Why trust us?

Philanthopy is a vocation, not an afterthought.

I am Brad Myers, Ph.D., President and Executive Director of Fountain Social Impact. Professional philanthropy is what I do and what I was born to do.

For the past 25 years, I have labored in the posh vineyards of professional philanthropy, working for foundations large and small, all the while witnessing the transformative power of smart grantmaking when it is aligned with quality, community-based organizations. I have rendered the visions of donors strategic and worked collaboratively with diverse stakeholders to implement those strategies. I rest assured that the networks of expertise and communities of practice that I have helped to cultivate will continue to generate great amounts of good in this world for generations.

There are few people like me who have spent their entire career giving other people’s money away. It is unusual work, to be sure, through which I have developed a particular set of skills. As you might imagine, I have also developed some opinions about how philanthropy ought to be done. Over the years, I have been exposed to all the good, the bad and the ugly of which professional philanthropy is capable, and, as a result, I can steer your giving in the right direction given who you are and what you want to achieve, regardless of the obstacles that may come our way. There is little that I have not seen or overcome in this field.

You rightly turn to estate planners, CPAs and investment advisors to help you grow and manage your money. I am the person to whom you turn when it comes time to treat your giving just as seriously.

Give with character

The best philanthropy engages both the head and the heart.

Knowledge

Anyone can cut a check. Not anyone can practice philanthropy. Fewer still can practice philanthropy well. Philanthropy may not be rocket science, but there are skills involved, often very soft skills, difficult to learn. Moreover, there is an art to philanthropy. To give skillfully and artfully requires someone with the right kind of mind who has put in the requisite 10,000 hours in the proverbial woodshed. Someone like me.

Experience

Not only have I spent my entire professional career in philanthropy, I have worked across the social sector in a variety of fields, with a variety of populations and types of organizations. From disaster relief, recovery and risk reduction to the education of Catholic sisters in Africa, you would be hard pressed to find someone with my breath of experience in this space.

Passion

I am no technocrat nor disciple of effective altruism. My secret sauce is faith. Addressing your ultimate concern explicitly through charitable giving is my mission and passion. Together we can do better than secular humanism.

Change The World By Changing How You Give

You worked hard to make it. Let us help you to share it wisely.