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| Kathy LeMay | December 2, 2010 |
| Making small gifts matter, building genuine relationships between donors and nonprofits, giving to one's full capacity |
Featuring Bold Giver: Kathy LeMay
When I was growing up, I thought only millionaires could be philanthropists. I came from a working-class family, so I thought I could never be a philanthropist. Still, I wanted to solve social injustices so I became an activist, first as a student in my small...
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| John Hunting | October 29, 2010 |
| Spending out a foundation's assets in a given time, environmental funding, urgency in giving |
Featuring Bold Giver: John Hunting
As a passionate environmentalist, John Hunting believes the time to give is now. When he inherited $130M from the office furniture company his father started, he committed nearly all of it to the Beldon Fund for environmental grantmaking. Instead of paying...
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| Farhad Ebrahimi | September 30, 2010 |
| Responsibility to give,environmental funding and impact investing, strategic giving, how much is enough, youth giving |
Featuring Bold Giver: Farhad Ebrahimi
As a teenager, I was gifted a significant amount of money. This gift came from my father, who was and is a very successful high-tech entrepreneur. Even as I write this, he's probably out there making more money, and all of it will be set aside for family....
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| Mike Hannigan | August 26, 2010 |
| Business as a force for positive change, businesses giving far beyond the norm, involving employees in grantmaking |
Featuring Bold Giver: Mike Hannigan
Every year our Bay Area office supplies company, Give Something Back, allocates money for our customers to donate, for our employees to donate, and for my co-founder Sean Marx and myself to donate.
We don't give a fixed percentage of the profits. We...
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| Jill Warren | July 29, 2010 |
| Giving "beyond our means," the role of faith in giving, bold giving on ordinary salaries, how much is enough |
Featuring Bold Giver: Jill Warren
When Bob and I were married in 1993 and were combining our households, we were stunned by how much stuff we both owned. It seemed almost obscene to have so many things and it was shocking to consider the money spent on so many items that had been stored in...
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| Harry Halloran | June 24, 2010 |
| Social entrepreneurship, strategic giving, moving from business to philanthropy and social impact investing |
Featuring Bold Giver: Harry Halloran
As I was completing my degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, I realized that I wanted to do something for mankind instead of working for the family business which was involved in the heavy construction industry. After completing my...
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| Molly Stranahan | May 27, 2010 |
| Generosity and happiness, making a giving plan |
Featuring Bold Giver: Molly Stranahan
I’ve never thought of myself as a bold giver, although generosity has been one of my core values and is a legacy from my wealthy family. My great-grandfather and his brother founded Champion Spark Plug Company over 100 years ago.
As a teenager, I...
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| Kevin and Hannah Salwen | April 29, 2010 |
| Giving half of what you don't need, family giving, being effective, international giving |
Featuring Bold Giver: Kevin and Hannah Salwen
Our family is a fairly prototypical American foursome: my wife, Joan, and I live with our two teenagers in a nice house with two dogs. The kids play baseball and volleyball, we like to ride bikes and take family vacations. On the financial front, we have more...
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Chuck Collins and
Alison Goldberg | March 25, 2010 |
| Fair taxes, giving big, inheritance, Wealth for the Common Good |
Featuring Bold Giver: Chuck Collins and Alison Goldberg
Chuck: My grandfather was the meat packer Oscar Mayer. In 1986, when I turned 25, I gave my entire inheritance to the Funding Exchange and other community funds working for social justice. It was worth almost half a million dollars. (Had the funds remained...
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| Levani Lipton | February 25, 2010 |
| International giving, family foundations, youth engagement |
Featuring Bold Giver: Levani Lipton
Meeting the people you help is a transformative experience. My mother and I journeyed to Malawi to visit a community-based organization in the countryside town of M’chenga. Leaving the capital of Lilongwe, we traveled along dusty roads and arrived at a...
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