ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The podcast for social impact practitioners looking to connect big ideas with real impact. Join host Sam Caplan as he curates practical advice and inspiring stories from the people changing how we think about social change.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
28 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
68 episodes
since July 14, 2021
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Sam Caplan alongside PEAK Grantmaking managing director Sara Richman Sanders. They discuss their takeaways from the 2026 PEAK Grantmaking conference.
They explore:
• The evolving role of grant managers
• How nonprofit leaders are leading with cour…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Submittable colleagues Sam Caplan and Ian Witthoeft, who sat down to discuss their experience at the 2026 National Grant Management Association Conference.
They cover:
• The new compliance paradigm
• What to expect for Uniform Guidance
• …
This Impact Audio LIVE episode brings together five people who came up in the punk scene and now shape philanthropy and the nonprofit world. Together they’ll dig into the overlap between the punk ethos and purpose-driven work, including:
• Honest takes on power and gatekeeping
• Practical ide…
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Ann Mei Change, CEO of Candid. She digs into how data can help create a new status quo for the nonprofit sector.
She explores:
• The tools that are changing how nonprofits use data
• How timelines and expectations can shift to better support …
This episode of the Impact Audio explores the invisible forces that can nudge people away from (or toward) charitable giving. Sam Caplan digs into research, chats with a social psychologist, and breaks down why some common tactics to encourage donations can actually backfire.
He covers:
• Why cont…
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Andrea Bell, Director of CSR Learning Programs at ACCP. She sits down with Sam Caplan to share their thoughts and takeaways from the 2025 ACCP Annual Conference.
Andrea and Sam discuss:
Why CSR leaders must develop serious business acumen alongside…
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features David Callahan, founder and editor-in-chief of Inside Philanthropy. Sam and David explore the current landscape of today’s mega donors and how the ultrarich will shape the future of philanthropy.
David breaks down:
• The current “cultures” of mega d…
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Project Evident’s founder and CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons and CIO Sarah Di Troia. They dig into how AI is empowering the social impact sector and what practitioners need to do their best work.
They break down:
• Why “do no harm” is not a solid AI strateg…
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Tip Tucker Kendall, executive director of NGMA, and Lashon Brown, president of NGMA. They break down how the role of public sector grantmakers is changing.
They cover:
• Where grantmakers’ focus should be right now
• How public scrutiny is res…
This episode of the Impact Audio podcast features Matthew Hanson, managing director of grants and policy at Witt O’Brien’s. He shares the effects of change at the federal level and how public sector grantmakers can help reshape the future of the sector.
Matthew covers:
• The expanded role states w…
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