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When Charity Calls, Nature Listens
This is an amazing story about one paddle boarder’s quest to raise money for breast cancer awareness, and how an unlikely visitor showed up to guide her. With a little help from “Larry the Whale,”...
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Free Grant Money for Your Favorite Charity
I’m all about getting free money into the hands of people doing good work. Thanks to Katya Andreson’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog today, I found out about a contest that will do just that. The Chase...
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The Case for a Gift Economy
This is the first post of a summer series I’m calling “What Are You Reading? Wednesdays.” Every Wednesday in August, you’ll find a short review of thought-provoking books, articles and speeches about...
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How to Be an Everyday Philanthropist
Find out how YOU can make a difference–without spending a dime. This is the second post in a summer series I’m calling “What Are You Reading? Wednesdays.” Every Wednesday in August, you’ll find a short...
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Paths Are Made By Walking
This is the third post in a summer series I’m calling “What Are You Reading? Wednesdays.” Every Wednesday in August, you’ll find a short review of thought-provoking books, articles and speeches about...
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The Need to Know What Works
I’m honored to be the featured blogger this week at the Association of Small Foundations (ASF) Conference in San Francisco (#ASF12 on Twitter). More than 800 small-staffed foundations gathered to...
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Want to Know the Secrets to Grantwriting Success? Check Out this Free Book
Back in March of this year, I listened to a Chronicle of Philanthropy teleseminar titled How to Create Successful Foundation Proposals. One of the speakers was Jana Jane Hexter, a heart-centered...
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Hurricane Sandy, One Week Later: How You Can Help
I spoke with a friend of mine this week who lives in the East Village. Brette and her husband Ben were one of the lucky ones. As Hurricane Sandy beat down, their first-floor apartment on the Lower East...
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Share the Love: 10 Ways to Be Generous Today
On Valentine’s Day two years ago, Sasha Dicter started an accidental movement by setting one simple intention: to say YES to anyone who asked him to give. He called it Generosity Day. His idea was...
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International Women’s Day: Giving to Women & Girls
“It was late afternoon when 14-year-old Reshma was getting ready for her wedding at a beauty parlor in the Old City of Hyderabad. Reshma was one of 33 brides, all under the age of 18, to be married...
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