{"podcast":{"title":"Rules of the Game: The Bolder Advocacy Podcast","slug":"rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868","podcast_index_feed_id":744868,"rss_url":"https://rulesofthegame.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://afj.org/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/1/a/e/31ae8c4533ab742d/RoTG.png","author":"Alliance for Justice","episode_count":100,"summary":"Nonprofits are important advocates on issues critical to every community, but sometimes the rules and regulations of advocacy can be barriers to entry. In Rules of the Game, Bolder Advocacy attorneys at Alliance for Justice use real examples to demystify these laws to help 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofits be bolder advocates, whether holding elected officials accountable, educating candidates, engaging voters, or lobbying for policy change. Entertaining legal education, not legal advice!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T22:20:06.614648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868"},"episode":{"title":"How Philanthropy is Meeting the Moment","slug":"how-philanthropy-is-meeting-the-moment","published_at":"2026-06-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868/how-philanthropy-is-meeting-the-moment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868","url":"https://rulesofthegame.libsyn.com/how-philanthropy-is-meeting-the-moment","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rulesofthegame/ROTG159-philanthropy-meeting-the-moment.mp3?dest-id=2280527","summary":"This week, we are diving into the world of philanthropy. We are thrilled to be joined by Matthew L. Evans from the United Philanthropy Forum who will help us understand how philanthropy is evolving to meet this moment and what challenges and opportunities we are seeing for funders and philanthropy infrastructure organizations. Guests for this episode Brittany Hacker Leonard Tim Mooney Matthew L. Evans Shownotes Matthew L. Evans is the United Philanthropy Forum's VP of Advocacy and External Relations . Matthew has more than 14 years of public policy, government relations, and external affairs experience. Before joining the Forum, he was Director of Public Policy & Special Projects for the Southeastern Council on Foundations in Atlanta, where he worked to ensure the legislative and regulatory success of the philanthropic sector in the South. He currently serves as the staff lead for the Forum Public Policy Committee and is a member of the Nonprofit VOTE National Leadership Council. Welcome again, we are thrilled to have you joining us! Could you start off by giving our listeners an introduction to the United Philanthropy Forum and your great work ? Can you explain what a philanthropy infrastructure org is ? (How has the sector evolved ) We were lucky to be presenters at Foundations on the Hill this year , can you tell the listeners a bit about what that is, what you are trying to achieve, and how it went this year? What would you recommend for foundations that want to get more involved with policy work like this? This year / Current threat environment : What is the biggest hurdle for funders and philanthropy infrastructure orgs this year? And what do you see as a biggest opportunity in the sector? What do you think is the most pressing thing for foundations to be funding…","meta_description":"This week, we are diving into the world of philanthropy. We are thrilled to be joined by Matthew L. Evans from the United Philanthropy Forum who will help…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1350,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868/episodes/how-philanthropy-is-meeting-the-moment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rules-of-the-game-the-bolder-advocacy-podcast-744868/how-philanthropy-is-meeting-the-moment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}