TechSoup Connect BC is proud to present our next event, Bridging the Great Divide: Standardizing & Simplifying the Philanthropic Process Virtual Event, on June 4th, 2024, with Jeff Golby. The start time for this event is noon (PDT)
It is the Foundation’s job to give away money, but it is also tough to get money from a Foundation as a charity. There is a disconnect in the philanthropic process, and this seminar hopes to address that. It also leads us to ask what’s so tricky about giving away money and how we can make it easier.
Organizations looking for fundraising grants often use a spray-and-pray approach to get money. Philanthropists must find out where and to whom to give. This never-ending process involves both sides using old methods of philanthropic giving.
“Crappy funding practices are fast becoming a topic and a group on LinkedIn that is blowing up. Calling out funders for poor grant application processes and the hoops charities have to jump through to get money makes many charities angry,” says Jeff Golby.
“It’s important to remember that we are doing something about this to unite those two worlds and not just focus on the anger.”
Jeff Golby
This workshop will have participants examine how to re-engineer the process between philanthropists and charities and strengthen the connection of giving. What types of questions are essential to ask and be asked by a charity to a philanthropist and vice versa?
An overview of the state of fundraising will be provided. Jeff will also share his discoveries about meeting with philanthropists and charities.
He will show what a common middle ground could be when charities and philanthropists work together and agree on a philanthropic giving process.
About Jeff Golby
Jeff Golby is the CEO of Acts for Water, one of Canada’s oldest water charities, and the CEO and founder of WellFunded.io. Before these roles, he held senior leadership roles in technology companies and a law firm servicing the charitable sector and has worked extensively as a fundraising consultant.