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How To Turn Your Next Special Event Into Impact-Driven Opportunity

If you’re a glass-half-full sort of person, then a room full of donors might be just the opportunity you’re looking

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How to Find the Warm Glow and Give to Make a Difference

It had already been a busy day, but I kept checking the clock on my desk so I wouldn’t be

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Christmas Tree Cakes or Zebra Cakes, Why Does It Matter to Your Giving?

Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes arrived on shelves on time this year. Move over Zebra Cakes for those golden cake

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How One Cow Plus a Flock of Chickens Made a Gift of Love

Catalog shopping is a finely-honed skill. I know this comes as no surprise because most of us have kicked it

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How Your Philanthropy Ripples into Greater Change

Sunflowers, zinnias and gerbera daisies have overtaken the rose bushes. A shallow garden running the length of our backyard fence

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How a Philanthropy Filter Easily Improves Giving

How does it feel to be a philanthropist today? It might be tempting to assume that question only applies to

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Tips for How One in a Row Can Remake Your Philanthropy

“She’s a bookworm,” a frequent description used to explain why I didn’t hear my mother announce dinner or remind me

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How to Make Nonprofits Jump Up and Down and Shout for Joy

Water, lights, toilet paper, batteries, rent, copy paper, staples, pens, printer cartridges – what do the items on this list

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How Honoring a Graduate Models Generosity

Graduations are upon us. They are celebrations for what is ending and for many what’s finally finished.  They are a

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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

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