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Summary:

Joe Phoenix is the Co-founder and CEO of Givinga, a Philantech (i.e., philanthropic technology) firm that designs customized giving solutions. Seven years ago, Joe saw that the culture around corporate giving was changing and that employees were holding their employers to a higher standard. He left his longtime employment as Head of Global Institutional Management at Putnam Investments to co-found Givinga and encourage companies to treat philanthropy as brand enhancing investment.

In this episode, Joe talks about corporate charitable giving and how it factors into employee benefits and workplace culture.

Chapters:

[0:00 - 6:03] Introduction

Welcome, Joe!
Today’s Topic: Charitable Giving as an Employee Benefit

[6:04 - 14:00] What is the state of corporate giving?

Philanthropy is no longer simply the act of checking a box
Differentiating between political giving and charitable giving

[14:01 - 22:50] How does corporate giving translate to employee giving?

Why employees want to view their employers as an extension of themselves
Redefining what it means “to give”

[22:51 - 31:20] Philanthropic technology

Giving money vs giving time
How technology can with knowing how and whom to give to

[31:21 - 37:00] Final Thoughts & Closing

How adding technology to philanthropy can have massive impacts
Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“We've seen a pretty significant shift over the last five years of companies realizing that philanthropic giving is not really a check the box exercise anymore. . . . I think that the employees that companies are hiring, the customers that they're interacting with, are demanding more than a check the box.”

“What companies are realizing is that they have this massive amount of potential impact in their employee base. And on the other side, the employees are realizing that the way that they can become more philanthropic is by efficiently working with their employer to drive these dollars in a more meaningful way out to causes that support them.”

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