Tuesday, September 19, 2017
A Key to Getting Corporate Money? Find Employees to Champion Your Cause
Employee resource groups — voluntary workplace networks organized around identities (race, gender, sexual orientation) or interests (animal welfare, education) — can be great conduits between companies with philanthropic dollars to spend and nonprofits seeking support. Such groups are also sometimes more willing to give to an array of causes than official corporate grant makers. But how can charities tap into these groups?
The key is finding an "internal champion," says Maggie Monroe, outreach and recruiting manager at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. . .