Foundations: Private Wealth for Public Benefit
The following podcast is brought to you courtesy of A World of Possibilities and The Mainstream Media Project.
Foundations don’t always make back their bets, but at their best they are readers and seeders of promise. In this five-part series on foundation philanthropy, we’ll trace the impact of such catalytic grant making on American society. We’ll see why foundations play an indispensable role in addressing needs met in no other way: challenging society to live up to its highest aspirations.
Guests:
Muhammed Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
William Fuller, Vice Chair China VEST
Susan Berresford, Past President of the Ford Foundation
Maxwell King, Former President, Heinz Endowments; former chair, Council on Foundations
Joel Fleishman, Foundation Historian
(Click on a guest’s name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Credits:
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineer: John Kalish
Music in this program: Open – “Talk About Suffering Here Below,” Darol Anger and Edgar Meyer – Six Degrees Records; “A United Earth I,”Alan Stivell and Yousou N’Dour – Putamayo World Music; “This Little Light of Mine,” Mavis Staples – Anti Records; “Give It Up or Turn It Loose,” James Brown – Polydor Records; “Amazing Grace,” Swil Kanim – swilkanim.net.
Funding: Packard Foundation
Duration: 55:00 minutes
