by Dawn Franks | Oct 30, 2013 | Family, Giving, Next Generation
I heard a great story last week. A father told me that his young daughter had asked if she could adopt a child in another country and his reply was something like, “Oh honey, the organizations that say they do that are just scams, and the money doesn’t really feed the...
by Dawn Franks | Oct 17, 2013 | Family
“We need to talk to our kids about some of our philanthropy decisions, but we’ve never had those kinds of talks before. It’s all in our will, but we haven’t shared it with them. I think we’re late, but when is late too late? We don’t know where to start.” You may...
by Dawn Franks | Sep 26, 2013 | Family, Next Generation
As a kid, I can remember the excitement of lining up at recess to begin a race and the teacher saying those exact words, “Ready, Set, Go!” We were all supposed to take a moment at the chalked starting line to get ready, set our tennis shoes in the most...
by Dawn Franks | Sep 9, 2013 | Family, Giving
That was the question she asked me in a casual conversation recently. It started as the common “how are things going?” conversation. She asked about our organization’s name change again, “Your something?” I reminded her it was “Your...
by Fred Smith | Aug 7, 2013 | About Your Philanthropy, Family, Guest Blogs, Next Generation, Wealth
My family moved to Tyler in 1984, and I almost immediately began teaching a Bible study that had been going for 20 years. The couples had begun as young parents and kept meeting weekly through all the stages of raising children and seeing them go off – and then...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 18, 2013 | Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Steven Rogers was raised in Tyler, Texas, in a family that is serious, but quietly active in the giving community. Today he works as a business consultant and has been working with clients both in the U.S. and Mexico. When he was in his senior year at Wheaton College...
