Hilary Pollan

“Legacy. What is a Legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.”  - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton  For a garden to have sustained beauty long into the future, it must have a combination of the following elements: Why this combination? When we plant only annual seeds, each year we must start anew, putting in all the labor and resources to create the previous garden year after year. However, if we plant perennial bulbs that will bloom and spread with each year, and saplings that...

It is with great enthusiasm and honor that I share I will be a Resource Engagement Fellow with the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) in 2026.   Why a Resource Engagement Fellowship, and why now?   2025 was the inaugural year of New Legacy Lab, and it was a year defined by experimenting and learning (it is a lab after all!) about what New Legacy Lab is and can grow to become. Over the last year, we produce some dynamic evenings, including Reimagining Prenups , a...

T he inaugural New Legacy Lab Year-End Giving Circle was a wild success! Over 1.5 hours, virtually with 29 donors, we moved $179,450 to our SIX 2025 Beneficiaries - CANDOR , People's Power Lab , El Futuro Es Nuestro , Grounded Possibilities , SCALAWAG  and  7 Directions of Service . Each organization received $15K - $30K! We gave from a place of abundance, possibility, mutual trust and transparency -- and it was POWERFUL! We are so grateful to all our participants, org liaisons, sponsors, and...