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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 […]

Increase the Power of Your Donations – Comparing Fee Structures for International Giving

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. Operating […]

Flexible International Charity Giving with a Donor Advised Fund

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 […]

Donor Advised Funds Were Up Almost 300 Percent This Decade. Why?

By Eileen Heisman As we prepare to say goodbye to the 2010s, I have been reflecting on the past decade in donor advised funds (DAFs). There are some important truths that fuel charitable giving, including DAFs, and that have remained the same for a long time: Americans are generous and donors want to stay close to their […]

America’s CEOs Seek a New Purpose for the Corporation

By Alan Murray August 19, 2019 For Milton Friedman, it was simple. “There is one and only one social responsibility of business,” the Nobel economist wrote in 1970: to “engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” Companies must obey the law. But beyond that, their job is to make money for shareholders.  And Friedman’s view […]

East Asia’s Young Rich Redefine the Concept of Legacy

Originally published in The Business Times TUE, JUL 02, 2019 – 5:50 AM FOR a millennia, Asia’s thinking about legacy has been framed by the Confucian ideals of family. This is changing. A new HSBC commissioned report by The Economist on high-net-worth individuals – defined as people with more than US$1 million in liquid assets […]

International granting: 6 answers to questions you didn’t know you had

By Joanne Chen Youn I recently returned from a trip to the Middle East and Asia with TrustBridge Global, a network of foundations with member offices around the world. As I met with potential givers, many of them had questions about international granting. You may too. Despite the recent proliferation of quantitative and qualitative data […]