Charity Matters

Episode 110: What Season 10 Taught Me About Showing Up

Season 10 of the Charity Matters Podcast turned out to be about much more than the inspiring people I interviewed. It became a season of unexpected personal lessons about

Episode 109: Pacer Nation

Sometimes making a difference begins with something as simple as putting one foot in front of the other. More than three decades ago, chiropractor Steve Smith invited a g

Episode 108: The Acceleration Project

In this inspiring conversation, Jane Veron shares how a successful corporate career, a decade spent raising her children, and a passion for solving problems led her to bu

Episode 107: Southeast Community Foundation

In this episode of the Charity Matters Podcast, we sit down with Julie Coyne, Founder of the Southeast Community Foundation, to explore how a childhood battle with polio

Episode 106: Bags of Fun

In this heartfelt episode of the Charity Matters Podcast, we explore the powerful story behind Bags of Fun......an organization built on the belief that every child deser

Episode 105: Ripple Effects Artist

What if art wasn’t just something we experienced but something that moved us to act? This week’s Charity Matters episode introduces you to Jessie Fahay, a true “Ripple Ef

Episode 104: The Power of Sight

What if the moment that changed your life… became the reason you changed someone else’s? In this week’s Charity Matters Podcast, Episode 104: The Power of Sight, we meet

Episode 103: Walk With Me Brother

Some stories ask you to listen. Others ask you to feel. And then there are the rare ones, like this one, that ask you to walk alongside them. This episode introduces list

Episode 102: JDS Creative

In this inspiring episode, Diane and Scott Strand, founders of JDS Creative Academy, share how a simple “what if?” turned their creative careers into a nonprofit that is

Episode 101: Sleep in Heavenly Peace

In this powerful episode, Luke Mickelson, founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, shares the unforgettable moment that opened his eyes to the hidden crisis of child bedlessne

Episode 100: Safe Families for Children

For our 100th episode of the Charity Matters Podcast, we are celebrating in the most meaningful way possible....by spotlighting a true innovator, a quiet disruptor, and a

Episode 99: Looking Back

Episode 99 is a pause. A breath. A moment to look back at the people who showed us what courage, compassion, community, and faith really look like. These are the stories

Episode 98: Caroline’s Cause

Nonprofit founders are some of the most inspiring entrepreneurs on the planet. They see a problem and create a solution. Today's guest, Drew Long is no exception. Her fir

Episode 97: For Farmers Movement

Dana DiPrima didn’t know that a simple “yes” to backyard chickens would quietly change everything. She soon realized that farmers, the people feeding us every day, whose

Episode 96: Mom’s Christmas Stocking

Wendy Strauss’s story began with a slip of paper discovered in her late mother’s tidy little office. It was a simple note titled “Mom’s Christmas Stocking,” asking her ch

Episode 95: Uprising Yoga

Join this week’s conversation between Charity Matters founder, Heidi Johnson, and founder of Uprising Yoga, Jill Weiss Ippolito. Jill’s journey is a full-circle story; Fr

Episode 94: Penny’s Flight

Some stories meet you in the deepest places and still lift you higher. This week, you’ll meet Kate Doerge....wife, mother, builder of community......who turned the unthin

Episode 93: Pop Drop

John Snyder’s story begins on a first date with his wife, Nikki, when the two of them decided to do something radically simple: instead of sending candy to their toner cu

Episode 92: Shoulder Check

Drawing from Hayden’s love of hockey, Rob used the term “Shoulder Check” not just as a sports reference but as the cornerstone for a movement. What began as a nod to the

Episode 91: Supplies for Success

This week on the Season Nine Premiere  we sit down with Mindy Richenstein, the founder of Supplies for Success, a nonprofit that has been equipping children with dignity