Philantherapy - Tales from your Fundraising Therapist
We explore topical challenges that nonprofit organizations are facing in the philanthropy and fundraising world. Each episode will focus on a "problem" that a nonprofit is facing while the Philantherapist will work with each guest to uncover creative solutions.
Episodes
The Firefighter Cancer Support Network is a nonprofit organization that has been helping firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer for more than 17 years.
Fire Department Coffee (https://www.firedeptcoffee.com/) is a growing for-profit coffee company, founded and operated by current and former firefighters, who created a charitable foundation to help firefighters and first responders who are injured on the job, mentally or physica...
In this episode, we welcome Erin Culp, Director of Philanthropy and Matt Wahrhaftig, Director of Annual Funds at Kettering Health Foundation in Kettering, OH. Erin and Matt share their experience with Crypto-Philanthropy, including both challenges and opportunities. They discuss some strategies to get started and some compelling stats around cryptocurrency investors and also share why this is a trend that is here to stay.
If your ...
In this episode, we welcome Dawn Wilcox, Associate Senior Vice President, Development & Corporate Partnerships for Children's Hospital Los Angeles to discuss her organization's success and challenges with Cause Marketing and Corporate Partnerships. She provide strategies for finding and vetting partnerships and provides some examples of past successful experiences. Dawn also discusses potential challenges and how to overcome them. ...
On this week's episode of Philantherapy, we are joined by Alisa Smallwood, Chief Development Officer and Jacynta Brewton, Major Gifts Officer from Holy Cross Health Foundation in Silver Spring, MD. They are discussing how to deal with the feeling of burnout amongst philanthropy (and other) professionals and some strategies to regain control of your life. This episode is part one of our mini-series leading up to the International Co...
Homeboy Industries began in 1988 as a way of improving the lives of former gang members in East Los Angeles and has evolved into the largest gang intervention, rehab and re-entry program in the world. One unique facet of Homeboy is their many social enterprises, which creates a significant amount of revenue each year for this nonprofit, growing from a single bakery to almost a dozen enterprises, which provide both a vital training ...
Lisa Baxter, an experienced nonprofit executive and the President-Elect of AFP Los Angeles chapter, joins our podcast to discuss the work that she and her colleagues have been involved with as part of the I.D.E.A. (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) committee, which is part of Greater Los Angeles AFP chapter. She discusses the importance of the work they have been involved with and the critical need to continue the conversat...
Has your nonprofit organization ever considering pursuing tax credits? It's a little-known and often misunderstood fundraising strategy that can be a tremendous game-changer when it comes to capital projects. This week we talk with Adam Markwood of Brian Wishneff & Associates, a firm that specializes in securing historic or new market tax credits for organizations.
This week, David speaks to John Judge, the President & CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club, a conservation nonprofit. They discuss how to engage patrons in grassroot fundraising strategies and they discuss what to look for and how to set up a major gift officers for success.
Listen to this week's short-form podcast as the Philantherapist host David Garamella and Drew Gagner, Chief Philanthropy Officer & NorCal Division VP of CommonSpirit Health in Santa Cruz, CA discuss the following question:
"How can we reach a donor who has become disconnected with our organization?"
In our new short-form podcast series, listen as the Philantherapist host David Garamella and Mark Fader, Head of School at the The Williams School in New London, CT discuss the following question:
"What should your nonprofit do when an important annual donor is suddenly giving less than the previous year?"
In many ways, fundraising in Europe looks very different than it does in the U.S. But, in other ways, nonprofits in Europe face many of the same challenges that American nonprofits face. In this episode, we interview Jimmy Westerheim, the CEO & Founder of The Human Aspect, a Norwegian mental health-focused nonprofit that struggled with sources of revenue as they were starting out. Hear how they managed to get high-profile corporate...
On this episode, we are joined by Julia Smart, Fundraising and Development Specialist with the Flourish Arbonne Foundation, a unique foundation that provides grant support to nonprofit organizations in several countries - the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Canada. The foundation went from supporting hundreds of nonprofits with small grants and multiple grant cycles to supporting one nonprofit organization in each country with large...
This week, we are joined by Doug Smith, VP for Advancement and Shea Healy, Major Gifts Officer, both at Stonehill College. Doug has almost 30 years of experience in philanthropy while Shea graduated from college just a few years ago (class of '17). They share their experiences with fundraising from very different perspectives and we discuss everything from the importance of stewardship, donors as investors, the post-covid fundraisi...
What do you do to keep up fundraising momentum after your capital campaign has ended but a pandemic has begun? Kelli Rafferty, Director of Philanthropy and Community Engagement at Elliott Health System in New Hampshire, shares her approach to this challenge on this week's episode. She shares her experience with maintaining a strong connection to her community through the involvement of senior leaders and volunteers and the consiste...
For many nonprofit organizations, special event fundraising is often a big part of annual philanthropy goals. Lorelei Mitrani, Director, Special Events at the Prevent Cancer Foundation joins us this week to discuss how her foundation transitioned from a heavy rotation of traditional in-person events to completely virtual while actually increasing fundraising revenue.
If you are working with a nonprofit board, you don’t want to miss this episode. Dan Murphy, Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer for Dignity Health Foundation Inland Empire and Glendale Memorial Health and Nancy Bussani, System Vice President, Philanthropy Strategy and Governance for CommonSpirit Health join me to discuss how to maximize board fundraising and prioritize relationship building and major gift cultivation as t...
Eric Brown, the Vice President of Social Marketing/Events for Outsuite Marketing/O.S. Social joins us this week to discuss how nonprofit organizations should be using social media to further their cause and raise more money. We discuss the challenges that philanthropy teams face when approaching social media and listeners will gain some practical knowledge about different platforms, how to create content, how often to post and more...
Philanthropy professionals and nonprofits in general often struggle with the concept of marketing. This week's podcast is part one of a two part series on marketing and social media and features Shane Pendley, the President of Outsuite Marketing and OS Social as he shares his thoughts and some practical tips on best practices in marketing and what this means for nonprofits.
Shannon Duval, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy and Robert Faughnan, System Director, Major Gifts and Campaigns from CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S., join us this week to discuss the challenges and opportunities of healthcare fundraising during a pandemic.
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