Corporate Giving: Building Strong Relationships
Thursday, April 25, 2024 from 3:00-3:50 PM
In addition to funding, the private sector can provide valuable leadership and advice to nonprofit organizations. The unique lens through which they see our philanthropic work can lead to creative thinking for growth and impact. How do you build strong relationships with your corporate partners to ensure continued, and even increasing, support and involvement? In this session, you will learn strategies for:
Identifying the right prospective corporate partners
Engaging members of the corporate team
Cultivating long-term relationships
Increasing increments of support
Meet the Speaker | Gabie Benson
Gabie Benson came to the More Than Giving Company with more than two decades of nonprofit leadership and fundraising experience. She currently serves as Kids’ Chance of America’s National Development Director. Her diverse career spans higher education, the arts, youth development, and homelessness services in organizations of all sizes. For the past 10 years, Gabie has served as executive director of the MIBOR REALTOR® Foundation, an operating foundation focused on homelessness and the housing industry in central Indiana. She has been a fundraiser for Indiana University, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis. She is a graduate of DePauw University and holds an MBA from Anderson University. Gabie’s loves helping nonprofits uncover and grow their base of individual donors and maximize their impact.