Think
about walking past the community soccer fields on a Saturday morning. The
fields are packed with children running around in bright colored shirts. Take a
closer look and you will probably notice the names of companies on those shirts
– those companies are probably family-owned businesses supporting the community
in which they live and work.
Family
owned businesses are crucial to our economy in terms of creating jobs,
generating wealth and building community. According to Family Enterprise USA,
there are 5.5 million family-owned businesses in the United States. What is
astounding about these businesses is that according to that same study, 95% of
them are engaged in philanthropy.
That is a lot of soccer shirts!
Corporate
philanthropy (whether a business is family-owned or not) has been in the midst
of change for quite some time now.
To simplify, what has emerged are three ways of thinking about the
outward expression of company values.
These are philanthropy, community involvement and social
innovation. When combined,
these practices ultimately define the company’s culture and, in the case of a
family-owned business, they define the family’s culture and those things they
deem important.
The Network of Family
Businesses is excited to present this Webinar scheduled
for Thursday, December13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM EST, with Teresa Araco
Rodgers, CAP® President and Founder of harp-weaver LLC.
This discussion will explore emerging practices,
Philanthropy considerations, and questions your Family should be considering.
Teresa
Araco Rodgers began her career at SEI, a global provider of asset management,
investment processing and investment operations solutions. Teresa founded harp-weaver LLC in 2010 because she wants to
give donors a better way to add meaning and align gifting with personal, family
and financial goals. Her
mission is to inspire others by helping them articulate their values and passions to be purposeful givers. With more
than 10 years of grantmaking experience, Teresa works with clients in the
Greater Philadelphia area, supporting donor interests professionally, ethically
and cost-effectively. As a
"network weaver," Teresa brings people and organizations together to
address issues of concern and enables donors to be more strategic with
their charitable dollars and more fulfilled with their involvement.