David Yaskulka, Vice President for marketing and communications at Halo, Purely for Pets, an all-natural pet food company, says that the company’s commitment to donate 1.5 million pet meals per year reflects the shared passion of the investors, Ellen DeGeneres and Pegasus Capital Partners, and of CEO Steve Marton. Yaskulka explained, “Through the Halo Pet Foundation, […]
Staff giving makes a huge difference to outside funders. Consider this comment from a local banker we solicited for a capital campaign gift to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma: “One of the most important things you said during the presentation was that 100 percent of the employees of the organization have contributed to the campaign. That […]
In a time of economic uncertainty when many nonprofits are seeing donations fall, one way to conquer a potential donor’s concerns about the economy is to learn whether it is personal or national discomfort that causes their reluctance. Learning the source of discomfort could lead to a donor’s realization that the gift should still be […]
New York-Based ReWork has made it its mission to connect the world’s best talent to careers working on the world’s most pressing issues. It matches professionals directly to full-time job opportunities exclusively with organizations making social, environmental, and cultural progress. After working with more than 150 of the world’s most innovative nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, […]
If workplace giving seems to increase every year, that’s because it does! While the US economy may have taken a beating in the past 5 years, studies show that employees are just as likely to give as ever, especially as the economy recovers and begins to grow in new and different ways.
by Debbie Haski-Leventhal
If you polled every entrepreneur in the U.S., nearly 100 percent would say that giving back is important. But if you asked how many of them have philanthropy programs in place, you’d encounter a much lower number. Most would hold that their focus is building the core business and that they don’t have the resources to focus […]