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Five Tips to Protect Donor Intent and Family Foundation Unity
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy, margie@your-philanthropy.com With the greatest transfer of wealth from one generation to the next...
If You Reap What You Sow, What Kind of Garden Would You Grow?
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy Sitting in a recent foundation board meeting listening to the wealth advisors give their financial forecast...
How Place-Based Philanthropy Benefits Local Communities
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy When I first moved to East Texas over 20 years ago, I remember jumping online and visiting the local chamber...
The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Misspent Vocabulary
YPJ Note: After reading Cathy's article in our local newspaper, we thought she asked some very interesting questions. As we have shared many times in the YP Journal,...
How to Build Lasting Partnerships with the Greatest Impact
This past weekend I had some extra time to read a book that has been patiently waiting for me to pay it some attention…Accidental Philanthropist - A Journey Towards...
Daring to Risk Failure Leads to Greater Success
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy After reading Dawn’s blog last week, I accepted the challenge and read Suzanne Smith’s article, “The Social...
Changed By A Glimpse Through A Donor’s Eyes
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy As an executive director of a newly formed nonprofit, I had a lot to learn and I knew it. My passion far...
Fred Smith: Obstacles or Opportunties
As a percentage of all charitable giving in the United States ($316 billion), the religious sector continues to collect the lion's share - 36 percent. While that is...
Fred Smith: The First Leaf of Fall
The Velvet Revolution, or Gentle Revolution, was a non-violent, student-led revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 to December 29, 1989....
Fred Smith: My Fair Lady
In 1931, Judge Sam Lindsey donated a plot of land on South Broadway to the Tyler Women's Forum for their new building - the Tyler Woman's Building - with the...
Nov
30
2022
Five Tips to Protect Donor Intent and Family Foundation Unity
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy, margie@your-philanthropy.com With the greatest transfer of wealth from one generation to the next...
Jun
15
2022
If You Reap What You Sow, What Kind of Garden Would You Grow?
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy Sitting in a recent foundation board meeting listening to the wealth advisors give their financial forecast...
Apr
20
2022
How Place-Based Philanthropy Benefits Local Communities
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy When I first moved to East Texas over 20 years ago, I remember jumping online and visiting the local chamber...
Jan
25
2022
The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Misspent Vocabulary
YPJ Note: After reading Cathy's article in our local newspaper, we thought she asked some very interesting questions. As we have shared many times in the YP Journal,...
Jul
07
2021
How to Build Lasting Partnerships with the Greatest Impact
This past weekend I had some extra time to read a book that has been patiently waiting for me to pay it some attention…Accidental Philanthropist - A Journey Towards...
Oct
13
2020
Daring to Risk Failure Leads to Greater Success
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy After reading Dawn’s blog last week, I accepted the challenge and read Suzanne Smith’s article, “The Social...
Nov
29
2016
Changed By A Glimpse Through A Donor’s Eyes
By Margie Boyd, Executive Vice President, Your Philanthropy As an executive director of a newly formed nonprofit, I had a lot to learn and I knew it. My passion far...
Dec
05
2013
Fred Smith: Obstacles or Opportunties
As a percentage of all charitable giving in the United States ($316 billion), the religious sector continues to collect the lion's share - 36 percent. While that is...
Nov
14
2013
Fred Smith: The First Leaf of Fall
The Velvet Revolution, or Gentle Revolution, was a non-violent, student-led revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 to December 29, 1989....
Oct
17
2013
Fred Smith: My Fair Lady
In 1931, Judge Sam Lindsey donated a plot of land on South Broadway to the Tyler Women's Forum for their new building - the Tyler Woman's Building - with the...
Giving Fingerprints
Get Dawn’s FREE e-book, Giving Fingerprints, designed to help you be the unique giver you were meant to be.
“You are as unique as the pattern of whorls and lines of your fingerprint. So is your giving style. Make your mark on the causes closest to your heart, and maximize the impact of your gifts by discovering your distinctive, personal giving brand.
I wrote this short book to give you a view of your giving habits. What does your unique giving pattern say about you? Join me on a journey to explore your Giving Fingerprints.”
— Dawn Franks
Online Resources
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