People love the mission of Success For Good - To strengthen the nonprofit sector as an important part of the overall community - and they are excited about the innovative programs we've created to accomplish that mission, so we often are asked "How Can I Help?". So we've created this page to answer that question and the second most-asked question, "What Are Contributions Used For?".

In order to fulfill its mission, the role of Success For Good is to engage, educate, inspire, invigorate and empower the various constituents in the community to strengthen the nonprofit sector. Therefore, Success For Good focuses its current programs on helping raise the visibility of the sector to help the general community understand the importance and relevance of the nonprofit sector in the community, and working to spotlight examples of philanthropic actions to inspire others to help.

To help us accomplish this, we need underwriters for the Golden Karma Awards program, the Community Spotlight program, and the Chairs Club program. Over 99% of all contributions received by Success For Good are used directly to fund these programs.

Quick FAQs about supporting the programs of Success For Good:


What is the Golden Karma Awards program? A national education program that recognizes the philanthropic actions of celebrities, sports figures, and high profile personalities, so that literally millions of people can be mentored and helped to understand that "It's Good To Do Good!". While the philanthropic actions of high profile individuals receives sporadic attention in the media, this program is designed to focus on keeping those actions top of mind as mentoring examples to encourage increased support of the nonprofit sector. More information...

Who should underwrite or sponsor the Golden Karma Awards program? Because program underwriters are recognized in the media for their support of this program, certainly any company that has a strong community involvement history and would like that to be visible to the community, as well as any company that is beginning to understand the importance of social responsibility and how it positively impacts the community as well as their own bottom line. More information...


What is the Community Spotlight program? A visibility program for the nonprofit sector, designed to increase the visibility of the sector and provide education in an interesting, engaging format to the overall community about a variety of facets of the nonprofit community. This includes providing visibility about nonprofit organizations, creative and noteworthy philanthropy, unique ways to get involved in helping the nonprofit sector, organizations that help nonprofits be more effective in fulfilling their missions, and information on impact of the nonprofit sector to economic vitality and quality of life for the community. To accomplish this, Success For Good partners with a variety of media including television, online streaming video, magazines, newspapers and radio. More information...

Who should underwrite or sponsor the Community Spotlight program? Similar to the Golden Karma Awards underwriters...Because program underwriters are recognized in the media for their support of this program, any company that has a strong community involvement history and would like that to be visible to the community, as well as any company that is beginning to understand the importance of social responsibility and how it positively impacts the community as well as their own bottom line. More information...


What is the Chairs Club program? This is a recognition program spearheaded by Success For Good, to recognize and show the community's gratitude to the hardworking nonprofit event chairs, co-chairs and honorary chairs who raise millions each year and have a major impact on the community. The Phoenix Chairs Club has hundreds of members each year a wonderful Chair Appreciation Luncheon is held to recognize the hard work of the people who chaired events during the previous year. More information...

Who should underwrite or sponsor the Chair Club program? Again, corporate sponsors would be an excellent fit for underwriting this program, as it shows gratitude and recognition to a hard working group of people with significant influence in the community, as well as media exposure about the underwriters' participation.

What are funds used for? Over 99% of all contributions are used directly to fund the programs of Success For Good. While we are volunteer-driven and work hard to encourage in-kind donations to defray the costs of goods and services associated with providing the programs, there are program costs associated with each program, and that is what contributions are used for. It would be a perfect world if everything we are providing could be done with zero cost, but that is not reality.

Funds can be earmarked specifically for use in a single program or contributed to be used as needed to strengthen or increase any of Success For Good's programs. Success For Good provides a very effective way for supporters to leverage their philanthropic contributions because we specifically use those funds to increase the visibility and support of the sector as a whole...so supporters recognize that while they may contribute one amount to Success For Good, we leverage and magnify those dollars into a larger amount by providing programs that engage, educate, inspire, invigorate and empower the various constituents in the community to strengthen the nonprofit sector. We have plans to increase our community education focus and to replicate several of our programs in other cities, so your support is important to make sure that this happens.

While we do receive a portion of our support from individuals, family foundations and corporate underwriting of the programs typically will provide the majority of the funds used for these types of programs to engage, educate, inspire, invigorate and empower the various constituents in the community to strengthen the nonprofit sector. It's a win-win for everybody, so contact us with your ideas!