Happy New Year, A Message from Our CEO
A message for the New Year from the Bright Funds CEO: 2021 reflections, celebrating our clients and looking ahead to 2022.
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Bright Funds Team Virtual Paint Night
How do you maintain team connections and culture when everyone is remote? See how the Bright Funds team did it with a virtual paint night!
Bright Funds and WizeHive Merger = Greater Force for Good
Today we announced the merger of Bright Funds with WizeHive. Our vision is to bring the best of both to help our clients do more good.
Team Bright Funds: Meet the Heroes Behind Your Impact
At Bright Funds, we aim to brighten the world by empowering people and companies to do good. Meet the superheroes behind our mission. First up is Michelle Marinas, Head of Customer Support at Bright Funds.
New Power & Charitable Giving
We all see a shift in the world. There’s increasing political protest, more distrust in government and companies, and startups disrupting traditional institutions and ways of business. But this shift has not occurred without some resistance. This is a good ole fashioned battle of old vs. new power.
Data-Driven vs. Emotional Philanthropy
In last week’s Bright Minds, we focused our discussion over a 2015 New York Times piece on how to intelligently yet emotionally impact others’ lives. The article was prompted by the movement of ‘Effective Altruism’ – which uses data to determine how people can ensure that their money has the greatest impact possible.
Aligning Action & Values
u should spend a significant percentage of time actually trying to gain understanding, a tiny percentage documenting that understanding, and the vast majority of your time creating alignment. In short, worry about what you do as an organization, not what you say.” This is an excerpt from Jim Collins 2000 piece, ‘Aligning Action and Values,’ which was the topic of discussion in last week’s Bright Minds.
Unconscious Bias
Week number two and another thought-provoking Bright Funds sharing session. This week’s meeting centered around the concept of unconscious bias and its impact on decision-making, business innovation, and philanthropy. What’s unconscious bias you ask? Well let me tell you. Unconscious bias refers to a bias that we are unaware of, and which happens outside of …
Triple Bottom Line Fruit
Every two weeks, Bright Funds receives a cardboard box, filled with apples, oranges, pears, occasional vegetables, and, when lucky, mangoes, watermelons, and avocados. To be frank the fruit is…odd. Tennis ball-sized grapefruits, crooked carrots, scarred mandarins, and giant apples are staples. All of these foods are sourced and delivered by a company known for sourcing …