Louis Gigilo and the Passion Conferences have set out to raise $1 million from young Christians to tackle 7 areas of need around the world. The web site is hip but how effective? $263,813.25 raised so far.
Filed under: Giver , young givers
July 24, 2008 • 2:08 am 0
Couple says ‘I do’ to giving
Deleware Online – Short but touching article of a young couple that decided to purchase a modest engagement ring and donate the rest of their $$ to a women’s shelter. The last line of the article speaks volumes to the joy of giving.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/NEWS/80719007
Filed under: Giver , testimony, young givers
June 28, 2008 • 1:27 am 0
Monopoly for the rich and their children
American Public Media – Maybe you’re familiar with the old saying “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” It basically means somebody a few generations back got rich, but the successors in the family had no success in managing that wealth and they ended up back to square one. Knowing how to talk to the kids about money is a problem even wealthy families face, so the wealth management firm GenSpring has come up with a conversation starter of sorts: A board game that’s called “Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves.”
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/06/25/shirtsleeves_to_shirtsleeves
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June 22, 2008 • 1:04 pm 0
Younger Donors Just as Generous as Other Generations
Charity Navigator – Donors across all generations tend to give roughly the same amount to philanthropic causes, when controlling for other factors such as income, education and frequency of attendance at religious services, according to a report by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in a study funded by Campbell & Company.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/cpid/765/print/1.htm
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June 13, 2008 • 7:12 pm 0
Why Wait to Give Away Your Money?
U.S. News & World Report – A recent Bank of America survey of wealthy individuals found that just over 70 percent discuss philanthropy with their children and about 20 percent give their children money to donate. “[Clients] find that philanthropy is the glue that holds the family together. It’s a way to share family stories and values,” says Eileen Wilhem, managing director of Bank of America’s philanthropic management.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/retirement/2008/06/12/why-wait-to-give-away-your-money.html
Filed under: Advisor , young givers
June 9, 2008 • 5:23 pm 0
Children mimic their parent’s giving
The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Researchers at Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy say they have determined a correlation between both the causes and the amount adults give, based on what they saw their parents do.
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June 8, 2008 • 4:58 am 0
When small loans make a big difference
Forbes – Kiva, an online microcredit lender, mixes the entrepreneurial daring of Google with the do-gooder ethos of Bono, lead singer of the rock band U2. And with it, it’s founders have managed to merge two recent socio-economic trends–social networking and microfinance. The results? Kiva’s 270,000 lenders–people who typically hand over their money, via credit card, in $25 increments–have funded 40,000 borrowers in 40 countries and provided a total of about $27 million in funding.
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June 6, 2008 • 3:39 am 0
A $10 Mosquito Net Is Making Charity Cool
New York Times – Donating $10 to buy a mosquito net to save an African child from malaria has become a hip way to show you care, especially for teenagers.
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