I Live Here, I Give Here

You may have read The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Bloomberg Businessweek, or saw the America’s Top Charitable Donors slideshow. Even if you happened not to get around to any of these, there is no stretch of sand deep enough to bury one’s head in to not know that Americans love BIG Givers! Honored in 2011 for their generosity in 2010 included philantropists such as Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Bloomberg, George Soros and David Rockefeller, just to name a few, but what about those who don’t necessarily donate over $1 million.

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For organizations and people trying to combat issues like homelessness and hunger, affordable housing, teen pregnancy and many other topics on what is an endless list that could wrap around the world many times, this article is quite devastating. For those who are concerned but may not be directly involved

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You’d have to be hiding under a proverbial nonprofit rock not to have seen last week’s furor over the Susan G. Komen For the Cure organization’s decision to cut (and then restore) funding to Planned Parenthood.  Splashed all over Facebook, Twitter, the news, and the blogosphere are polarizing opinions about one agency’s decision to stop funding another agency’s programs.

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For my final blog post, I thought I'd go ahead and tackle a tricky subject.  In the fundraising world there's a bit of contention around the subject of administrative fees. On one hand, with the best of intentions, donors often earmark their money to go directly to the programs that serve clients, and on the other hand, fundraisers know that those fees are essential to keeping the wheels turning and clients served.

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Holiday season is in full swing and as you are running around picking up last minute gifts, you might consider farm animals. Not to take home with you, but to donate to a family in South East Asia or Africa. Enter Heifer International. 

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