Episode 150: Valuing Civil Society Organizations

What this episode covers

Civil society organizations are funded differently in the United States and Germany, and LGBTQ+ organizations must take different approaches when seeking financial support from the public and private sector. Preston James Ross and Sebastian Thiele join The Zeitgeist to discuss what different funding models signal about a society’s values, how different models benefit some organizational structures over others, and how changes in the political climate can impact nonprofit funding. Guest Host Dr. Eric Langenbacher, AGI Senior Fellow; Director, Society, Culture & Politics Program Guests Preston James Ross, Chief of Staff and Policy Advisor, Prince George’s County Council Chair Edward Burroughs III Sebastian Thiele, Lawyer, State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt This podcast is part of the project “Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States: Past, Present, and Future” and is generously funded by the Transatlantik-Programm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus Mitteln des European Recovery Program (ERP) des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) (Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany with Funds through the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)).