by Dawn Franks | Apr 27, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
Standing in the alley behind our office building, I struggled to breathe evenly. Blinking back tears, I tried to figure out the words I would use to deliver the news. For the first time in our history, we faced a cutback of services and a staff layoff. I had been...
by Dawn Franks | Apr 17, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits, Philanthropy in Action
As a donor, making a gift can get you a seat at the table in fighting to end poverty. Sitting at the table gives you an up close and personal view of the problem. You become a smarter donor and they get food on their table. Deciding whether the best answer is to write...
by Dawn Franks | Apr 3, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
The daffodils are fading and the weather warming. I planted a few tomato plants and moved several potted plants to the back porch, and then the temperature dropped. Once again, misled by the inexact science of weather predictions. So, I check the Old Farmer’s Almanac...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 20, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Philanthropy in Action
Tiny stacks of 35-millimeter slides covered the dining room table. One by one I passed them through the slide viewer. The story of my parents’ earliest years together unfolded from Okinawa to North Carolina to Colorado and Texas. Pictures are only part of the story. ...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 6, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Nonprofits
“How about oatmeal for breakfast?” That was the question I asked my dad during a recent visit to his home. He was preoccupied and assumed I would make it like, well, just like it’s supposed to be made. “Sure,” he responded while passing through...
by Dawn Franks | Feb 21, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Philanthropy in Action
If you could invent one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be? That’s the question we put to eleven-year-old Jack during the game Phil and His Family’s Adventures in Giving. Joined by his thirteen-year-old brother and another friend of the same age,...
