Over the course of the hour-long LBF Convening, Greg shared great insights about tenacity, resilience, fundraising, and serving the most vulnerable people who represent a contentious community issue—homelessness. This post covers major highlights from our conversation with Greg!

At the opening of any Little Big Fund Bootcamp, everyone present is invited to respond to the question: What’s your favorite way to eat a potato? There are plenty of mouth-watering answers: crispy fried slices sprinkled with lots of salt; small round ones, peeled and boiled; a scoop of mashed served with butter or gravy. This opening question about eating a potato is of course, an ice breaker, a way for the group to ease in to hearing our own voices and the voices of others. But also, by talking about the humble potato and how we enjoy it, even if briefly and perhaps in an unoriginal way, Abhinav and I bring to mind why we host Bootcamps for emerging social change-makers: we think a simple, down-to-earth, self-determining approach to starting an initiative can cultivate endless possibilities.

Our top 5 tips on running a successful family & friends fundraiser!

Our favorite takeaways from Little Big Fund’s annual State of Fundraising Panel, consisting of social impact and philanthropic leaders from around the world.

A snippet from our monthly Convening event where Teju Ravilochan of GatherFor spoke about the power of community and the argument for redistribution of wealth.

Creating a shared space between funders and fundee to further shift the conversations and actions towards greater equity in the social impact space.