Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, have been growing steadily right through the economic recession. In recent years, the number of DAFs has grown to more than 200,000, totaling more than $45 billion — a figure that includes more than $13 billion […]
As a Donor, Know the Distinctions Do remember Citizens United (a 501(c)4 organization) from the U.S. Supreme Court case on campaign finance Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission? In that case, the Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment prohibits […]
Impact Investing is creating significant buzz. It falls somewhere between charitable giving and socially responsible investing. Here are some starting distinctions: Charitable giving can be characterized as investing in social benefits, expecting no direct return; socially responsible investing often expects […]
In an article on the Stanford Social Innovation Review site last week, Tris Lumley wrote an article called Transforming Our Anti-Social Sector, in which he points to the need for a paradigm shift in the conceptual model for creating social […]
What You Need to Know About Donating Your Vehicle There are so many jokes and puns that might go along with the combination of a motorcycle and a pope. But let’s start with the facts: Pope Francis was given a […]
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The field of personal philanthropy is changing rapidly-as quickly as are the tech or finance sectors. Just as with these others, following the shifting trends in charitable giving is demanding because the sector is broad, far-reaching, and operates at all […]
Here is some Generosity Path news: I am now supplying content to The Motley Fool website (a multimedia financial-services company dedicated to building the world’s greatest investment community). Here is how my first posting for them begins: Photo by Jono […]
Michael Sandel, in his excellent book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets points to the fact that more and more things are salable and buyable in our culture. Things that in the past were not monetized and […]
I hate to even mention this: non-profits sometimes have bad people working for them. We know non-profits are full of good people – passionate, dedicated, altruistic folks who are paid less than they might earn in the corporate world. They […]
