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In this episode of the Lead with Heart Podcast, I’m honored to welcome someone I’ve known my whole career, Sara Garske, the principal and founder of Elwood Advisors. With over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, she works with nonprofits, foundations, and individual philanthropists to create sustainable and impactful giving and fundraising strategies.
We explore trust-based philanthropy, ways to engage and empower different generations in their philanthropic journey, and more. So, whether you’re an individual donor, part of a foundation, or part of a nonprofit, you will find practical strategies that will help you create greater impact.
In this episode:
- [02:44] Sara’s 25+ year journey of thriving in philanthropy
- [06:27] What philanthropy is really about
- [07:18] What the role of a philanthropic advisor looks like
- [08:10] Help family foundations evolve past checkbook giving
- [11:07] How trust-based philanthropy can lead to greater impact
- [12:42] Ways nonprofits can build trust with family foundations
- [15:21] Strategies to navigate different generations’ giving priorities
- [20:45] Transparency is critical for nonprofits
- [23:52] Effective ways to engage the next generation
- [26:54] Serving nonprofits and foundations with Elwood Advisors
- [29:02] Anyone can be a philanthropist
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES
“ My idea of philanthropy is really just something simple. […] It could be volunteering, it could be just doing something nice, having a good gesture, but really it’s about building people up and building communities up.” – Sara Garske
“ The more that you can build your individual base and look at people as individuals and families and create opportunities for those, the more successful [your nonprofit]’ll be in the long run.” – Sara Garske
“What I found is most people want to be philanthropic, but they don’t know where to begin.” – Sara Garske
RESOURCES
Catch up with my talk with Jenn Klein in episode 24 of Lead With Heart.
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CONNECT WITH SARA
LinkedIn: Sara Garske
Website: elwoodadvising.com
CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
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