Don't be a Chump! #GivingTuesday & Strategic Philanthropy

The Grinch Edition

Financing solutions instead of funding problems

Phew - it has been a hectic couple of weeks leading into the holiday season. We started off the month focusing on year-end donation planning for a few clients and ended with a family philanthropy retreat in Mexico!

With #GivingTuesday having come and gone it got us thinking about how organizations foster relationships with their donors and what types of messages are being heard. There are over 1.6Million charities in North America. Like any industry, there are organizations that are successfully working towards their mandated objectives, and other organizations that fall short. With all the solicitations and noise coming at us over the holidays, how do you know which organizations to support? This newsletter focuses on the downside of #GivingTuesday and the ripple effect of impulse based donations.

OMG! The #GivingTuesday Tsunami

The Ripple Effect of Mass Solicitations

December 3rd was #GivingTuesday. Just for kicks, the K&C Team decided to go through our Inboxes to see how many solicitations we received and which ones came from organizations we had donated to before, versus new asks. Needless to say after we hit 65 in our respective inboxes our eyes glazed over, our ears glued shut and our collective sense of indignation rose. I mean seriously, how many times does one person need to be asked to give in one day? Donor fatigue is real, and this approach to fundraising only increases the sense of blase and reinforces, rightly or wrongly, the sense of duplication and in-efficiencies in the market.

The Consumption Conversation

What does consumer behaviour have do to with strategic philanthropy?

This article explores how our consumption patterns can shape our giving habits. Through this exploration you will uncover what should go into your "Giving Portfolio."

60-ish Seconds of Philanthropy

Our Latest Conversations

They say that copying is the highest form of flattery. With that said, taking a page out of our friend Dan Zilnik , CEO of AFARA's marketing strategy next week we launch our 60-ish Seconds of Philanthropy. This weekly video post answers questions we are regularly asked by our clients and comments left on our blog, comments made in Twitter and on our LinkedIn profiles.

As a small organization we are always looking for ways to be the most efficient with our resources. If you can please take a moment to let us know your preferred Social Media platform this will help us identify the most effective ways to keep in touch.

Follow us on our social media platforms to see the latest 60-ish Seconds of Philanthropy episode. Published weekly starting Dec. 11, 2019.

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What we are Reading and Watching

Sometimes we just need a break from friends and family over the holidays. Here are some books and films that we think are worth spending some quiet time with. You can order books straight through the links that are on our bookshelf .

Happy Reading and Watching!

Books to Read

Movies & TV Shows

Philanthropy 3.0 - Place2Give Foundation Donor Projects

Place2Give Foundation is our Donor Advised Fund. We use it as a teaching tool for families with "young philanthropists" and those that are testing the waters of their giving strategy.

Focusing on funding projects that are pushing the needle on complex social problems and projects that engage multiple stakeholders, P2G puts an emphasis on supporting donors, their families and the community at large by financing solutions instead of funding problems.

Click here to see what some of our clients are working on, and support their efforts OR you can start your own micro-foundation.

Place2Give is a registered charity in both Canada and the US.