About This Episode

Three social changemakers -
  • Jeff Bradach of The Bridgespan Group,
  • Daniel Stid of Lyceum Labs, and
  • former US Treasury advisor Clara Miller-
discuss the impact of the current political climate on the nonprofit sector. “It was a huge shock to the system to have international aid just cut like that and it created a whole ripple of fear. I felt it; I think we all did,” says Miller. “We’re in this very strange place where people are saying, ‘we’ve got to stop this disruption and the cutting of programs,’ and simultaneously saying, ‘but maybe there may be some opportunities to rebuild, resurrect, change the system going forward in some important ways,’"Bradach explains. These experts do have hope for a way forward. “Private foundations have all the resources they need and aren't reliant on outside parties for their operating expenses, so if any entity in civil society could mount a spirited and sustained defense of their constitutional prerogatives and act on behalf of all of us who care about these freedoms... I would expect and hope they would,” states Stid. “We just have to stop being prairie dogs and going down into our hidey holes. I think we have to stand up and resist,” Miller believes.  

Resources and Mentions:

Clara Miller

Clara Miller

president emerita

Clara Miller is a writer, speaker, and advisor on finance, investing, and accounting. She is president emerita of the Heron Foundation (2011-2017), was founder and President/CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund (1984-2011), and chaired the US Treasury’s first Community Development Advisory Board in the Clinton Administration.

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

executive director

Daniel Stid is the executive director of Lyceum Labs, a nonprofit focused on improving the quality of political leadership and party politics in the United States. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of The President as Statesman: Woodrow Wilson and the Constitution (1998).

Jeff Bradach

Jeff Bradach

co-founder and former managing partner

Jeff Bradach is the former managing partner and co-founder of The Bridgespan Group, a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission-driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need.