Giving Officer Quick Tips
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Based on CECP’s research in developing Exploring Corporate Philanthropy (PDF), a number of suggestions emerged to help guide decision making in corporate philanthropy. These ideas are presented below as a series of “quick tips” for corporate giving professionals. Strategy
- A great opportunity to engage senior-level management is during a strategic review (which can include establishing a signature campaign or determining grants for specific focus areas). Creating a senior executive committee can increase executive involvement and understanding of your program and ensure further commitment to your success.
- Ask the following questions when conducting a strategic review of your giving department: “Does our giving strategy suit our company today (e.g. values, assets, culture)? Does it take advantage of our capabilities? Could we be doing more in terms of both social and business impact?"
- Review your strengths for untapped resources. For some companies, a volunteer-aligned strategy taps the strengths of a wide-ranging local store/office base. For others, a deep-rooted international presence allows companies to build an international giving strategy relatively efficiently.
- Developing a compelling giving strategy that generates positive publicity and pursues impactful signature philanthropic initiatives can prove immensely helpful in unifying and preserving a company culture that has thousands of employees and multiple business units scattered around the world.
Giving Officer Events
Corporate Philanthropy SummitCECP's annual Corporate Philanthropy Summit gathers more than 250 senior corporate giving professionals for unparalleled networking, best-practice sharing, and thought leadership.
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Benchmarking
CECP’s exclusive benchmarking tool, the Corporate Giving Standard, gives companies access to over $85 billion in comparative giving data and provides the foundation for our annual study of philanthropy trends.
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