Interview with Sybil Ackerman-Munson, President at Do Your Good, LLC

Published: Aug. 26, 2022, 10 a.m.

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Sybil is a Philanthropy professional with over two decades of experience working with donors to establish best funding practices that will help them to avoid costly mistakes and instead make a true and impactful difference in the world. She has a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School, a Master\\u2019s Degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a B.S. from Scripps College.

She has helped donors give away over $45 million in large and small donations throughout the course of her career. Sybil has worked with almost every type of charitable funder from smaller family foundations and public charities to individual donors.

Sybil has served on numerous boards, task forces and stakeholder groups. She also knows what it\\u2019s like to be a grantee. She worked for over ten years at environmental nonprofits prior to her work as a foundation advisor.

She shares her personal story and history that brought her to care so much about charitable giving with me. She tells her step-by-step process for helping people be effective as donors and philanthropists. Sybil talks briefly about some of the mistakes she made in the past that she is able to use to help others make better decisions. Sybil and I discuss why it feels so great to give money to worthy charities, and how to help people really feel good about their giving strategy.

What is a giving strategy? Sybil tells me all about it. To learn more about Sybil and what she does, visit her website: https://www.doyourgood.com/

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