by Dawn Franks | Oct 16, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Wealth
Are you familiar with the idiom, “he puts his pants on one leg at a time,” often followed by “just like everyone else.” Well, that’s what I thought about as I read an article detailing a study of the wealthiest donors and how they make giving decisions. The study...
by Dawn Franks | Oct 2, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation
With summer officially over, some of us are turning our focus to the holidays that are swiftly approaching. But for the planners amongst us now is the prime-time for planning next summer’s adventures. In a recent travel blog called Multi Briefs, I read an interesting...
by Dawn Franks | Sep 19, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving
Something had stained the new Tervis tumbler. I scrubbed harder; they didn’t come off. Holding it up to the light streaming through the kitchen window, I could see them plain as day. Fingerprints. Permanently etched onto the plastic glass, there were the tell-tell...
by Dawn Franks | Sep 5, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Wealth
I have a friend who loves to go to party fundraisers. Her husband finds a buddy to talk with while she dances from one group to another because she loves people and doesn’t want to miss a single friend. And for her, it’s all the more enjoyable because she...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 10, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving
I know my childhood memory of the Big Eddy Bridge, now under Lake Palestine in Texas, is not accurate. But the memory is real. Every chance we had my brother, and I would convince my dad to drive over the old and very rickety bridge. It seemed like every...
by Dawn Franks | Jun 20, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Nonprofits, Wealth
A special note: This blog is mostly about grandparents, but I challenge you to replace those words with parents, aunt, uncle or friend every time you read them. This blog is about all of us and the unique role we play in the lives of the children all around us. “I...
