Mar 9, 2020 | Charitable Giving
Former GE CEO Jack Welch passed away this week. He once said, “Only satisfied customers can give people job security. Not companies.” I think a parallel can be applied to the philanthropic community. Charities are financially secure when they are supported by their...
Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Early in my business career, I was fortunate to meet and visit with Sir John Templeton. Born in Pulaski, Tennessee, a graduate of Yale, the founder of the Templeton Growth Fund and the Templeton Prize, both of which have survived his death and continue to flourish, he...
Dec 5, 2019 | Charitable Giving
Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is not far away. Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday have also passed. It has become a time of year when a lot of organizations are asking me for money. Most of what the merchants are offering are not in my size nor do they...
Nov 5, 2019 | Charitable Giving
Some people live with a mentality of scarcity and some with a mentality of abundance. Some think of charitable giving as taking a piece of their pie and giving it away so less pie remains for them and their family. But charitable giving is more like inflating a...
Oct 1, 2019 | Charitable Giving
When I was chair of our church’s endowment fund, we instituted a successful program of thanking our planned giving donors. In addition to the usual written and telephone thank you, we held an event every year for the legacy society. I referred to it as our “report to...
