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 »
By Meredith McNabb Associate Director for Educational Programming Lake Institute on Faith & Giving A lot of nonprofit organizations are out of breath in January after the end-of-the-year nonprofit fundraising rush, and in plenty of religious nonprofit organizations there’s also been an end-of-the-year budgeting dash plus an end-of-the-year holiday crunch: it might feel like the… Read more »
By Jacqueline Ackerman and Jon Bergdoll The big idea While most U.S. couples make charitable giving decisions together, the share of joint decision-makers is declining, according to a study we published March 16. About 62% of couples decide about their giving together, down from 73% in 2005, the last time anyone studied this behavior in… Read more »
Dilnaz Waraich and her family are intentional in their giving, making a family matrix and sitting around the kitchen table each year to discuss priorities. In addition, Waraich is helping to enhance the effectiveness of the third sector with her work. Her participation in the Community Collaboration Initiative aims to help 25 Muslim American nonprofits… Read more »