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Education Program: Major Gift Best Practices and Current Philanthropy Trends with Meg George
When: 2/12/2025
Where:
Hope Hall at Caldwell Presbyterian Church
1609 East Fifth Street Charlotte, N.C. 28204
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Registration closes 2/7/2025
Save Event to CalendarMajor Gift Best Practices and Current Philanthropy Trends
Meg George, co-founder and president of consultancy George Philanthropy Group, will lead a session around the implementation of major and principal gift best practices, sharing how our country's philanthropy trends advance an organization's reliance on these skills. As campaign and development counsel to nonprofits across varying sectors which have embarked on significant campaigns initiatives, Meg will offer tangible takeaways and recommendations around the stages of a major gift solicitation, including real-life example asks, frequently-faced challenges in securing visits and navigating face-to-face solicitation conversations. She and her husband co-lead the firm whose work is rooted in a relationship-centric approach to soliciting philanthropic investments, planning for long-term sustainability, and funding initiatives through personalized, deliberate activity.
Bio:
Meg George, co-founder and president of consultancy George Philanthropy Group, is a philanthropy advisor and campaign strategist. Working with both institutional nonprofits and philanthropists across the country, Meg, her husband and partner, Phil, and their team focus on maximizing charitable investments to generate outcomes. The firm leads organizations through the preparation for and execution of significant campaigns and helps to plan for long-term sustainability through the implementation of relationship-centric major and principal gift programs. Aside from her work with nonprofits, philanthropists rely on Meg's expertise to build private foundations and help align philanthropic investments with outcome-driven causes. A keynote speaker and author on philanthropy, Meg launched a children's book about the power and joy of giving back, What's Philanthropy to Philomena?, in November 2023. She and her family reside in West Palm Beach, Florida, and also have offices in New York.
