by Dawn Franks | Jul 20, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
The PARADE Magazine has been a part of my Sunday newspaper reading for more years than I can remember. Tucked in the largest paper of the week with advertisements and the comics, it was my earliest introduction to many things cultural. Started in 1941, PARADE magazine...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 6, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
As a kid, summertime meant more time to read the stack of books I brought home from the library each week, swimming with my grandmother early in the morning, horseback riding and westerns at the drive-in movies. My parents didn’t seem to work all that hard to keep me...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 18, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Right now, our attention is on the small acts that reduce our chances of catching any kind of crud going around. It could be a cold, flu, or today’s new bug, the coronavirus. But I have a surprise, some things are worth catching. And when it’s right and it goes viral,...
by Dawn Franks | Jan 8, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
While sitting at a stoplight, I answered a phone call expecting one voice but hearing another. The voice I expected was the founder of a family foundation that I had worked with for several years. We had been preparing for a meeting two weeks away. The voice I...
by Dawn Franks | Nov 5, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation
Will the next generation give as much as their grandparents and parents? And which generation is “the next generation”? Well, of course, the answer is relative. Every generation wonders about the one that follows. Baby Boomers have been wondering about Generation X,...
by Dawn Franks | Sep 18, 2019 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Philanthropy in Action
Sometimes when I sit down to write the YP Journal, a philanthropy issue is on my mind. But today there was no such burning issue, so in the spirit of hunting for inspiration, I started looking back at old articles and stumbled across one calling my name. It was titled...
