There are myriad reasons to give generously to a good cause. Your donations make it possible for nonprofit organizations to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless. Your financial support delivers medicine to cure the sick and prevents disease. Your contributions educate and train people to lift them out of abject poverty. Your acts of kindness are helping to make the world a better place.

What if there was a way to increase your donation’s impact, a strategy that would yield a more significant benefit for both the charity and you? Well, there is: donating stock. Stock donations to charity provide advantages that make it a tax-smart way to give, yet many people don’t consider it an option for charitable giving.

Just down the street from my house is the historic home and office of the first female physician in the state of Georgia, Leila Denmark. She’s a little famous around here, not only for the great accomplishment of becoming a doctor in a time when women didn’t do that, but also because of the many lives she impacted and how long she lived.

The numbers are impressive. People donated nearly USD 835 billion in cross-border philanthropy in 2018, USD 658 billion from private sources. Globally, one billion volunteers donated their time and energy to charities. Why do people donate their money and time? Is it because we’re inherently kind? Or, are we fundamentally greedy and only give because we have ulterior motives or expect reciprocity?

Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other cryptocurrencies have risen substantially over the past one to two years - and many investors have made large gains. With needs greater than ever this year, charities worldwide are hopeful that end-of-year giving will enable them to serve the world’s most vulnerable people. Donors can help charitable organizations reach those goals while saving money by donating Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies.

Conflicts and wars, natural disasters, and shortages of natural resources have always created worldwide suffering. While exact numbers are unknown, the pandemic has had a significant impact on global poverty, moving an estimated 49 million people into extreme poverty. The situation has put a tremendous strain on nonprofit organizations that provide support for those populations.

The Ministry of Home Affairs released guidance indicating that FCRA-Registered nonprofits have until March 31, 2021 to open the new designated FCRA bank account. Nonprofits do not need to visit the State Bank in Delhi to open this account. TrustBridge will continue grantmaking to Indian charities through existing bank accounts in this transition period.

Over the past few years, many savvy and sophisticated investors have recognized impact investing—investments made to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return—as a new opportunity to deploy capital in companies and growing markets with entrepreneurs that can deliver both economic and social returns.

When contemplating making international donations, a prime consideration is what percentage of your contribution will help enable organizations to reach their goals. One of the ways to measure the impact your donation will have is to understand the structure of fees and operational assessments, and how the amount of your gift affects those costs.

People worldwide are faced with massive, urgent issues—food insecurity, displacement, infectious disease—endangering people, communities and entire countries. Overcoming these situations requires the generosity of humans. And humans are eager to rise to the challenge. Suffering triggers generosity in humans. Not only does it make people feel good to be altruistic, but scientific research has also found that humans are hardwired for charity.