Giive.org, which connects volunteers with qualified nonprofits, as featured on ‘Daddyhood,’ the online magazine for fathers.
Giive.org, the new and innovative social giving enterprise, and its co-founder Bill Sweitzer, were featured on ‘Daddyhood,’ the online magazine for fathers.
‘Daddyhood’ told the story of how Sweitzer, a husband, father and former Fortune 100 executive, packed up and made the move from Indiana to Southern California to create the start up and the impact it had on his wife and daughter.
“I went back as often as I could but it wasn’t the same as living in the same city and being there on a daily basis,” Sweitzer told the online magazine for dads. “I was busy. But it became clear we should be together.”
As Sweitzer worked to make Giive.org sustainable and viable, he regretted his decision to leave his family and move to Southern California alone.
He struggled with fatherhood because his daughter was thousands of miles away. How could he be a good father or husband living in L.A. while his family lived 2000 miles away in Indiana?
Given the amount of work involved in getting the venture off the ground, he decided to make both of them part of the new enterprise so he could spend more time with them.
“Rather than make this about my work and my company I figured they could help build it… it would be a family affair,” Sweitzer told ‘Daddyhood.’
Today, Giive.org is a dream come true for Sweitzer, who has a deep passion for nonprofits and creating innovative ways to help them sustain themselves. Giive.org got off the ground this year. Founded by Bruce Gehrke on the premise of connecting volunteers to qualified nonprofits, and co-founded by Sweitzer, the vision is to build stronger communities through informed giving.
“Nonprofits are about constantly raising money and asking for contributions, constantly. It may be slightly more difficult than politics,” Sweitzer said. “Clearly there are better ways than the struggle model of working endlessly to keep the doors open and the lights on to service the people your charity was created to help.”
Giive empowers individuals and businesses to make a charitable difference in their communities through informed philanthropy and volunteerism.
Giive.org (www.giive.org) connects volunteers with community non profits. It helps by engaging partners through mixed media, live events and social calendars.
Dana Sweitzer, Bill’s wife, is the Chief Financial Officer and President of Giive. Because of her background in Corporate Responsibility, she is responsible for Giive’s business services,
“I believe that corporations and businesses are only as strong as their communities,” she told ‘Daddyhood.’ “That helps them invest into their communities with philanthropy and corporate volunteerism.”
His 10-year-old is now in fifth grade and she often acts a sounding board for ideas.
For more about Giive.org, please visit www.giive.org.
SOURCE: Giive
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