In this Building Trust Video series episode, we talk with Rick Lofgren, President and CEO of the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA). Read our full report on this BBB Accredited Charity Seal Holder here, https://bit.ly/3xl3KWr

This week’s guest is Alyson Niemann, the Executive Director of Mindful Philanthropy. Mindful Philanthropy is dedicated to connecting funders and organizations in the mental health and substance abuse spaces, advocating for increased funding, and supporting impactful initiatives.

In this episode, our host and CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Art Taylor, reviews an article that appeared in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, entitled, “Hacking Nonprofit Collaboration.” Originally written in 2017, Art provides updates and his latest insights on the developments of collaboration in the non-profit sector since then.

Art re-visits with Aaron Bass, CEO of EastSide Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware. During his tenure, EastSide has outperformed the state in growth on the state assessment. Aaron is re-thinking K-12 education for underprivileged children by also supporting their families and the larger community. Under his leadership, EastSide Charter School has been able to raise over $26M towards the new STEM Hub which is a partnership between public and private entities open to the entire public.

NoirUnited International co-founders, Macire Airbot and Nassim Ashford, rejoin Art to provide an update on their efforts to assist African college students displaced by the war in Ukraine. They also discuss upcoming Africa Day celebrations (May 25) and their new video docu-series which illustrates the profound challenges these students continue to face.

This week, our guest is dance artist, teacher, and healer Valerie Green, whose company Valerie Green/Dance Entropy (VG/DE) believes in humanizing movement, and planting creative seeds in communities across the world.