ideas about how we give back--every one of us can be a philanthropist.  If you’re interested in exploring how and where you give to nonprofits that align with your values and are doing badass work to change the world, you can check out my Feminist Philanthropy Guidebook on my website, www.radhafriedman.org, completely free. And if you want more, you can book a free consultation with me. (A portion of my proceeds always go back to BIPOC, women-led nonprofits) You can also connect with Stephanie at Philanthropy Engaged Giving. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, share it with friends, and don’t forget to give the podcast a five star rating and review on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts! You can also support the podcast with a monthly donation as a Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/RadhacalGood

    36 min
  3. Investing in All Women, Including the 1 Billion Considered Unbankable with Sachi Shenoy (Episode 4)

    03/25/2022

    Investing in All Women, Including the 1 Billion Considered Unbankable with Sachi Shenoy (Episode 4)

    In this episode, I talk with Sachi Shenoy, co-founder of Upaya Social Ventures, an organization that picks up where micro-lending leaves off by helping people who are living in poverty to build businesses and scale them to create jobs for others in their community. Nearly one billion women are completely excluded from the formal financial system. Without even a bank account in their own names, they lack the basic services like secure ways to save money, pay bills, and get credit. Microcredit--literally, providing small loans to women considered unbankable--has been a game changer for women, but it, too, has its limits. Upaya identifies early-stage entrepreneurs with the greatest potential for job creation and invests in them. Before co-founding Upaya, Sachi worked with Unitus, a microfinance accelerator, and before that, she worked at SKS Microfinance (now known as Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd.) helping to provide small loans to women living in rural slums in India. In the interview, Sachi talks about what we’ve learned about the transformative power as well as the limitations of microlending in recent years. She also talks about how living with a disability has shown her that there will always be another way to do something—we just have to be creative. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to leave a rating and review! And, you can support this podcast on Spotify or Patreon. Thanks, everyone! https://www.patreon.com/RadhacalGood

    41 min

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Less than 2% of philanthropic dollars support women and girls, and less than 1% goes to women and girls of color. It's time to change that. Radhacal Good is a podcast to discuss how we can do our most radical good by investing in women and girls. Join the feminist finance revolution to move power by moving our money.