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Why Answering Questions in Public Makes You a Better Donor

While waiting for my next flight, I was scanning through email, focused on the laptop screen in front of me.

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Four Easy Tips to Better Understand Nonprofit Statistics

The drive to Dallas allowed enough time to prepare for the meeting with a nonprofit organization in transition. While their

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Nine Steps on the Giving Ladder You Can Share with Your Children

Peeping through a keyhole on Christmas morning, I could see the packages and toys Santa had brought. All under the

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How Respect and Trust Can Make You a Better Giver

Thanksgiving turkey with all the trimmings, brightly wrapped presents under Christmas trees, bicycles, and tricycles – it’s supposed to be

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How Anonymous Giving Challenges Even the Best Givers

How “anonymous” is an anonymous gift? An even better question: how anonymous is a gift to a nonprofit organization in today’s

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How Understanding Nonprofit Duplication Makes You a Better Donor

Sitting across the table was a gentleman I had just met. He excitedly described how the new nonprofit he envisioned,

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How SMART Gifts Can Transform Faith-based Giving

Smart is such a great word. It makes us feel good, as in what great glasses – they make you

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When to Have This One Talk to Ensure an Enduring Legacy

Are we too late? That was the question asked casually by an acquaintance. Too late for what? Too late for

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Nine Best Life Lesson Tips to Enhance Generations of Giving

  Blinking lights. School zones. Weather changes. Fall is right around the corner. Recent rainy days here at the start

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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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