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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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My Dad at 94: Still learning, still teaching, still helping.
I can make the drive to Dad’s house blindfolded. I’ve driven from Tyler to the San Antonio area for 50 years. The route is familiar
How You Can Be Their Best Role Model
The question is, who is watching and listening to you? No, I don’t mean in the way that Alexa or Google Assistant is tracking your
How Your Role Models Make You a Greater Philanthropist
The email was short and said, “If you don’t have this, I wanted to send it to you.” Thirty-plus years of memories raced through my
How to Prepare for Life’s Untimely Events
While sitting at a stoplight, I answered a phone call expecting one voice but hearing another. The voice I expected was the founder of a
How to Forge Stronger Relationships with Your Favorite Nonprofits
The world of private philanthropy is often an enigma in the eyes of nonprofit leaders. We create confusion and frustration for nonprofit organizations. We are
Philanthropy Made Easy… After 40 Years of Lessons Learned!
It started this way, “The questions that loom large as you navigate a college education are: What’s next? What career, what advanced degrees, where to
How Family Giving Adds Joy to the Holidays
Will the next generation give as much as their grandparents and parents? And which generation is “the next generation”? Well, of course, the answer is
How to Make the Most of Your Time at Fundraising Events
How many special event fundraisers have you attended – this year, last year, the last decade? I’ve been to so many that it would take
Do You Know the True Cost of Success for Your Favorite Nonprofit?
What keeps you reading when you open the envelope and find a fundraising letter? Do you scan for the client numbers – people served, sheltered
Pondering Philanthropy Questions from a “Little Old Lady”
Sometimes when I sit down to write the YP Journal, a philanthropy issue is on my mind. But today there was no such burning issue,