SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers: NPO
INFLUENCES ON THE NOT FOR PROFIT SECTOR The recession was a wake up call. Many nonprofits were left high and dry when their sole funding stream, gov’t line items, grants or contracts, began to disappear. Many scrambled to pressure the feds, others sought funding elsewhere. Some sadly closed up or, if they were lucky, merged […]
SHIFT- Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers: CSR
THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON CORPORATE GIVING You’ve heard me use the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It is the increase in the number of corporations attemping to define and implement their CSR that is also influencing corporate philanthropy. Corporate Social Responsibility is not a new concept. It actually has been an ‘activity’ of corporations […]
SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers
THE INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS CRISIS ON CORPORATE GIVING You may recall that BP nearly wiped out the Louisiana and Florida coasts last year following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Over the course of weeks over 200 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. The disaster may have been one of the worse ecological […]
SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers
THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE THOUGHT LEADERS ON CORPORATE GIVING Corporate philanthropy has seen some radical shifts in the last twenty years. We may just now be drawing concern about what is happening, where it is headed and how do we stay engaged as these changes evolve? To understand the shifts as they appear, we need […]
SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- An Introduction
This is the start of a four week series on corporate philanthropy, based on research, best practices and personal experience from the field. We’ll keep it entertaining and packed with good useful information that will help you develop your own Corporate Giving program. To follow along, bookmark and check back daily, or subscribe to the […]
Use these mid winter months to GROW, not slow, your organizations philanthropy
Most nonprofits experience a significant lull in donations and donor activity in the months of January and February. The post year end doldrums. Donors are slow to give, having distributed their 2010 charitable contributions during the ebullience of the holiday season. Consumers are recovering from gift purchases. The weather makes for hermits, with snow, ice […]
Engaging Your board In Fundraising: Framing Your Perspective
So in my last post we talked a little bit about Passion in your Board being the driving force for Philanthropy. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. Lets bring it back to the beginning. In order to be open to new ideas, its essential we frame our own perspective on the boards involvement in […]
Passion, in the boardroom, gives birth to a fundraising high
Fundraising for an organization on which a person serves as a board member is a core component of their role. Why? Because a boards role is to govern and act as fiduciary authority for the protection of the organization. According to a Grant Thornton report from 2008, boards spent 30% of their time on Strategic […]
On Hiring a Consultant
You’re experiencing problems in your organization. Maybe you’re losing donors. Maybe your board is not working together, not working at all, or maybe you’ve lost board members. Perhaps you are experiencing high turnover of staff. Or maybe you don’t think you are getting as much out of your staff as you think you should. Or […]