{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Scaling Impact","title":"Venture Philanthropy - Unrestricted Funding for Nonprofits with The GreenLight Fund’s Casey Johnson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1717,"description":"This episode, The GreenLight Fund’s Vice President Casey Johnson talks about the venture philanthropy space, why funding should be unrestricted, and the different types of personalities you need in an organization to scale successfully.Casey Johnson has over 20 years of program management experience for various non-profit organizations, including five years focusing on implementing and refining literacy programs in the United States and globally in 10 developing countries.Casey also has over 10 years of experience working in venture philanthropy doing strategic grantmaking, deep diligence on potential portfolio organizations, and local community landscape analysis work.She is currently the Vice President of The GreenLight Fund which helps transform the lives of children, youth, and families in high-poverty urban areas. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Scaling Impact:The unique approach of GreenLight Fund.The venture philanthropy space.How to get funding to scale and grow.The benefits of unrestricted funding.The due diligence involved in acquiring funding.The different types of personalities you need in an organization to scale successfully. Resources:GreenLight FundNxtStepPodcast ChefConnect with Casey Johnson:LinkedInEmailConnecting with the host:Sean Boyce on LinkedInSean Boyce by EmailQuotables:6:49 - “We raise dollars in each of our communities and then invest those dollars back into our communities through investments in nonprofit 5013C organizations who are doing work to move the needle on economic mobility for residents families individuals experiencing poverty in our communities.”10:31 - “We’re investing in something that’s not there but could come in there and be really successful and putting a lot of momentum behind that really amazing thing and then you think all that takes 12 months just to get to that point of making that decision but our real work it’s almost like the tip of the iceberg is what you see when you’re making...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/66Z-JkzyaQve51NguBCteHZdh4LBbMmJS4LNGtPEwTw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzOTY0LzE2NjI3/MjAyMzQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}