This past June, I was interviewed by Voyage MIA for the “Inspiring Conversations” series to talk more about the company, how I started it, the challenges we’ve faced and even included some fun facts about myself. https://voyagemia.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-with-kelly-alvarez-vitale-of-strategic-philanthropy-inc/
Keith Costello, President of Locality Bank and the Making Bank Podcast, recently invited me to discuss my upbringing and how I became an entrepreneur. We talked about the challenges and constant evolution of being a business owner and how philanthropy can be used as a business strategy. The episode is out now and available for…
Recently I was on a panel called “Planning to Thrive: Strategies for Prioritizing CSR in Q3 and Q4” hosted by NXUnite. I was thrilled to have an opportunity to speak to the work of Strategic Philanthropy and my experience in the industry. Check out the recording! https://app.livestorm.co/nxunite/planning-to-thrive-strategies-for-prioritizing-csr-in-q3-and-q4/live?s=74e470a9-ad2a-45a2-b0f1-801796b67fc0#/chat About NXUnite NXUnite is an innovative learning community…
The world continues to be plagued with not only Covid-19, but with natural disasters. California has been ravaged by wildfires, Ida has hit the US, Haiti has recently had another devastating earthquake, and storm season is in full swing for coastal states in the US. Despite volunteers constituting for 94% of the total workforce to…
As of June 2021, only 46% of Americans are vaccinated, which is a ways away from the 70% we were hoping to achieve as a country. Continuing to navigate Covid-19, a year and half later, has been an ongoing battle for many corporations. We’ve spent most of this past spring on Zoom calls and conference…
We are well over a year into the pandemic (are you still counting days?) and while there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, no one is really sure when we’ll return back to normal or what the “new normal” will actually be like. And while there are a million questions that still need answers,…
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…
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…
In 2013 corporate philanthropy accounted for five percent (or $16.76 billion) of the total giving in the U.S. While corporate giants account for millions in giving, the vast majority of the U.S. is made up of small businesses, those with less than 500 employees that also generously give. More importantly, small and medium businesses are…
Charitable giving increased in 2014 – surpassing the pre-recession mark. Giving USA’s report revealed their new figures for 2014. After reaching $355 billion in 2007, giving dropped 15 percent to $303 billion in 2009, according to the Giving USA data, which is figured in inflation-adjusted dollars. Our chart below shows how giving has…