Advocacy and Philanthropy: Creating Social Impact

JOHN FINKENBERG MD

PRESIDENT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPINE SPECIALISTS

ADVOCACY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN NASS

Laura Arillaga-AndreesenProfessor Stanford School of Business

“Translating Philanthropic Vision Into Social Innovation and Action”

“Ordinary People with Extraordinary Generosity Drive American Philanthropy”

Philanthropic Revolution

Birth of Modern Philanthropy

-Rockefeller, Carnegie, Sage,

Rosenwald, Goff and Ford Early 20th Century was the inception of

Private and Community Foundations United States characterized as the

worlds “Most Charitable Nation”

Donation Benchmarks

298 Billion from Corporations, Foundations and Individuals

81% of all American Philanthropy was from Individuals (242 Billion)

90% of Americans give Money to Charities each Year

( $2,500 on average per household) 20% of Americans Volunteered (7.9

Billion Hours)

Donor’s Goal

“To Find an Organization that has Identified a Significant Social

Issue and has Created a Solution that Resolves that Problem in a

Unique, Innovative and Impactful Way.”

Philanthropy

Money Time Expertise Experience Skills Network Access

Core Principles of Individual Philanthropy

Identify Values, Assets, Interests and Aspirations

Research Critical Social Issues and Needs

Strategic Planning to Accomplish Goals Develop a Path to Achieve Social Impact

Donors Require

Ability to Research Legitimacy of the Non-profit Organization

Evaluate the Credibility and History of a Charitable Foundation

Transparency on Financial Holdings and Investments

Demand Positive Social Change as an End-point

Donors Expect

Transparency on Utilization of Funding

Feasibility Study on Achieving Goals Socially acceptable Publicity Creating Shared Value with

Philanthropic Donation

" Explore the possibility of achieving social impact

through technology driven solutions"

21st Century Philanthropy

Social Networking

Connects people globally Aligns shared passions Provides a platform to combine

resources, ideas and skills Dynamically shifting the way we can

fundraise, solve problems and pool resources

Shifting the Way Non-profit Foundations Engage with Donors

“Giving Circles”

NASS Spine Foundation

Individual Donors making Children’s Spine Study

Philanthropic Choices Group Columbia Univ.

Dr Vitale

Research on Predicting

Disability Related Children’s

Spinal Disorders

Advocacy in Washington DC

Florida Legislators Creating

Spine Disability

Resolution

Individual Philanthropic

Decrease Spinal Disorders Donations

10 X 25 Commitment

Spinal Disorders Research NASS Spine

USC Medical Center Foundation

Dr Jeff Wang

Advocacy Goals for Spine Foundation

Make it Personal Empower the Donor to Achieve

Social Impact Create a “Swarm” to Aid our Cause Leverage the “Ripple Effect”

NASS Spine Foundation Goals

“NASS Spine Foundation needs to Shift Individual/Corporate Giving Strategy”

“Reactive to Proactive”

“Sympathetic to Strategic”

“Isolated to Collaborative” “ This will Allow Everyone to make the

Greatest Social Impact with Whatever

they have to Give”