Podcasts about america's charities

This Pro Bono Week bonus episode returns to Danielle Holly's conversation with Berkshire Bank's Gary Levante, now Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Culture. Gary leads community engagement and sustainability for Berkshire Bank and serves on the Board of Directors for IMPACT2030 and America's Charities. Last year, through his role at IMPACT2030, Gary collaborated with Common Impact to design the first-ever Skills for Cities citywide day of skilled service. The inaugural Skills for Cities Boston provided an estimated $80k in pro bono services to the local nonprofits and the 2019 event resulted in a SROI of approximately $98k! To learn more about Berkshire Bank's social impact work, visit berkshirebank.com/About. For details on Skills for Cities, visit commonimpact.org/events/boston.

Gary leads community engagement and sustainability for Berkshire Bank and under his leadership, Berkshire has earned more than two dozen accolades for its work, recently highlighted by a 100% participation rate in its corporate volunteer program. Now that is a stat we can get behind! In his spare time, Gary serves on the board of America's Charities and IMPACT 2030 and partnered with Common Impact to design the first-ever skills-based citywide day of service in Fall 2018 in his hometown of Boston.

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) reported that $101M was raised in 2017 by federal employees, this represents a 40% or $66M decline in funds raised for nonprofits. In 2009, this same program raised over $200M has steadily declined over the past years and Jim Starr, the President and CEO of America's Charities helps us understand why in this interview. America's Charities is a leader in workplace giving and have a true pulse on the details and factors that led to this drop. 

Workplace giving contributes roughly $4 billion to charities in the U.S. each year. As the data show, there is a burgeoning interest in the workforce of aligning with organizations that share their personal values, and that includes giving back either through monetary contributions or in-kind pro bono work.  There's no organization better suited to talk about workplace giving than America's Charities (though we may be biased — George chairs the board). We sat down with their Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Lindsay J.K. Nichols, to learn more about the ways companies are giving back to the causes that matter most to their employees. Lindsay also shares data from America's Charities annual snapshot on how companies feel about workplace giving and why it matters. 

Today we're excited to welcome back a guest from the early days of the show -- Jim Starr of America's Charities. When we had him on the show previously, he was serving as the COO & Chief Business Development Officer but he's recently been put in charge of everything and now runs the show as the President and CEO. America's Charities is kind of like a fundraising agent for nonprofits. They help nonprofits raise money through coordinated workplace giving campaigns. Since people are more likely to give more when they have the money taken directly from their paycheck than if they have to do it each time out of their wallet, America's Charities helps facilitate that. People support nonprofits when they are asked to do so -- it's important to make sure that you DO ask and that you ask in a way that registers with the person. Check out this episode to find out if targeted workplace giving could help your organization -- it certainly won't hurt to find out how you could earn more for your cause, easily. As an accomplished leader with more than 25 years of experience and a proven track record in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors, Jim has served in national and field executive leadership roles with multi-million dollar revenue and expense targets. He has led efforts to bring corporations and nonprofits together in meaningful and impactful ways. He also brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning, business development, and partnerships. America’s Charities, a mission-driven organization, connects public and private sector employers with nonprofit organizations to engage employees in greater charitable giving. America’s Charities is one of the preeminent organizations working to connect nonprofits with donors from the private and public sector to increase their reach and grow the funds available to achieve their mission.

America's Charities is one of the preeminent organizations working to connect nonprofits with donors from the private and public sector to increase their reach and grow the funds available to achieve their mission. Today we talk with Jim Starr who is both "running the show and making the show keeps running."  He emphasizes out a well-known fact of development: that people give when they are asked and America's Charities helps multiply the opportunities for nonprofits and charities to have their "ask" heard.  If you are part of a nonprofit that is not raising enough to meet the demands of your mission -- and what organization ever has enough? -- you should check out this episode and consider membership in America's Charities to get your message and your mission in the ears of the right people at the right time. As an accomplished leader with more than 25 years of experience and a proven track record in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors, Jim has served in national and field executive leadership roles with multi-million dollar revenue and expense targets. He has led efforts to bring corporations and nonprofits together in meaningful and impactful ways. He also brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning, business development, and partnerships.   America's Charities, a mission-driven organization, connects public and private sector employers with nonprofit organizations to engage employees in greater charitable giving.

Workplace giving enables companies to setup reoccurring donation systems for their employees and support a culture of corporate giving and purpose. Steve Delfin, the CEO of America's Charities discusses the importance of unrestricted funds for nonprofits and how a change to an all online system will harm giving in the federal campaigns. 

Click here for the RADIO LINKS Click here for People to People Fundraising.org Click here to Promote your Service or Organization  He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success. PAGE 2 GUEST EXPERTS: Steve Delfin (@stevedelfin), President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Charities (http://www.charities.org). America’s Charities is a leader in workplace giving solutions, delivering innovation and technology to payroll deduction charitable giving campaigns. The first nonprofit to develop internet-based workplace giving campaigns, America’s Charities is a trailblazer, providing the tools employers need to conduct efficient, effective workplace giving campaigns.