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Make Your Best Gift One of Giving to Family and Friends
Buy The Gift of Giving Today to Leave a Legacy You Want Others to See
Ten Ways to Ensure the Giving Legacy You Hope For
How Your Future Legacy Can Be Greater Than the Legacy Remembered
One Tip to Be a Happy Board Member at a Healthy Organization
Let’s Make it Rain the First Quarter of 2023
Show Your Favorite Nonprofit a Lot of Love this Valentine’s Day
Why Answering Questions in Public Makes You a Better Donor
Four Easy Tips to Better Understand Nonprofit Statistics
Nine Steps on the Giving Ladder You Can Share with Your Children
Make Your Best Gift One of Giving to Family and Friends
Buy The Gift of Giving Today to Leave a Legacy You Want Others to See
Ten Ways to Ensure the Giving Legacy You Hope For
How Your Future Legacy Can Be Greater Than the Legacy Remembered
One Tip to Be a Happy Board Member at a Healthy Organization
Let’s Make it Rain the First Quarter of 2023
Show Your Favorite Nonprofit a Lot of Love this Valentine’s Day
Why Answering Questions in Public Makes You a Better Donor
Four Easy Tips to Better Understand Nonprofit Statistics
Nine Steps on the Giving Ladder You Can Share with Your Children
Giving Fingerprints
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“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
Recent Published Works
Give Well: Make the right giving decisions
by Dawn Franks | Dec 24, 2022
Give Well: Respect and trust makes better giving
by Dawn Franks | Nov 30, 2022
Give Well: The truth about anonymous giving
by Dawn Franks | Nov 9, 2022
Online Resources
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Grant-making
GEO – Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Foundations
Family Philanthropy
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Governance


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