Discipleship of the Balance Sheet

Host Justin Forman sits down with Aimee Minnich, Co-Founder of Impact Foundation, for a conversation that traces the shift from writing checks to deploying capital as an act of discipleship.

Aimee Minnich says the donor-advised fund era taught a generation of Christians how to give money away. It didn't teach them how to invest it. Nearly two decades into building one of the fastest-growing platforms for faith-driven capital, she's convinced the next chapter of generosity isn't about writing bigger checks — it's about learning a whole new language.

Aimee co-founded Impact Foundation with her husband Jeff, a platform that lets donor-advised fund holders move beyond grants and deploy capital into impact investments — from foster care housing initiatives to entrepreneurs across the developing world. Trained as a lawyer with a philosophy degree, she has spent nearly two decades at the intersection of faith, generosity, and capital markets, helping shape the modern infrastructure of Christian giving.

Key Topics:

• The founding story of Impact Foundation and the "three customers" test that shaped it
  
  
• Why $1.4 trillion sitting in donor-advised funds and private foundations represents an untapped opportunity
  
  
• The "ring around the neck" — why deployed-but-undeployed capital creates spiritual tension
  
  
• Cross-cultural investing and why proximity changes how we steward capital
  
  
• A foster care housing initiative blending public, private, and nonprofit capital
  
  
• Why institutional-scale capital, not just individual deals, is the next frontier
  
  
• The call for a modern "discipleship of the balance sheet"
  
  
  

For investors who've mastered the discipline of giving but feel stuck when it comes to deploying capital with purpose, this conversation offers both a framework and an invitation to think differently about the whole balance sheet, not just the checkbook.

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