ABOUT THE INITIATIVE
A modern community foundation focused on
leadership, recognition, influence, and philanthropy.
Ask Your Advisor™ is an initiative of the Charitable Community Foundation, built to give Southwest Florida's advisors the same visibility nonprofits have long received for the charitable work they help create.
53 yrs
Trusted philanthropy
5,719
Nonprofit partners
$4.15B
Annual charitable impact
FOUNDER
Michael Chatman
President & CEO, Charitable Community Foundation
Michael leads one of Southwest Florida's most active philanthropic organizations. After years of watching the advisors behind the region's giving go unrecognized, he founded Ask Your Advisor to give them the same visibility nonprofits have long received.
"For years, I watched advisors quietly guide the region's most generous families toward the causes that matter to them — without the recognition nonprofits receive for that same work. Ask Your Advisor exists to change that."
Michael Chatman — Founder, Ask Your Advisor
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We are building something different
MOST FOUNDATIONS MEASURE
Endowment size
Assets under management
Grants awarded
Scholarships distributed
WE ALSO MEASURE
Leaders elevated
Influence created
Partnerships built
Charitable conversations started