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🌟 One of the most inspiring aspects of working in a corporate environment is witnessing the commitment to social responsibility. Many organisations prioritise ongoing workplace giving, and I'm proud to be part of a team that actively contributes to the wider community and supports those in need. Every little effort counts, and it's rewarding to see how our collective actions can make a meaningful difference. How does your workplace engage in giving back?

Check out this great resource from a few weeks back—watch the webinar, view the slides, or read the article. It offers three ways to help you, your clients, or your donors strategies for year-end giving.

In the third sector, the word ‘commercial’ can bring mixed reactions 🤔 To some, it makes them think of private sector mentalities that prioritises profit, which sometimes comes before people. To others, it means continuous improvement and remaining constantly curious about whether more can be done to drive meaningful outcomes. Charities can be 👉🏻Commercial in the way they drive impact. 👉🏻Commercial in the way they hold themselves accountable to helping those in need. 👉🏻Commercial in the way they benchmark themselves and strive to be better. It has to come from the top down with aspirational leadership setting the scene. The best charities I’ve worked with do this really well.

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Developing a charitable giving plan for your business in four steps: 1. Identify causes and organizations that align with your values 2. Set a charitable giving budget and goal 3. Consult with an #enrolledagent to research tax-deductible donations and giving strategies 4. Involve your team in the decision-making process #wecanhelp #getluminary #seethelight

Check out the latest weekly Sip! Katie Brown Robbin Braswell and I discuss Charitable Gifting and some of the many ways you can give back!

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀... When I was young there were just a handful or so it seemed. Our economy was less mature then and many businesses just hadn't been educated around being 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 of taking up a cause. There are some 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 out there... Logos that stand out ("𝗥 𝘂 𝗢𝗞" springs to mind) and newer charities that bring awareness to problems I/we didn’t even know existed... ...and even charities that come with 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀! So why 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 - for 2024? → They get 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 with (over the last 5 years) 𝟳𝟮% making it into the community programs. This gives me 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. → In a time when 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 wants to do everything for us, it seems 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 to aim to get money back into the system from the "𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽." Small business operators will understand this. And it was 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 that led 𝟯𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 people to create the charity. → 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, a keystone for young individuals—and 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 can make one of the 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀—and in turn, I am guessing one of the 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. → Oh, and it was the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸/hours that I ever did (from memory). After making a 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭), please let me know in the comments which charity you support and why—𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 to know. https://lnkd.in/gpApcK4D

If you view Individual charities as laboratories of philanthropy then you start to realize that there is no such thing as good or bad philanthropic models...there are just ideas with the ability to prove themselves out over time and the most successful ideas will be the ones which scale and influence others. It certainly makes a lot of the online debates and virtue signaling seem less consequential. The charitable landscape is a complex one filled with lots of challenges, but the world gets much simplier when you focus on your corner and ask "what's one thing I can do to improve my program today?" That's my advice for fundraisers who are feeling the stress of that complexity...get real small and very practical. The outside debates and headwinds will settle themselves.

400+ rejections in last 12 moths. Since the roughly year I have started in foodora we have received over 400 requests for support and sponsorships - from proms to charities, from large sport organisations to small, city-level projects. We had to... Well, no. We decided to say "no". To most of them we politely reply, to some we simply don't have the capacity to do so and some slip between the digital cracks. Some rejections are personally very painful, some less so. Why do we say "no"? It's simple. Focus. It allows us to focus not only on our business priorities but also on the 3 charitable, food-related projects and Pride collaboration that we have decided to support. That is something we are trying to focus on with our teams, to say strategic "no" to be able to say "yes" to things that matter and drive impact.