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 […]
Category Archives: Starting Where You Are
Skillful Charitable Giving Begins With a Plan
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 […]
Overwhelm the World – Desmond Tutu
Twitter’s Biz Stone on Charitable Giving
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone recommends starting your philanthropy now to achieve what he calls “the compound interest of altruism.” As with compound interest on a bank account, if you start giving charitably now at the level your capacity allows, the […]
Finding Our Place to Contribute
Philanthropy Tips From a Google Billionaire
The Giving Pledge, a project started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in which billionaires pledge to give half of their wealth to charitable causes, has a total of 127 signatories after four new pledgers were added last week. These […]
Last-Minute Giving in 2013
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 […]