The Heart Behind the Mic: Reflections on 90 Episodes of More Than Profit
In Episode 90, Bryce, TJ, and Brian reflect on six years of More Than Profit, unpacking the podcast’s evolution, lessons learned, and their shared vision for impact-driven storytelling going forward.
When Logics Collide: Rethinking Risk, Power, and Purpose in Finance
In this episode, Linda Gordeychev unpacks how language, identity, and values shape our financial systems—and shares how institutional capital, donor-advised funds, and collaborative giving can be powerful tools for more inclusive and intentional impact.
Donating Equity: Making Ownership Part of Generosity
In this episode, Landon Young unpacks how donating equity can unlock strategic generosity, catalyze community capital, and turn philanthropy into the most risk-tolerant investment for long-term impact.
Rethinking Donor-Advised Funds: From Transactional Giving to Collective Impact
Bryce Butler and TJ Abood explore how donor-advised funds have shifted from community-driven tools to transactional vehicles—and share a hopeful vision for restoring their purpose through relational giving, creative investing, and collective impact.
From Policy to Possibility: How Opportunity Zones Are Reshaping Communities
In this episode, Ross Baird shares how long-term optimism and Opportunity Zones are transforming overlooked communities through place-based investment and bipartisan innovation.
Beyond Good Intentions: Confronting the Complexity of Community Development with Bill Taft
With three decades in community development, Bill Taft, Senior VP of Economic Development at LISC discusses challenges and opportunities in revitalizing disinvested neighborhoods. He highlights the importance of blending public and private capital for sustainable outcomes. Drawing from his experience leading a community development corporation in Indianapolis and directing national strategies at LISC, he shares insights on patience, partnership, and persistence.
Navigating the Benefits Cliff with Karen Schoellkopf
In this episode, we interview Karen Schoellkopf, the founder and CEO of Leap Fund, who dives into the critical issue of the benefits cliff—a policy flaw where a slight increase in income results in a disproportionate loss of public benefits, leaving many worse off.
Nothing About Us, Without Us with Regina Kline
On this episode, we have a captivating conversation with Regina Kline, an investor, entrepreneur, civil rights lawyer, and thought leader. Regina is dedicated to advancing the rights and interests of people with disabilities as innovators, workers, business owners, and consumers.
How DeFi Can Be Used For Social Good with Mike Sall & Blake West
On this month’s special episode of More Than Profit, TJ Abood, Chief Investment Officer, of Access Ventures steps in as guest host and talks with the co-founders of Goldfinch, Mike Sall and Blake West. Goldfinch is working to expand access to capital using crypto to enable more financial inclusion. Goldfinch’s decentralized credit protocol allows anyone to become a lender to organizations in a way that banks simply can’t today.
Rebuilding Hope for the Unhoused with Jonathan Kumar
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Jonathan Kumar. Kumar is the CEO of Samaritan, a support platform that empowers people without a home to move forward. Samaritan was founded in 2016 and exists to link individuals without a home to the social and financial capital needed to meet housing and health goals.
The Dilemma of Social Entrepreneurship with Joe DeLoss
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Joe Deloss, the founder of Hot Chicken Takeover, a community-minded, fast-casual restaurant that serves their beloved version of Nashville-style hot chicken to their ever-growing number of loyal customers at six locations across Ohio.Inspired to be an entrepreneur at an early age, DeLoss founded Hot Chicken Takeover on the idea that work could be about more than just earning a paycheck.
Building Inclusive Economies Through Refugee Lens Investing With John Kluge
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with John Kluge, Founder and Managing Director of the Refugee Investment Network, an impact investing firm that helps refugees and displaced people. John has spent years working alongside social entrepreneurs and impact investors looking for opportunities to make a difference in communities around the world through investing.
Interrogating Systems and Creating Alternatives with Rodney Foxworth
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Common Future. Rodney shares how his upbringing in Baltimore shaped his future and set him on the path of pursuing an inclusive economy.
The Impact of Full Spectrum Capital with Stephanie Gripne
On this episode of More Than Profit, Bryce talks with Stephanie Gripne, CEO of Impact Finance Center, a multi-university nonprofit academic center that identifies, trains, and activates philanthropists and investors to become impact investors. She is also the creative force behind the National Impact Investing Marketplace with a goal to catalyze $1 Trillion in investment capital into social ventures by replicating and scaling infrastructure that was piloted in Colorado.
Banking Reimagined with Maurice Jones
Welcome to More Than Profit Season 2! On this episode, Bryce talks with Maurice Jones, President and CEO of Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC). They talk about the history importance, and future of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs); the importance of the intentional use of race when addressing racial gaps and systemic issues that resulted from an intentional use of race; and, the ways in which specific relationships have impacted Maurice and his work.
Democratizing Capital with Jonny Price
On this episode, Bryce talks with Jonny Price, Founder of Kiva US and current Director of Fundraising at Wefunder. From management consulting to economic development and democratizing capital, Jonny has always focused on being present for the people around him and optimizing his experiences for learning in the context of family, relationships, and career.
Pioneering Better Investing With Fran Seegull
In this episode, Bryce interviews Fran Seegull, the Executive Director of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. She discusses how ideas about impact investing have evolved over the past two decades and how her contrarian spirit led her to be ahead of others who were thinking about the relationship between impact and investment.
Investing in Responsible Housing Development with Abby Ivory
On this episode, Bryce talks with Abby Ivory, Managing Director of Ivory Innovations about investing in sustainable businesses, her work with Sorenson Impact, and the values instilled in her from her parents. Ivory Innovations runs a program called Ivory Prize, an annual award recognizing ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability.
New Capitalism with Jean Case
In our first episode of More Than Profit, we talk with Jean Case, the first female chairman of the National Geographic Society and CEO of the Case Impact Network and Case Foundation. We discuss her childhood, the series of pivots and failures she faced before her career success, and what new capitalism means to her.