The first in a four-part Advent series on Mary.

Dolph Westlund and Matt Ritsman were given unusual advice their senior year of college: If you want formative friendships to last, start a shared third thing. They took this to heart and, now seventeen years later, steward a fund pooled with twenty other friends from college. Meeting in person on an annual basis, with punctuated points of contact throughout the year, the Shade Partnership Fund is a philanthropic organization, a community, and a structure for accountability all at once.
Anne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and host of The Whole Person Revolution.
Jeff Reimer is an associate editor of Comment magazine.
Dolph Westlund is a co-founder and board member of the Shade Partnership Fund.
Matt Ritsman is a co-founder and board member of the Shade Partnership Fund.
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