Community In-Site
Community In-site is about the family well-being movement. Hosts Tecoria Jones and Elliott Hinkle bring their lived expertise with the child welfare system as well as their professional insights to each episode. We'll be talking to leaders, advocates, and community members who are working from the grassroots to the grasstops on strategies to invest in the well-being of families and communities in order to prevent child welfare involvement. The show will feature stories and lessons from community sites (featuring Thriving Families, Safer Children sites) that make the family well-being movement real and personal. Each episode will unpack a specific topic (e.g. racial equity or community partnerships) and what can be learned from the challenges and successes. The hosts hope to leave listeners with something they can take into their own work to help grow the movement in their community.
For more information about the family well-being movement and Thriving Families, Safer Children initiative you can visit, Thriving Families
Community In-Site
Funding the Future: How Philanthropy Can Drive Innovation and Social Change with Marvin Smith
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As the family well-being movement continues to push toward prevention, experimentation, and community-led solutions, what does it look like for philanthropy to support that shift? How can philanthropy be a leader in driving innovation and social change?
In this episode of Community In-Site, host Valerie Frost speaks with Marvin Smith, founder and CEO of Funding Bravely. He is also the host of the Funding Bravely podcast. Marvin's work focuses on how philanthropy can move beyond maintaining existing systems and instead support experimentation, proximity to communities, and community-led innovation. He discusses the balance foundations often navigate between sustainability, urgency, and how funding decisions influence which ideas move forward.
This conversation doesn’t offer a simple prescription for philanthropy. Instead, it invites listeners to think more deeply about how power, risk, and accountability shape funding decisions and what it might take for philanthropy to support lasting change.
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Here is a site where you can learn more about Marvin's work.
- Funding Bravely - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
- CEP_A_Sector_in_Crisis_FNL.pdf
- Cerulli Anticipates $124 Trillion in Wealth Will… | Cerulli Associates
- Marvin L. Smith | Substack
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