Kelly Alvarez Vitale understands how targeted philanthropy can help companies indirectly market products and services, often to clearly-defined market segments. She has witnessed how effective philanthropy opens business opportunities and helps build key business relationships.
Having a background in integrated marketing communication and experience working in the nonprofit sector, Kelly saw a need for a new philanthropic approach. Combining her years of professional experience along with her volunteer experience in leadership positions with nonprofit organizations such as the American Heart Association, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Leadership Broward Foundation, Broward Education Foundation, Jack & Jill Children’s Center and others, Kelly founded Strategic Philanthropy.
2020 was a challenging year with the pandemic, politics, social injustice – to name a few. In a year that left us all reflecting, growing in patience and gratitude, and staying still (that being harder for some of us more than others!), we took the time to also look inward at Strategic Philanthropy to say…
Learn what drove Kelly Alvarez Vitale to jump ship from the traditional 8-hour-a-day business model and found Strategic Philanthropy, Inc. on Episode 10, the first of our Mom Boss series. Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/…/sticky-brand…/id1539289210
I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Junior Achievement (JA) of South Florida for their Recipe for Success series. Thank you to good friend and CEO, Laurie Sallarulo for the opportunity! https://youtu.be/MMtZyTJ-DYI
We had the good fortune of connecting with Kelly Alvarez Vitale and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Kelly Alvarez, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business? I have three distinct memories that helped inspire me to start my own company. 1) Never having been a true morning…
This past week, I was contacted by a business event management firm who was looking to find ways to incorporate virtual volunteering and create unique ways for their attendees to give back. When volunteering has become a key activity for conferences throughout the country, how do we take the same activity and re-imagine it by taking volunteering, virtual?…
Community Champion and Founder of Strategic Philanthropy, Kelly Alvarez Vitale, Shares How Doing Good Can Help Companies Do Well “Let me be clear, getting business cannot be the only reason why you join a board – people will see right through it. However, if you “do good,” we believe that you will “do well.” I had…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit back in March, I truly thought I would be hunkering down for 2 weeks (and sending my loveable, yet energetic 4 year-old back to school). When my husband suggested it might be 4 weeks, this extravert panicked. With each passing week, I thought, “okay, I can do one more week.” Four months…
During these uncertain times, how can you help? I’ve been on a handful of calls with community relations and corporate philanthropy experts to talk through how we can continue to give employees and teams a safe outlet to volunteer and give back to help their communities during these uncertain and unprecedented times. As the pandemic…
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These days there is a day, week or month for almost every cause, charity, nonprofit (or food!). When planning your corporate philanthropy, community relations, corporate giving, or volunteer programs, it’s always good do know what days or months you want to highlight that align with your company or employees’ interest. To make life easier, below…