I’m Iris Brilliant

Iris Brilliant (she/her) is a money coach based in Berlin, Germany. Her life mission is to support people with wealth to feel secure in themselves and in the world without needing excess wealth.

Iris first confronted her relationship to money and class privilege when she unexpectedly inherited wealth at age 22. Already an activist involved in racial justice and feminist organizing, she felt unable to reconcile her political values with owning stocks in guns, oil and tobacco. After some soul-searching, she joined staff at Resource Generation, a national community of young adults with wealth committed to social justice, to build community with others who could relate to her experience, and to learn how to move money to social justice. 

As a National Organizer at Resource Generation, Iris specialized in working with high net wealth individuals and people with family foundations, and developed skills to mentor young people with wealth, and help them organize family members, navigate challenging conversations about money, and fund social justice organizations. While at RG, she helped move over $10M to social justice movements.

In 2018, Iris started her own business to make more impactful one-on-one change for individuals with wealth. She is a certified Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), via the Co-Active Training Institute. She is also trained in Internal Family Systems.

Iris worked as a donor advisor for Movement Voter Project, where she advised donors on their political giving towards the 2020 and 2022 elections. She has helped raise over $5M to grassroots organizations working in swing states. Iris also worked as a Social Justice Strategist at Robasciotti & Philipson Wealth Management to develop new social justice screens in the public equity market and help investors divest from destructive industries.

Outside of work, Iris is a dog mom to gentle giant named Agnes, an avid reader of sci-fi and psychology, and a community-builder.