Streamline and Strengthen Your Global Grantmaking Capabilities
The capacity to address the world’s most pressing needs and respond to a crisis requires that grantmakers are well-equipped to deliver help in every corner of the world. Since the early 2000s, international grantmaking has increased from about 14 to about 30 percent of all foundation giving. But, unfortunately, challenges and restrictions can make global […]
7 Myths About Donor-Advised Funds
Donor-advised funds (DAFs) continue to grow in popularity. Between 2011 and 2019, DAFs increased from nearly five percent of individuals giving to more than 12 percent. In addition, the number of DAF accounts more than tripled in 2020 and continued to increase during the pandemic. Yet, there are still misconceptions about the tax-efficient giving vehicle, and […]
Harness Your Philanthropic Power to Make a Global Impact
There are still steep mountains to climb to address the world’s most pressing problems. Still, today’s philanthropists are savvier than ever before, thanks to the one-stop giving convenience and simplicity of donor-advised funds (DAFs). The DAF model amplifies the power of individual giving by creating a tool that allows more strategic giving and engagement and […]
TrustBridge leadership team expanding to serve a growing global network
TrustBridge expands leadership team to support growing global grantmaking network.
DAFs Rise to Pandemic Challenges
More than twelve months into the COVID-19 pandemic, many nonprofit organizations are still struggling to recover. However, DAF donors stepped up, sometimes making large and critical grants to support their favorite charities and others that addressed essential needs in the spring and summer. Gifts through Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) increased by more than 29 percent in the first […]
Generational Giving Trends
An estimated $59 trillion in wealth will be inherited by Generation X (those born between 1965 and 1980) and Millennials (also known as Generation Y, born between 1981 and 1995) from their aging Baby Boomer parents and grandparents by 2061. Experts predict that their unprecedented resources, both earned and inherited, combined with their visible interest […]
Giving: Science Proves it’s Good for Your Health – 3 Physical and Mental Benefits of Giving
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 […]
Stock Donations Offer Multiple Benefits to Donors and Charities
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 […]
5 Reasons volunteering is good for you.
By Jill Turner 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 […]
Why We Give: The Science of Generosity
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 […]