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Corporate Philanthropy Roundtable

Business Philanthropy is Making a Difference in Santa Barbara County

Many companies feel a greater sense of community but may not always be clear on how to approach corporate citizenship and nonprofit requests. The Corporate Philanthropy Roundtable was formed to engage businesses in the process of giving and resource sharing as part of a community-wide approach to business development and corporate citizenship. Members of CPR in Santa Barbara County are demonstrating that business can do well by doing good.

Corporate Philanthropy Leaders Share Best Practices and Lessons Learned

VIDEO - Wendy Ramage Hawkins and Eduardo Cetlin spoke to the Corporate Philanthropy Roundtable.

Since 1990, the Intel Foundation’s charitable giving has grown from $1 million to $110 million. A key factor for its success has been the development of a strategic philanthropy program that directly ties to the company’s corporate values. “Corporate philanthropy is not about playing a golf game or writing a check for the next gala,” said Wendy Ramage Hawkins, executive director for the Intel Foundation. “Senior corporate leaders need to be able to tell stockholders, owners, and bosses that the philanthropy program makes sense for business, builds the company’s reputation, and extends the brand in the community. At Intel, our company leaders understand what we get out of our programs, so they are willing to fund it and they are willing to increase that funding substantially over time." Read more...

CPR’s mission is to build avenues for Santa Barbara County businesses to generate enduring community investment strategies. CPR enhances, inspires, and honors the generosity of businesses that assist in fulfilling the needs of the nonprofit sector.

CPR envisions the premiere forum for engaging small, medium, and large business giving and resource-sharing as part of a community-wide approach to business development, corporate citizenship, and nonprofit sustainability.

You are invited to join CPR in developing a group of thoughtful leaders who help to conceptualize the direction, priorities, and strategies vital to initiating community-wide impact. Transformational change begins with thinking about new opportunities and approaches to create possibilities and partnerships beyond existing frameworks.

For more information on CPR membership, please contact Santa Barbara Foundation Philanthropic Services Projects Coordinator, Ashley Butler-Soberano, at (805) 880-9364 or abutler@sbfoundation.org.

A Dialogue on Corporate Philanthropy panelists.

CPR Members

Sustainers

Ameriflex
Bank of Santa Barbara
Deckers Outdoor Corporation
JP Morgan Chase
Pacific Coast Business Times
Santa Barbara Foundation
Venoco, Inc.

Benefactors

AGIA Affinity Services
Citrix Online
Montecito Bank & Trust
Orfalea Foundation
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
The Towbes Group
Village Properties

Business Members

Balance Financial Management
Impulse Advanced Communications
The Key Class
Pacific Western Bank
SB Philanthropy

CPR Advisory Council

Michelle Apodaca, Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Catherine Brozowski, Orfalea Foundations
Jan Campbell, Santa Barbara Foundation
Julie Capritto, AGIA Affinity Services
Marybeth Carty, Venoco, Inc.
Dave Clark, Impulse Advanced Communications
John Daly, The Key Class
Tina Fanucchi-Frontado, SB Philanthropy
Janet Garufis, Montecito Bank & Trust
Judy Hawkins, Ruby Road Leadership
Linda LeBrock, Pacific Coast Business Times
Cynder Sinclair, Nonprofit Kinect

"CPR is helping and inspiring local businesses to do more together. Businesses join CPR to learn, share, and discover why corporate giving matters to their business and our community." ~ CPR Member

Learn, share, and discover why corporate giving matters to your business and to our community.

April 10 Event Resources: Read the article Art and Science in Philanthropy by Peter Karoff.

CPR Events

August 16 - CPR Roundtable

See a listing of previous CPR events.

CPR Membership

To become a member of the Corporate Philanthropy Roundtable, please download and complete a membership profile.

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