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role models

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

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joy of giving

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,

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Aunts and Uncles

How Aunts and Uncles Teach the Next Generation About Giving

The day started normally. Two generations of family members gathered around a table for the annual meeting, intent on making

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I still love this work

Yes, I STILL Love This Work!

As I sit here in our NEW Your Philanthropy office space surrounded by boxes needing to be unpacked, it is

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Bill Gates

How to Give Bill Gates Style        

Make it fun! That’s how Bill Gates tells us he gives. If your first thought is “oh, sure, with all

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legacy

How to Write a Legacy Statement – The Most Important Gift You Will Leave Behind

Tiny stacks of 35-millimeter slides covered the dining room table. One by one I passed them through the slide viewer.

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generosity

Hot Dogs, Money and Kids

If you could invent one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be? That’s the question

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Discovering Your Giving Calling

3 Clues to Discover Your Giving Calling

I read a blog post by Jeff Goins and reflected on his challenge to find my calling.  It’s a big challenge for

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