I am happy to announce that I have earned certification as a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) from The American College of Financial Services. What is a CAP®? The Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® is professional designation from the Richard D. […]
The 4th T to add to Time, Talent, and Treasure You probably already know the Three Ts; time, talent, and treasure. They are the basics when you are thinking about what you can donate to charitable causes. I hope you […]
To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power nor an […]
Regardless of the amount, it takes more than just donating money to transform your contributions from “charitable giving” to “philanthropy.” Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, is the author of Giving 2.0 and the MOOC (massively open online course) of the same name. She […]
Let’s say that you budget a certain amount of money to give to charity every year, based on a philanthropy plan. That might be optimistic but let’s start there. That money could come from a savings account, a private foundation, […]
Focus and Planning for the “Big Dream” Chad (pseudonym) is an urbane middle-aged man, settled in a career, home, and partnership. Like many people, he has handled his money responsibly so is quite secure, yet not wealthy by most measures. […]
To the Boston nonprofits who receive them, a Barr Foundation grant is highly coveted. The Barr is a family foundation, established by Barbara and Amos Hostetter Jr., who made a considerable fortune in the nascent cable industry. The Barr Foundation […]
If you are only accepting cash or checks for donations, you are not offering your contributors options for giving – probably some they would prefer. This is not “making it easy” for people to give you […]
It is almost inconceivable that the earthquake that recently hit Nepal was roughly 16 times more powerful than the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. We will not know the extent of the devastation there, or the human toll, for quite some […]
Do you remember last month, when you were rushing around trying to get things together for holiday visits, gifts, and entertaining? At that same time, were you also scrambling to make charitable donations? Maybe you wanted to benefit your 2014 […]
