Melissa Phillips

About Melissa Phillips

Organizations face increasingly complex challenges when supporting their communities, with the most vulnerable people negatively affected the most.Do you need more employee motivation and community engagement? Are you an HR director whose company wants to achieve corporate social responsibility but has seen poorly designed and executed volunteering efforts gain nothing for either employees or the community? Are you a senior executive struggling to connect with high-stakes donors to raise funds your non-profit and its beneficiaries desperately need? Are you a manager working for a philanthropist who is hesitant about making donations because of the need for more transparency regarding how their money will be spent?I saw this so many times as a fundraising senior executive and was heartbroken at so much waste, and so many missed opportunities to help those most in need in our community. I put my money where my mouth is, creating Impact Philanthropy. It is a boutique advisory firm that provides high-value services for non-profits, philanthropists, and for-profits who want to make a difference with their fundraising, giving, or social engagement. My credentials include a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and over 26 years of experience in the philanthropy industry, working with some of the most influential organizations and individuals in the field.How can Impact Philanthropy help you?· We provide credible research, insights, strategies, and action plans to help your organization achieve greater measurable outcomes in their social impact efforts.· I share my expertise and insights through public speaking engagements, training workshops, and coaching sessions, particularly in corporate social responsibility and fundraising.· Our services include fundraising strategy and planning, donor insights and impact reports, geo-fencing strategy and implementation, social engagement programming, and fundraising and social services program evaluation.· We want to disrupt the old ways of fundraising and create new social engagement models that are more sustainable, effective, and inclusive. Please DM me to discuss how Impact Philanthropy can help you and your organization raise its fundraising, giving, and social engagement efforts.

Experience

1. President and CEO

   Impact Philanthropy

   Sep 2021 — Present · Naples, FL, US

   Impact Philanthropy provides high-value advisory services that give non-profits and philanthropists the insights, strategies, and action plans to make an impact with their fundraising or giving. We also support for-profits in creating meaningful social engagement programs by offering them a unique corporate social responsibility initiative. Key services include:• Social engagement (corporate social responsibility) programming• Fundraising strategy and strategic planning• Geo-fencing strategy and implementation• Donor insights and impact reports• Evaluation of fundraising and social services programs• Leadership development coaching sessions for non-profit CEOs• Training workshops for fundraising staff• Philanthropy consulting• Non-profit development• Public speaking engagements

Education

• Florida Gulf Coast University

  Bachelor's degree, Human Services

• Florida Gulf Coast University

  Master's of Social Work (M.S.W.)