by Dawn Franks | Feb 7, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving
Pockets carry what we care about, cash, change, credit cards, keys and cell phones. Pockets are hiding spots for nervous hands, little boy’s rocks and Littlest Pet Shop pets. As a child, my brother carried rocks in his pockets and my granddaughter today carries...
by Dawn Franks | Jan 24, 2017 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Nonprofits
In the early eighties, as a very young nonprofit executive director, I experienced the impact of political change or rather the impact of the predictions of change. President Reagan was inaugurated in 1981. Tax reform winds were blowing strong. It took until 1986 for...
by Dawn Franks | Dec 28, 2016 | Donors, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation
Steven Rogers is a nextgen giver raised in Tyler, Texas, in a family that is serious, but quietly active in the giving community. Today he works as a business consultant and has been working with clients both in the U.S. and Mexico. When he was in his senior year at...
by Margie Boyd | Nov 29, 2016 | Donors, Guest Blogs, Nonprofits
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 exceeded my experience level. I needed help so I reached out to someone I had heard was the best friend...
by Dawn Franks | Nov 15, 2016 | Donors, Nonprofits, Philanthropy in Action
When a reader takes the time to comment on something I’ve written it gets my attention. Did I hit my target or miss it all together? Then there are comments like the one Phedra Johnson recently left on “The Benefits of Humble Inquiry between Donors and...
