More Than 20 Years of Giving Back
For over two decades, Toast to Humanity has connected businesses, consumers and charitable organizations through cause marketing and community partnerships. Today that legacy powers the Toast VIP Card.
Our Beginning
Toast to Humanity was founded by Bonnie Skop and Kenneth Chase from a shared belief that business, entertainment and hospitality could be powerful forces for good. The original mission was simple: turn everyday moments of celebration into meaningful support for humanitarian and community organizations.
Our Journey
A few turning points on the road from cause marketing to the Toast VIP Card.
- 2002
Toast Is Founded
Bonnie Skop and Kenneth Chase launch Toast to Humanity around a simple idea: business, hospitality and entertainment can be powerful forces for good.
- 2005
Cause Marketing Takes Off
Toast builds a national reputation for pairing premium brands with charitable causes through memorable events.
- 2010
100+ Events
Toast surpasses one hundred fundraising events, supporting causes across children, health, the arts, veterans and community organizations.
- 2018
National + Community Partnerships
A growing network of hospitality, wine and lifestyle partners deepens Toast’s reach in communities nationwide.
- Today
The Toast VIP Card
Two decades of experience become a scalable fundraising platform: nonprofits raise money, supporters get real value, and businesses gain exposure.
Co-Founders
Bonnie Skop
Co-Founder, Toast to Humanity
With a background spanning marketing, advertising, production and publicity, Bonnie helped shape Toast to Humanity's cause-branding and event marketing model from the very beginning.
Kenneth Chase
Co-Founder, Toast to Humanity
An internationally recognized hospitality and consumer-brand expert whose decades of experience across the wine, travel and entertainment industries helped shape Toast’s cause-marketing partnerships.
The People Behind Toast
For over two decades, leaders from philanthropy, business, hospitality, technology, media and entertainment have lent their expertise to Toast to Humanity.
Charlie Arturaola
Founding Board Member
Michael Choma
National Sales Manager, Digiday
Greg Salmela
Principal, Aegis
Tony Mitchell
National Account Manager, Infinium Spirits
The Next Chapter
The Toast VIP Card is the natural next step in our mission. Supporters buy a card through a nonprofit fundraiser, unlock year-round benefits at participating businesses, and every card sold raises money for the cause. It takes everything we learned building cause-marketing partnerships and turns it into a simple, repeatable way to give back.