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Rethinking How Corporate Foundations Drive Impact

Mission Driven Podcast··7 September 2026·47 min

About this episode

In this episode, I speak with Cynthia Hansen, Managing Director of the Innovation Foundation, about rethinking the traditional model of corporate philanthropy. Rather than simply funding existing organizations and programs, Cynthia and her team are building the foundation as a social innovation lab — identifying gaps in the ecosystem, developing new solutions with partners, testing them in different markets, and ultimately spinning them out into nonprofits, businesses, or even government systems where they can scale independently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.