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Six questions to answer that ensure your legacy lives beyond you
The Nobel Story: A riddle of legacy Each October, the Nobel Prize Committee announces laureates in peace, literature, science, and economics. The names are secret
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Slow down to plan ahead.
In a hurry to get home, I started calculating how many school zones I’d have to slow down for. Two zones. Maybe three extra minutes.
Will You Learn to be a Better Giver Over Time?
My childhood memory of the Big Eddy Bridge, now under Lake Palestine, is not accurate. But the memory is real. My brother and I would convince
How the Rising Generation Will Revolutionize, then Conflate Philanthropy
A few years ago, we called them the Next Generation. Now, they are the Rising Generation. They are no longer simply waiting their turn; they
Why It’s Important to Get the Answers You Need Before You Give
Walking into Mr. Anderson’s eighth-grade physical science class on the first day of school, I expected it to be like all the other classes. New
Why Your Giving Needs to Support Change Today
Do you need a laptop, notebook or tablet? That was the question Sid asked when helping me sort out what kind of computer replacement I
Six Ways to Identify Where to Give in Unfamiliar Locations
Unprecedented. Unparalleled. 100-year event. Words and phrases used to describe the plunging temperatures across Texas and the deep south as a polar vortex of arctic
How to Love Your Favorite Nonprofit Organization this Month
School-age memories are often etched into our psyche. For me, these memories are either clear and colorful or vague and foggy. One of the clear,
Like Dr. Seuss, Care a Whole Awful Lot
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” That’s sage advice from one of the most
How the Goldilocks Rule Makes Your Giving “Just Right”
A bowl of oatmeal with steam dancing above is just right in my opinion. Goldilocks would disagree and declare my bowl of oatmeal “too hot.”
How to Become Santa for Someone this Year
In the late sixties, my family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. My brother and I arrived at our new school in the middle of an outbreak