143. Discovering Your Own Personal Giving Strategy - Sybil Ackerman-Munson

Meet Sybil. She's a nonprofit purist on a mission: to help you do the most good when it comes to your personal philanthropy. It starts with building a personal giving strategy, aligning values and narrowing your giving goals. We're chatting about how to channel passion, creating focus and giving away money with humility. We believe everyone - especially nonprofit professionals - is an important philanthropist. Start here, and let's  allow our collective giving to improve our world.  Episode HighlightsSybil’s story and journey to where she is today (2:00)Discovering your own personal giving strategy (10:00)1. What do you do day to day? 2. What are your hobbies? 3. What is the place that gives you rejuvenation?4. What issue keeps you up at night?Sybil’s advice for how to decide on how much and how often to give (17:00)The 3 different types of donors / funders (19:20)1. Sustainer2. Campaigner3. LauncherHow you can validate your giving (24:00)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Sybil’s life (26:00)Sybil’s One Good Thing: Think positive first about people. Go into a situation, assuming the best in what somebody wants to have happen in the world and nurture that support it. (28:00)Want to dive in further? Check out Sybil’s courses!For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/143The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/helloAbout our Sponsor GivebutterGivebutter is Loved by over 30,000 nonprofits, student groups, sports teams, schools, companies, and individuals just like you, and PS: it’s also loved by the three of us who are superfans of their incredible giving platform. 💛 Givebutter helps you collect donations like a boss. It's never been easier to add a donate button to your website, collect dues from group members, or link a payment form to just about anything.Re-think the way you run fundraising events. Sell tickets to your event while also collecting additional donations from attendees and supporters, with all of Givebutter's unique fundraising features built right on top. It’s buttery goodness at its finest, and it’s helping you do more for your mission online. Learn more at givebutter.com//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.comSay hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter