256. Meet the Fashion E-Commerce Startup Fueling a Charitable Impact - Jeannie Barsam

Meet Jeannie. She left the corporate world after leading Fortune 500 retailers including Gap Inc, Michaels, Talbot's, and Signet Jewelers to create a business that was more than just fast fashion. Gifting Brands was born out of a passion for helping women, children, and families in need with an innovative solution to an ongoing problem in the fashion world — what to do with excess inventory. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSJeannie’s story and journey to where she is today (3:30)Overview of Gifting Brands (7:00)The charities Gifting Brands are supporting (11:00)Inventory philanthropy model: a 3 sided marketplace (15:00)We partner with brandsWe partner with consumersWe give back to charitiesJeannie’s dreams for Gifting Brands (18:00)Scaling Gifting Brands and what is next (19:00)Nonprofit startups: lessons learned so far starting her organization (22:00)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Jeannie’s life (27:00)Jeannie’s One Good Thing: Be bold, take risks, and make a difference. and Everyone is a philanthropist. (31:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/256The 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 VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/About Our Sponsor FeathrAre you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co//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