OUR BIG AMBITION is to build radically collaborative movements for social change by inspiring progressive philanthropists to be extraordinary allies, partners and decision-makers in our shared pursuit of equity and liberation.

We will do everything we can to make sure that people holding the pursestrings of social change are deeply responsible, conscientious and compassionate. We will not stop until the money we need to create a more just world gets to the right people, organizations, movements and causes.

ALI SIRKUS BRODY is the founder and managing director of Greater Good Advising. She uses creativity, empathy and dynamic educational content to expose philanthropists to the effects of systemic oppression and privilege on their thinking, giving and decision-making.

Ali is a philanthropist and a long-time nonprofit board member. For over a decade, she has been a member of a giving circle supporting California-based women’s organizations working at the intersection of race, gender and class. As a group, the circle has awarded almost $2 million. 

Ali has worked for nonprofits and foundations for over 20 years and held a variety of roles including program officer, program manager, capacity builder, philanthropic advisor and fundraiser. As a program officer at the Women’s Foundation of California and the Jewish Community Federation, Ali managed multi-million dollar grant portfolios.

Ali is a certified life coach and a 21/64 certified philanthropic facilitator and trainer. She holds a Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ali’s been published numerous times including in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the National Center for Family Philanthropy.