275. Increasing Latinx Representation in Philanthropy + Making Good Famous - Carolina García Jayaram

Meet Carolina. She's the founding CEO of The Elevate Prize Foundation, a global purpose-driven nonprofit that serves to amplify social impact and empower passionate problem solvers, leaders, and innovators. Latinos hold just 1% of foundation and not-for-profit CEO positions and less than 10% of program officer positions, yet Hispanics represent 20% of the U.S. population. Join us to make good famous🎧EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSCarolina’s story and journey to where she is today (3:50)Overview of The Elevate Prize Foundation (5:00)How the Elevate Prize Foundation is leveraging Giving Circles to create a deeper impact (7:30)Making Good Famous: using fame to power impact (11:00)Why Latinx representation must increase in philanthropy (16:00)Championing young Latinx nonprofit leaders (21:00)Latinx thought leaders to follow (26:00)Investing in nonprofit leaders and the power of professional development (29:00)How people can get involved with The Elevate Prize Foundation (35:00)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Carolina’s life (39:00)Carolina’s One Good Thing: Have an abundance mindset. (41:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/275About 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 Slingshot GroupOur friends over at Slingshot Group partner with nonprofits to recruit and hire great leaders, build remarkable teams, and unleash your mission’s potential.You know we talk often about how much your organization’s culture matters especially today -  in being not just being a place that attracts talent - but also becomes a magnet to connect donors to your mission. Slingshot Group is the organization we trust to help you do just that. It’s so much more than a staffing and executive search firm. Slingshot Group goes deep and gets to know your culture so they can help you find the leaders and staff who will help take your mission to the next level.Sound like Slingshot Group might be a fit for your organization? Learn more at slingshotgroup.org.//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