Baby Boomers Should Be Split for Planned Giving
Last year the youngest Baby Boomers turned 50 while the oldest Boomers turned 68. Does a 50-year-old really have that much in common with a 68-year-old,…
A Fix for "Lack of Time" Concern
The biggest communications challenge of nonprofits is "lack of time to produce quality content," according to a recent survey of more than 2,000…
New Statistics About Minorities and Planned Gifts
While the vast majority of planned gifts are from the majority group identified as "non-Hispanic whites," recent research shows strong charitable…
More Wealthy Donors Give, and More Rely on Nonprofits
More wealthy donors than ever are giving to charity, and those donors are relying more and more on nonprofit personnel (including planned giving…
Are Your Donor Stories Boring Your Readers to Death?
Storytelling is all the rage in planned giving now, and that has resulted in a proliferation of donor stories that are … sometimes ineffective and…
What Types of "Change Agents" Are Your Donors?
For a while all the rage on Facebook were those short personality quizzes that tell you which Star Wars character you most resemble, which superhero you…
Women Philanthropists Urged to Apply "Gender Lens"
Women philanthropists now have the financial clout to fund significant change and should apply a "gender lens" that focuses their giving on women…
President Signs Bill, IRA Charitable Rollover Is Back Through Dec. 31, 2014
The IRA charitable rollover has once again been renewed, but this time only for a few days - until the end of 2014!
Senate Passes IRA Rollover, Waiting for President's Signature
Both the House and Senate have extended, retroactively for 2014, the IRA charitable rollover and certain other charitable benefits. The legislation is now…