by Dawn Franks | Jun 12, 2023 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Next Generation, Published
While exiting my car, I noticed a young teenager, phone in hand, sitting in the front seat of a truck. Her glance revealed an unhappy face as she returned to her phone. Once inside to pick up our corgi from a grooming session, I heard about the unhappy face....
by Dawn Franks | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation, Uncategorized
The birthday card danced across the parking lot. Decorated with a handful of balloons on the front, it seemed perfectly appropriate that a gust of wind grabbed my sack as soon as I walked out of the store. I chased after the card, wondering where the envelope had...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 20, 2023 | About Your Philanthropy, Dawn's Blogs, Family, Next Generation, Nonprofits, Uncategorized, Wealth
Quickly scanning my email, I saw The Round Table. Authored by my friend Fred Smith, it’s a blog I read on Thursday mornings when I have time to reflect. The title, To be Known, stopped me; I paused but then kept scanning. Within a minute, I went back to it. To be...
by Dawn Franks | Dec 13, 2022 | Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Peeping through a keyhole on Christmas morning, I could see the packages and toys Santa had brought. All under the age of ten, all four of us grandchildren took turns looking through that keyhole while my grandmother took her sweet time cooking breakfast. My sweet...
by Margie Boyd | Nov 30, 2022 | About Your Philanthropy, Donors, Family, Giving, Guest Blogs, Millennials, Next Generation, Nonprofits, Wealth
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy, margie@your-philanthropy.com With the greatest transfer of wealth from one generation to the next just around the corner, there is one topic on many minds—donor intent and how to protect it....
by Dawn Franks | Sep 14, 2022 | About Your Philanthropy, Blog, Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Are we too late? That was the question asked casually by an acquaintance. Too late for what? Too late for one of the most important conversations you can have with your adult children. I understand late. Most days I practice stretching time: I ignore the clock,...
