# Nick Grono
Top podcast episodes
Updated:
nick grono (born 22 July 1966) is an Australian human rights campaigner who heads the Freedom Fund – the world's first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery. He is also the co-chair of the Jo Cox Foundation, and a board member of Girls Not Brides, the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.Grono, who trained as a lawyer, served as Chief of Staff to the Australian Attorney-General. He went on to take a senior position at the International Crisis Group, the world's leading conflict resolution NGO. As CEO of the Walk Free Foundation, he helped launch the first ever Global Slavery Index.
Nick Grono, author of 'How to Lead Nonprofits' and CEO of the Freedom Fund, on the Complexities of Nonprofit Leadership
Nick Grono, author of How to Lead Nonprofits and CEO of the Freedom Fund, delves into the unique challenges and responsibilities of nonprofit leadership, offering valuable insights drawn from two decades of experience in the sector.
Grono reflects on the complexities of guiding purpose-driven orga…
Unlocking Nonprofit Leadership With Purpose, Impact and Collaboration
Send us Fan Mail
The CEO of the FreedomFund.org, Nick Grono, discusses his new book, How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World. Nick shares his deep wisdom on leadership in the nonprofit sector, drawing from his extensive career that transitioned from corporate law and…
Leading Nonprofits with Purpose | Nick Grono, CEO, The Freedom Fund; Author, 'How To Lead Nonprofits'
On this episode of "The Brand Called You", the host interviews Nick Grono, CEO of The Freedom Fund. With over a decade of experience leading efforts to combat modern slavery and human trafficking, Nick shares his unique insights on nonprofit leadership, challenges in recruitment, the importance of…
734: Nonprofit Leadership For Current & Aspiring – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week:
Nonprofit Leadership For Current & Aspiring
There’s a new compassionate, inspiring and valuable guidebook on nonprofit leadership. It’s aptly named, “How To Lead Nonprofits.” The author, Nick Grono, shares his thinking on the role of the CEO, your team and diversity, equity and inc…
Two CEOs on How to Get Boards to Help With Fundraising and More
Two leaders, Kathleen St. Louis Caliento and Nick Grono, join Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer to explain how they have engaged their board in financial efforts.
St. Louis Caliento runs Cara Collective, a Chicago nonprofit that helps low-income people find jobs.
Grono heads the Freedom Fund, an organiza…
315: Lessons Nonprofit Leaders Can Teach the Business World (Nick Grono)
315: Lessons Nonprofit Leaders Can Teach the Business World (Nick Grono)
SUMMARY
Special thanks to TowneBank for bringing these conversations to life, and for their commitment to strengthening nonprofit organizations. Learn more about how they can help you at TowneBank.com/NonprofitBanking.
Let’s …
Building trust through transparent leadership
In this episode, Nick Grono, CEO of the Freedom Fund, shares how real leadership isn’t about control, it’s about creating space for honest conversations. From anonymous staff Q&As to bold leadership surveys, Nick reveals the habits that foster transparency, strengthen culture, and empower every voi…
How to Get Boards to Help With Fundraising, From The Chronicle of Philanthropy
This week on Giving Done Right, we’re introducing you to another podcast we love: Nonprofits Now: Leading Today, from The Chronicle of Philanthropy. In this episode, two leaders, Kathleen St. Louis Caliento and Nick Grono, join Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer to explain how they have engaged their board…
Reasons for Hope: The Nick Grono Episode
Edward Davey is joined by Nick Grono on this episode of Reasons for Hope...
025 He Got a $60 Million Gift. Then He Left | Freedom Fund CEO Nick Grono
He got the largest gift in his organization's history. Then he left anyway.
Nick Grono had been employee number one at the Freedom Fund since 2014, the only leader the anti-slavery organization had ever known, and he had already decided to step down at the end of the year. Then, in late 2025, an un…
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,828,250 podcasts and 196,410,126 episodes by people, places, or topics.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, so I listen to podcasts.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
