How Morgan Stanley finds & funds solutions for youth mental health

FOMO vs skepticism: AI strategy for grantmakers who feel both

In today’s Impact Audio episode, Jean Westrick, executive director of the Technology Association of Grantmakers, digs into how grantmakers can stay mission focused in this new era of tech.

She covers:

• How to balance digital transformation with other big challenges

• Where AI fits into efforts to make grantmaking more inclusive

• How some grantmakers are already using AI

How Morgan Stanley finds & funds solutions for youth mental health

This episode is the second in a series of episodes featuring Closegap and Morgan Stanley, where we explore the relationship between grantor and grantee as they work together to address a chronically underfunded cause. Last episode we focused on Closegap and this episode is my full conversation with Joan Steinberg.

We’ll cover:

• Why Morgan Stanley focuses on children’s mental health

• The mechanics of how they set up their Innovation Awards

• Why mental health is such an underfunded issue

Closegap & Morgan Stanley: Where innovation arises & how it gets funded

Today’s episode explores this relationship by focusing on Rachel Miller, founder and CEO of Closegap, and her story. We’ll also hear from Joan Steinberg, CEO of the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health, as she provides further commentary on why Closegap’s innovative approach stood out to them.

In this episode, we’ll cover:

• What makes Closegap’s technology so innovative

• What motivated this innovation

• How this innovation comes through in the application process

• What Morgan Stanley’s funding means for Closegap in the long term

Dispatch: The biggest takeaways from PEAK2024

Sam Caplan reflects on his biggest insights from PEAK2024. Listen to get up-to-speed on everything you might’ve missed and what you need to know for the coming year.

We cover:

• The key theme of the conference: operationalizing excellence

• The changing role of a grants manager

• How data and new technologies are transforming grantmaking

For additional resources, visit our episode notes: https://www.submittable.com/impact-audio/peak2024/

Dispatch: What you missed at the Microsoft Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit

AI took center stage at the Microsoft Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit last month.

On the latest episode of Impact Audio, Sam Caplan and Sam Ellsworth sit down to talk about what they saw and heard while they were there.

They cover:

• How nonprofit professionals see AI enhancing their work

• Why Microsoft is going all in on the nonprofit sector

• Where to start on your own AI journey

For additional resources, visit our episode notes: submittable.com/impact-audio/microsoft-summit-2024