Jul 1, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
Dean Crowe, CEO and founder of the Rally Foundation, joins Timothy Chou to share the story of how one family’s childhood cancer journey inspired a national organization funding pediatric cancer…
Dean CroweGuest
Timothy ChouHost
You know, I think you've got to have, in order to be sustainable as an organization, you've got to have a diverse funding model that, you know, where there are things that the grassroots can do.
You don't want to count just on corporations or sponsorships, and you don't want to count just on the grassroots, and you don't want to count just on, you know, collaboration.
If you're willing to be diverse in how you do your funding, unless you happen to have a family private office which bradley doesn't happen to have one of those if anyone wants to give one we'll take it um but we're open we're open but if you don't then you know diversifying your funding and looking at that and being very um intentional in making sure that your funding is diversified out how you're getting the money in is diversified is really important
Can you comment on do you think it's getting easier or harder to do this? You've been at it for 20 years.
I think, you know, I mean, you know, definitely when things are how the economy is going is definitely important.
I mean, we just, you know, we just know something like the price of gas is gasoline is just really going through the roof.
You know, I think you've got to have, in order to be sustainable as an organization, you've got to have a diverse funding model that, you know, where there are things that the grassroots can do.
You don't want to count just on corporations or sponsorships, and you don't want to count just on the grassroots, and you don't want to count just on, you know, collaboration.
If you're willing to be diverse in how you do your funding, unless you happen to have a family private office which bradley doesn't happen to have one of those if anyone wants to give one we'll take it um but we're open we're open but if you don't then you know diversifying your funding and looking at that and being very um intentional in making sure that your funding is diversified out how you're getting the money in is diversified is really important
Can you comment on do you think it's getting easier or harder to do this? You've been at it for 20 years.
I think, you know, I mean, you know, definitely when things are how the economy is going is definitely important.
I mean, we just, you know, we just know something like the price of gas is gasoline is just really going through the roof.
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