MEANINGFUL PHILANTHROPY

ADDING PERSPECTIVE AND FULFILLMENT TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Courtney Holloway, Junior AchievementPhilip Manning, Jones Lang LaSalle

EXPECTATIONS

• The goal of this presentation is to:• Increase Perspective• Educate by Discussion• Help Ask the Right Questions• Provide Tools and Resources

DEFINING PHILANTHROPY

• How do you define philanthropy?

DEFINING PHILANTHROPY

• According to Merriam-Webster, philanthropy is:• 1. Goodwill to fellow members of the human race; especially : active effort to

promote human welfare• 2a. An act or gift done or made for humanitarian purposes• 2b. An organization distributing or supported by funds set aside for

humanitarian purposes

THE COMPONENTS OF PHILANTHROPY

• Who are donors?• Individuals• Companies• Foundations• Government

THE COMPONENTS OF PHILANTHROPY

• What is a Philanthropic Organization?• Organization representing a group of donors or volunteers with a common

vision.

THE COMPONENTS OF PHILANTHROPY• What is a Cause?

• An attempt to improve a situation:• Disease• Education• Poverty• Abuse• Natural Resources/Environment• Others?

THE COMPONENTS OF PHILANTHROPYThe relationship between donor, organization, and cause:

CauseOrganizationDonor•The donor chooses a cause based on his beliefs and values.

•The organization is the custodian of donated resources and acts as the vehicle for effecting change in the chosen cause.

•The donor entrusts his resources to an organization based on its financial strength and perceived ROI.

VOLUNTEERING AS A PATHWAY TO EMPLOYMENT• According to a study by the Corporation for National Community Service:

• Volunteers have a 27% higher likelihood of finding a job after being out of work than non-volunteers

• Volunteers without a high school diploma have a 51% higher likelihood of finding employment

• Volunteers living in rural areas have a 55% higher likelihood of finding employment

• By examining respondents’ volunteer and employment status over two years, statistical analyses measured the association between volunteering and employment independent of other factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, labor market conditions, and geographic area.

http://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/research-and-reports/volunteering-pathway-employment-report

VOLUNTEERING AS A PATHWAY TO EMPLOYMENT

http://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/research-and-reports/volunteering-pathway-employment-report

VOLUNTEERING FOR PROFESSIONAL FULFILLMENT• Companies who sponsor an employee volunteer program have higher

employee satisfaction and better retention rates.• 91% of Fortune 500 HR Managers report the belief that utilizing one’s skills

in a volunteer/non-profit setting increases the employee’s business skills as well.

• 56% of those say that their company already sponsors a volunteer program for multiple reasons:

• Public relations impressions (Corporate Social Responsibility)• Development of employee’s skills• Employee satisfaction and retention

https://www.juniorachievement.org/documents/20009/36541/Benefits-of-Employee-Volunteer-Programs.pdf/

DEFINING YOUR PHILANTHROPY

• What are your motives?• Are you influenced by

• Your profession• Personal/family situation• Religious or political beliefs

DEFINING YOUR PHILANTHROPY

• What are your resources?• Time• Talent/Expertise/Skill• Financial Resources - $$$

DEFINING YOUR PHILANTHROPY• What is your status quo?

• Do you already donate your time or money to a cause?• Have you given it thought but not taken action?

• If you’re already volunteering, is the cause consistent with your beliefs and lifestyle?

• Consider efficiency of long-term participation and how your resources may change over time:

• Job search and eventual employment• Family situations• Additional education

DEFINING YOUR PHILANTHROPY

• How do you find new opportunities?• Friends• Family• Professional Contacts (including Right Management!)• Web Resources

• Volunteermatch.org• Guidestar.org

EXPECTATIONS OF A PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION

• Donations of• Time• Talent• Treasure

EXPECTATIONS OF A PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION• Participation

• Be involved in the mission whenever possible.• Share the Vision

• Believe in the cause.• Represent the Organization

• Be an upstanding representative and give others a good impression of the organization through your behavior and presentation.

• Be an Ambassador• Recruit other to volunteer or donate to the organization when it’s appropriate.

• Help define the ROI• How can the organization be an asset to you, and vice versa?

RESOURCES

• volunteermatch.org• guidestar.org• uwgc.com• bbb.org/us/charity• serve.gov

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

COURTNEY HOLLOWAYCOURTNEY.HOLLOWAY@JA.ORG513-346-7100 X114

Junior Achievement Volunteer Opportunities• Classroom Business Consultant

– K-12 Classroom Programs on Financial Literacy, Work Readiness, and Entrepreneurship

– Commitment is one hour per week for 5-7 weeks (depending on grade level)

– Many schools available to choose from in the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton Area (Ask about your child’s school if interested)

– All lesson plans and activity materials are standardized and laid out in a pre-packaged kit. You don’t have to have any teaching experience!

EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS

DARLYNE KORETOSDKORETOS@ESCCINCINNATI.ORG513-791-6230 X10

Welcome to Executive Service Corps of Cincinnati

THE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Mission

We strengthen nonprofits to reach bold community goals.• We provide effective yet affordable consulting, coaching, and training services using a volunteer workforce of highly skilled professionals. • We assist our clients and community leaders to attain their goals.

VOLUNTEER SATISFACTION

Personal Fulfillment

VOLUNTEER SATISFACTIONLearning New Skills

VOLUNTEER SATISFACTIONLearning New Skills

WITH SINCERE THANKS FOR CONSIDERING VOLUNTEERING WITH ESCC TO HELP NONPROFITS BETTER ACHIEVE THEIR MISSIONS!

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS

BARRY SMITHSMITHBF11@GMAIL.COM513-745-0267

Engineers Without BordersGreater Cincinnati Professionals

(EWB-GCP)

www.ewbgcp.org

Addressing Real World Challenges

EWB-GCP projects are focused mainly on:• Providing clean water to people in developing

countries• Providing sustainable energy alternatives to

cutting down trees and burning the wood

This is our Focus BECAUSE

Providing Real World Solutions

EWB-USA• Created Fall 2000

• Non-profit

• Humanitarian Organization

• Modeled after Doctors without Borders

EWB-GCP• Formed Local Chapter Spring 2006

• Consists of Professionals from Cincinnati area

• Professional Engineers and Non-engineering Disciplines

Our Vision

A world where all people have access to the resources and knowledge with which to meet their basic human needs

Our Principles

Appreciate & Respect Culture

Improve Public Health

Improve Environment

Sustainable Solutions

Necessity over Luxury

Partnership with Local Community

Hand Up, Not Hand Out

Involve & Train Responsible Students and

Engineers

Past Projects: Muhororo and Ntobwe Villages,

Rwanda• Provided clean water for the villagers• Installed collection and storage systems• Piped water to villages & orphanage• Provided water stands & taps

- St. Julie Mission- Began in 1995 by the Sisters of Notre Dame- Composed of three schools and a large farm- Students, staff, and farm workers total

approximately 600 people- Roughly 1,500-3,250 villagers within a 4-

5 mile radius of St. Julie Mission- Local residents are subsistence farmers

- Sufficient quantities of clean water are not available- Chronic sickness and alcoholism are issues

- Search for firewood is unrelenting and accelerates deforestation in the area- Time and labor intensive and expensive- Adverse impact on the local and global

environment

Current Projects: Biogas and clean water for Buseesa, Uganda

How You Can Help EWB-GCP Change the World

• Join our chapter today• We’re not “Engineers only”

• Encourage others to join • Support us financially• Find out more at

Thank you for your interest!

www.ewbgcp.org