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 […]
Another Option for End-of-Year Giving: Cryptocurrency
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 […]
Cost-Effective Alternatives for Foreign Charitable Giving
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. […]
New Indian FCRA Amendments Impact Foreign Grants to Indian Charities
New FCRA amendments reshape how foreign donors fund Indian charities.
The Power of Impact Investing – a call to action
Many people have given generously to help combat the many critical issues—poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, human trafficking, illiteracy—and many other needs. For some, as their wealth grew, they also increased their donations to help elevate the work of charitable organizations. Over the past few years, many savvy and sophisticated investors have recognized impact investing—investments made […]