by Dawn Franks | Nov 28, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Nonprofits
What comes first? Thankfulness or generosity? A.W. Tozer said, “Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.” Start with a definition of thankfulness from a tenth-grade student who...
by Dawn Franks | Nov 14, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits, Philanthropy in Action
Ten years ago, the country plunged into a recession deep enough to have a grinding impact on America’s charities. When I read those last two words together, I think about my nonprofit friends right here in my community. When the Chronicle of Philanthropy ran an...
by Dawn Franks | Oct 30, 2018 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Giving, Nonprofits
A Tale of Two Cities – oh, I meant Two Coalitions. Besides the name has already been taken and I can’t begin to write as eloquently as Charles Dickens. But I can give it my best shot at being succinct about the importance of paying attention to change work going on in...
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...
