How To Strengthen Your Philanthropy Efforts
Today, more and more companies around the country are taking the right step in promoting and joining philanthropic efforts. Giving back to a community that has given you so much is possibly one of the best things to do as a business owner. However, merely writing a check or holding a food drive once a year can almost make those efforts impossible to promote within your own company. So, what can you do to fix this issue? Strengthen your philanthropic efforts. Therefore, the following list includes some necessary steps to take your charitable efforts to the next level.
Understand and Define Your “Why”
As stated above, merely writing a check to an organization is excellent. However, that doesn’t do much above just providing funds for a short while. Employees are not engaged nor thrilled because there wasn’t real work involved. However, it might not be that you don’t want to do any work simply that there is no direction in your philanthropic efforts. Therefore, it is crucial to ask yourself why you are supporting a particular group. Your “Why” for supporting organizations that aim to help families devastated by COVID-19 can be because many of those families have relatives working for your company. You can see now that when a “Why” is added, not only is the mission clear but now employees have a reason to participate.
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