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The Personal of Planned Giving Podcast with IU Lilly School
Bill Stanczykiewicz of Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy's Fundraising School sat down with Andrew Hibel of the Planned Giving Initiative to discuss the transformative human side of planned giving. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y8IViS_5zcs
Make a Difference This GivingTuesday
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 GivingTuesday is a personal favorite of mine. On the heels of Thanksgiving and two days of shopping, GivingTuesday shifts our focus to generosity and showing up for issues near and dear to us. Founded in 2012, this one-day giving event...
Celebrating Giving Tuesday
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 is one of my favorite days of the year. It's GivingTuesday which is a day to reflect on acts of generosity and to remember that every act of generosity counts. "GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people...
Why Giving Tuesday Should Be Part of Your Giving Plan
Giving Tuesday was started in 2012 in a partnership by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation to create an international day of giving during the busy holiday shopping season. Since 2012, Giving Tuesday (#GivingTuesday) has become a powerful movement...
Engaging Your Donors for Life-Long Giving
In our ongoing effort to help make planned giving more accessible, collaborative and beneficial for charities, we hosted a workshop led by fundraising expert Laura Kaufman. The fourth in our series of free seminars and workshops, Engaging Your Donors for Life-Long...
The 5.42* Reasons Why Financial Advisors Need the Universal Charitable Deduction
Representative Mark Walker of North Carolina has proposed the Universal Charitable Deduction which would allow non-itemizers to deduct their gifts in addition to taking the standard deduction. The bill caps the deduction at one-third of the standard...