Americans on average give away 2.4 percent of their household income per year. Christopher Ellinger ’78 thinks most Americans can do better. So Ellinger, who by his mid-30s had given away half of his large inheritance from his grandparents, last year started Bolder Giving in Extraordinary Times, an initiative that encourages people to part with more of their discretionary money and in turn gain the satisfaction of serving causes they deeply care about.
Based in Arlington,...