News & Insights Archive - Trustbridge Global Foundation

TrustBridge Global Welcomes Alan Barnhart to the Board of Directors

TrustBridge Global is pleased to welcome Alan Barnhart as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Alan brings decades of entrepreneurial leadership, business excellence, and a longstanding commitment to generosity and responsible stewardship. He served for nearly 40 years as CEO of Barnhart Crane and Rigging Company, a Memphis-based heavy lifting and transport company serving heavy industry and construction throughout […]

Planning with Purpose: How Advisors Can Help Clients Think Long Term About Legacy and Giving

Did you know that 81% of inheritors globally say they plan to switch wealth management firms within two years of receiving their inheritance? With the Great Wealth Transfer already underway across the United States, Europe, Asia, and other global markets, now is the time to focus on how you will retain client relationships through the […]

How Fiscal Sponsorship Is Helping to Share the Light of Generosity

The smoke was thick, curling into the sky as a woman crouched over an open fire. A baby clung to her back. Two small children stood too close to the flames, their bare feet inches from danger, the air burning their eyes and lungs. For Brian and Mary Ellen Kluth, scenes like this were not statistics—they were moments […]

Why We Give Differently: How Culture Shapes Generosity

Generosity knows no bounds, yet our understanding of how and why people give is often limited by our own cultural lens. While the impulse to give is universal, the manifestation of generosity, who we give to, how we give, and what feels “right,” is profoundly shaped by relationships, faith, trust, social expectations, and lived experience. Some […]

Tobias Merckle: Champion of second chances

A philanthropist reshaping justice, community, and generosity across Germany.

Blended Capital and Social Impact Investment Funds: What Advisors Need to Know

The challenges facing our world today are complex and deeply interconnected. From global poverty and health inequities to education and clean water, many social challenges cannot be solved by philanthropy or markets alone. Increasingly, progress is being driven by blended approaches that bring together philanthropy, public funding, and market-based capital through social impact investment funds […]