The company where you work has become successful. Started by a motivated entrepreneur and his partner, your company now has 210 employees and is still growing.
The owner is feeling pressured to become more socially responsible and he/she/she knows that other companies like his have engaged in philanthropic programs. The owner wants you to do research, analyze possibilities, and report back to him in a concise and persuasive email that strongly RECOMMENDS ONE (1) particular philanthropic organization/charity for his company to support-and clearly explains why that charity and not others.
Your team's task is to address the following:
• The owner wants the recommended charity/philanthropy to be a strong and powerful match for the mission and work of the company. He/she doesn't want a generic charity; he/she wants a charity that resonates with the goals and aims of his company he/she has built.
• The owner wants the recommended charity/philanthropy to provide opportunities for him and all his employees to engage with the work of the charity, but he/she wants something more interesting than just volunteering time. How precisely will they all volunteer? What precisely will they do?
• The owner wants to know about the financial health of the charity-he/she wants to know in plain English whether this charity is worthy of his money and why precisely.
• The owner wants to know the business benefits his company will receive from working with this philanthropy.
• The owner wants a realistic budget of how much this will cost (e.g. if the business holds an event, he/she wants a realistic breakdown of costs).