by Dawn Franks | Aug 31, 2022 | Dawn's Blogs, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Blinking lights. School zones. Weather changes. Fall is right around the corner. Recent rainy days here at the start of school reminded me of my first day in middle school. I proudly wore a dress I made in the Singer sewing class over the summer. In full...
by Dawn Franks | Apr 7, 2021 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Millennials, Next Generation, Nonprofits
A few years ago, we called them the Next Generation. Now, they are the Rising Generation. They are no longer simply waiting their turn; they are rising to the occasion, and it is changing philanthropy. It is a revolution of sorts with a bullet blender effect. The...
by Dawn Franks | Jul 20, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
The PARADE Magazine has been a part of my Sunday newspaper reading for more years than I can remember. Tucked in the largest paper of the week with advertisements and the comics, it was my earliest introduction to many things cultural. Started in 1941, PARADE magazine...
by Dawn Franks | Mar 18, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
Right now, our attention is on the small acts that reduce our chances of catching any kind of crud going around. It could be a cold, flu, or today’s new bug, the coronavirus. But I have a surprise, some things are worth catching. And when it’s right and it goes viral,...
by Dawn Franks | Jan 8, 2020 | Dawn's Blogs, Donors, Family, Giving, Next Generation
While sitting at a stoplight, I answered a phone call expecting one voice but hearing another. The voice I expected was the founder of a family foundation that I had worked with for several years. We had been preparing for a meeting two weeks away. The voice I...
