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”
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