By Dilnaz Waraich This April, Muslims around the world will be observing the holiday of Ramadan—a month-long period of fasting from dawn to sundown, and of thinking of others, and of giving back. Philanthropy is deeply rooted in the Muslim faith, as well as my own. When I was a child, the month before Ramadan,… Read more »
By Elsbeth Howe Cindy’s mom Linda did everything she could for Cindy. Linda was a single mother, and she worked low-paying, physically demanding jobs throughout her life. After high school Cindy tried college a few times, but she wasn’t sure what she wanted to study, and the high debt she was incurring alarmed her. Cindy… Read more »
By Tifany R. Boyles “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill In the past few years, philanthropy has been under severe scrutiny. With the mix of politics and philanthropy in the 2016 election and books surfacing such as Winners Take All… Read more »
By Aja May Pirtle and Bill Stanczykiewicz, Ed. D. We’ve rounded up the top learnings from 2021 to set fundraisers up for a successful 2022. Educate yourself about Donor-advised Funds. A new study from Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy provides new illumination on DAFs and their space in… Read more »
The Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin largely along party lines in November 2021. Legislative progress came to a sudden stop a month later when Sen. Joe Manchin announced, in a Fox News interview, that he would not support it. Without the West Virginian’s vote, Senate… Read more »