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Your Philanthropy Journal
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Learning to Honor Lessons From Our Grandparents
Three Ways to Ask Questions and Make Your Giving Powerful
How Did Paul Revere Make Being a Hero so Easy?
Turn Special Event Fundraising Into Philanthropy Networking
Grandparents Teach Giving Thru Action
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
Learning to Honor Lessons From Our Grandparents
Three Ways to Ask Questions and Make Your Giving Powerful
How Did Paul Revere Make Being a Hero so Easy?
Turn Special Event Fundraising Into Philanthropy Networking
Grandparents Teach Giving Thru Action
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
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: Turn special event fundraising into philanthropy networking
Give Well – Tyler Morning Telegraph
Give Well: Giving Matters When It’s Cold Outside
Give Well – Tyler Morning Telegraph
Give Well: Give big, with confidence
Online Resources
Your Philanthropy recommends the following online resources. Simply click on the links below to access these web sites.
Grant-making
GEO – Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Foundations
Family Philanthropy
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Governance
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