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Your Philanthropy Journal
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How the Uncommon Giving Conversation Will Spark Your Giving
Why Small Organizations Matter Just as Much as Large Organizations
How Place-Based Philanthropy Benefits Local Communities
Why Social Media Likes and Shares Aren’t Enough for Donors
What Giving Style Is at the Heart of Your Philanthropy?
How to Decide the Best Way to Help Ukraine Now and Later
How To Turn Your Next Special Event Into Impact-Driven Opportunity
How Helping Someone Is Another Way of Giving
The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Misspent Vocabulary
How to Be Successful with Family Resolutions and Change Everyone
How the Uncommon Giving Conversation Will Spark Your Giving
Why Small Organizations Matter Just as Much as Large Organizations
How Place-Based Philanthropy Benefits Local Communities
Why Social Media Likes and Shares Aren’t Enough for Donors
What Giving Style Is at the Heart of Your Philanthropy?
How to Decide the Best Way to Help Ukraine Now and Later
How To Turn Your Next Special Event Into Impact-Driven Opportunity
How Helping Someone Is Another Way of Giving
The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Misspent Vocabulary
How to Be Successful with Family Resolutions and Change Everyone
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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: Social media likes and shares not enough
by Dawn Franks | Apr 12, 2022
Give Well – Tyler Morning Telegraph
Give Well: Help Ukrainians now and later
by Dawn Franks | Mar 23, 2022
Give Well – Tyler Morning Telegraph
Give Well: Tips for philanthropy networking at a special event
by Dawn Franks | Mar 6, 2022
Give Well – Tyler Morning Telegraph
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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